William J. Frere
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William J. Frere (b. 1861, Washingston, DC, d. 1922 Tompkinsville, Maryland)[1] was an American farmer and politician, serving as a state senator in Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party,[2] Frere represented Charles County, Maryland from 1910 to 1914.[3][4] Frere lived in Tompkinsville and was a farmer.[5] He was a sponsor of the failed Digges Amendment, which was intended to disenfranchise African-American voters by challenging the Fifteenth Amendment's applicability to state elections, and also to enforce a property requirement.[6] It was strongly defeated in a public referendum.
References
[edit]- ^ "William J. Frere, b.1861 d.1922 - Ancestry®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
- ^ Vincent, John Martin (1883). The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-1023-7.
- ^ Senate, Maryland General Assembly (2 March 2018). "Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of the State of Maryland". Authority – via Google Books.
- ^ "Senate, Charles County (1838-1966)". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ The Country Gentleman, Luther Tucker & Son, 1912 "A Swamp that was Made a Farm", page 6
- ^ Hill, Stephanie (18 April 2005). "One Step Closer to Freedom". Simmons College. pp. 85–86. Retrieved 17 August 2010.