John T. Costin was a Republican Party organizer, a member of the Georgia Legislature, and a minister in Georgia, United States, during the Reconstruction Era (1863 or 1865 - 1877).[1] Costin helped form the Republican Party of Georgia [2] He met with U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.[3][4] Costin was a freemason[5][6] and held the title of Grand Master (Masonic).[7] Costin was described as a scion of one of Washington's most illustrious families.[8]
John T. Costin | |
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| Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the Talbot County district | |
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| Born | Virginia |
| Political party | Republican |
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- ^ Anderson, James D. (27 January 2010). The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860–1935. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 18.
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- ^ "The Freemason's Chronicle". W.W. Morgan. 21 March 1885 – via Google Books.
- ^ https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-7b97-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 New York Public Library collection etched print of Costin as grand master of freemasons
- ^ New York Times: Disunion: Modern Historians Revisit and Reconsider the Civil War from Lincoln's Election to the Emancipation Proclamation. 11 June 2013. ISBN 9781603763417.
- ^ "The Georgia Historical Quarterly". Georgia Historical Society. 21 March 1960 – via Google Books.
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