Preceded by Roscoe G. Greene Full Name Joseph P. Evans Died 1889 (aged 53–54)U.S. | Preceded by Peter G. Morgan Succeeded by Godfrey May Name Joseph Evans | |
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Succeeded by William E. Hinton, Jr. | ||
Joseph P. Evans (1835 – 1889) was an American Republican politician who represented Petersburg as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1871 to 1874 and in the Virginia Senate from 1874 to 1875. He was one of the first African-Americans to serve in Virginia's government.
He ran as an Independent for Virginia's 4th congressional district in 1884, losing to Republican James Dennis Brady and Democrat George E. Rives.
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