Leonidas Howard Sr. (1849 – March 8, 1912), usually known as Leon Howard, was a laborer in Memphis, Tennessee who is believed to have been an ex-slave) and served one term as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 43rd General Assembly (1883–84). A Republican, he was African-American. He eventually moved to Bakersfield, California "Leonidas (Leon) Howard," This Honorable Body: African American Legislators in 19th Century Tennessee. Tennessee State Library and Archives. where he died at his home March 8, 1912.
See also African Americans in Tennessee African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900
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