John McClure
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John McClure sometimes called "Poker Jack", was a politician and judge in Arkansas
during Reconstruction and was part of Powell Clayton
's inner circle. A Republican carpetbagger
from the North he came to Arkansas as a Lieutenant colonel of a black regiment. He was dismissed from the army for playing cards, gaining him his nickname "Poker Jack" by the democrats. He became an agent of the Freedmens Bureau for Arkansas County. In 1868 he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Arkansas and served till 1871.
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
during Reconstruction and was part of Powell Clayton
Powell Clayton
Powell Clayton was an engineer, a Union Army general in the American Civil War, the first Reconstruction Governor of the State of Arkansas, and Ambassador to Mexico during the administrations of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.-Early life:Clayton was born in Bethel, Pennsylvania, to John...
's inner circle. A Republican carpetbagger
Carpetbagger
Carpetbaggers was a pejorative term Southerners gave to Northerners who moved to the South during the Reconstruction era, between 1865 and 1877....
from the North he came to Arkansas as a Lieutenant colonel of a black regiment. He was dismissed from the army for playing cards, gaining him his nickname "Poker Jack" by the democrats. He became an agent of the Freedmens Bureau for Arkansas County. In 1868 he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Arkansas and served till 1871.