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James E. Bish

1859–1925

United States

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James Ellis Bish (October 1, 1859 – November 29, 1925) was a state legislator in Illinois. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897. He wrote Past, Present, and the Future of the Negro.

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