Southern+politics.tfl

== =Southern Politics= In the South, African American men were able to enter politics. They served as legislators and administrators for almost all of the levels of government. African American men could also serve as delegates to the conventions that created the new state constitutions. Many also won elections to local offices, varying from mayor to police chief to school commissioner. Dozens served in the South's state legislatures, in fact 14 were elected to the House of Representatives, and two were elected to the Senate. Those two men that were elected into Senate were Hiram Revels and Blanche K. Bruce. Even though a lot of African Americans served in Southern politics, no African American ever served as govenor. African American may have participated in Southern politics and government, but they did not control it. But not all Southerners liked having the African Americans serve in government and some white Southerners claimed that "Black Republicanism" ruled the South. That was not the truth.