From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Eubanks, Henry T.

(born: 1853  -  died: 1913) 

Henry T. Eubanks, born in Stanford, KY, was elected to the Ohio General Assembly in 1903 and 1908. Prior to his election, he had worked as a waiter in Louisville, KY and several other cities, and he had a barber shop in Cleveland.

He was the first African American vice president of the Ohio League of Republican Clubs.

For more see "H. T. Eubanks" in The Biographical Annals of Ohio. 1902, by W. A. Taylor, et al. [available at Google Books]; and A Ghetto Takes Shape by K. L. Kusmer.

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Kentucky Place (Town or City)

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Outside Kentucky Place Name

Cleveland, Ohio

References

Cited in this Entry

NKAA Source: A Ghetto takes shape: Black Cleveland, 1870-1930
NKAA Source: The Biographical annals of Ohio, a handbook of the government and institutions of the state of Ohio

Cite This NKAA Entry:

“Eubanks, Henry T.,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed March 23, 2023, https://ukscrc001.net/nkaa/items/show/1783.

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