William H. Mishaw (died 1870) was a barber, trial justice, state senator-elect, and a rising politician in Reconstruction era South Carolina.
His obituary in the Charleston Daily News described him as one of the most intelligent colored people in Charleston.
[1] He was a captain[1] in the militia created to protect African Americans, Randolph's Riflemen, named for Benjamin F. Randolph.
He died on election night as he won election to the office of state senator.
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