Thomas Cardozo
Thomas Cardozo | |
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| Mississippi Superintendent of Public Instruction | |
| In office 1874–1876 | |
| Governor | Adelbert Ames |
| Preceded by | Henry R. Pease |
| Succeeded by | Thomas S. Gathright |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 19, 1838 Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | April 13, 1881 (aged 42) Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Laura J. Williams |
| Relatives | Henry Weston Cardozo (brother) Francis Lewis Cardozo (brother) Benjamin N. Cardozo (distant relative) |
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Thomas Whitmarsh Cardozo (December 19, 1838 – April 13, 1881) was an American educator, journalist, writer, and public official during the Reconstruction Era in the United States. He adopted the name Civis as a nom de plume and wrote as a correspondent for the New National Era, founded by Frederick Douglass. He was the first African American to hold the position of State Superintendent of Education in Mississippi.