Anderson Ebberson

Anderson Ebberson (c. 1843–1916)^[1] was an American politician.

Anderson Ebberson

He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1877 and 1881, representing Jefferson County, Arkansas,^[2][3] as a Republican.^[1]

In the 1876 elections he was one of eight African-Americans to win seats in the general assembly, seven representatives and one in the senate.^[4] He was one of three representatives for Jefferson County, Arkansas, serving alongside C. H. Rice and William Murphy.^[5] All three representatives for Jefferson County, Arkansas in 1881, Ebberson, W. C. Payne and Carl Polk were black.^[6][1]

In 1886 he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter of Thomas Cotton and sentenced to one year in prison.^[7]

See also

• African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900