January Maull, also known as Jany and whose surname is sometimes spelled Maul, was a state legislator in Alabama during the Reconstruction era. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives in 1873. He represented Lowndes County.[1]
The Montgomery Advertiser listed Maull among others it derisively accused of corruptly supporting George E. Spencer.[2] U.S. Senator Spencer and U.S. Senator Willard Warner were competing.[3] Hearings were held and insinuations of bribery made against various legislators including Maull.[4]
He lived in Benton, Alabama, an area settled on land owned by James Maull and initially known as Maull's Landing before being renamed and incorporated as Benton in 1834,[5] in Lowndes County. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives in 1873.[6][7] He was described as being illiterate.[8]
He and Charles F. Hrabowski signed a letter about election issues.[9]
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References
- ↑ "Black members of the Alabama Legislature who served during reconstruction - Alabama Historical Markers on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com.
- ↑ "Clipping from The Montgomery Advertiser - Newspapers.com". Montgomery Advertiser.
- ↑ Fitzgerald, Michael W. (1998). "Republican Factionalism and Black Empowerment: The Spencer-Warner Controversy and Alabama Reconstruction, 1868-1880". The Journal of Southern History. 64 (3): 473–494. doi:10.2307/2587791. JSTOR 2587791 – via JSTOR.
- ↑ "Congressional Serial Set". 1876.
- ↑ "Benton". Encyclopedia of Alabama.
- ↑ Senate, Alabama Legislature (October 4, 1873). "Journal of the Senate of the State of Alabama" – via Google Books.
- ↑ Neither Carpetbaggers Nor Scalawags by Richard Bailey page 343
- ↑ Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press (1996) page 143
- ↑ "United States Congressional Serial Set". U.S. Government Printing Office. October 4, 1882 – via Google Books.