james t rapier

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Definition of james t rapier in English English dictionary

born Nov. 13, 1837, Florence, Ala., U.S. died May 31, 1883, Montgomery, Ala. U.S. politician. The son of a slave and a wealthy planter, he was educated in Canada and Scotland. After the American Civil War he returned to Alabama, where he became a successful cotton planter and a delegate to the state's first Republican convention. Serving in the U.S. House of Representatives (1873-75) during Reconstruction, he worked for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1875. He was later collector of internal revenue in Alabama's second district, and he remained active as a labour organizer and publisher of the Montgomery Sentinel

Hyphenation

James t ra·pi·er

Turkish pronunciation

ceymz ti reypiır

Pronunciation

/ˈʤāmz ˈtē ˈrāpēər/ /ˈʤeɪmz ˈtiː ˈreɪpiːɜr/