Cain, Richard Harvey
1825 - He was born on the 12th of April, in Greenbrier County, Virginia.
1848 - He joined the African Methodist Episcopal Church and became a minister in Muscatine, Iowa.
1961 - He was the Pastor in Brooklyn, New York.
1865 - He moved to Charleston, South Carolina.
1868 - He Delegate to the state constitutional convention.
1872 - He was elected to the state senate.
1873-1875 - He representative from South Carolina.
1877-1879 - He once again, he was elected as Representative from South Carolina.
1880-1887 - He became a African Methodist Episcopal bishop of Texas and Louisiana.
1887 - He died in Washington on the 18th of January, and was buried in Graceland cemetery.
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