Richard Harvey Cain (April 12 1825 – January 18 1887) was a minister abolitionist and United States Representative from South Carolina from 1873–1875 and 1877-1879. After the Civil War he was appointed by Bishop Daniel Payne as a missionary of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Carolina.
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active years end date
1870-03-01
active years start date
1868-11-24
birth date
1825-04-12
birth place
Virginia, Greenbrier County West Virginia
death date
1887-01-18
death place
Washington D.C.
office
Member of the South Carolina Senate from Charleston County
order in office
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's At-large Congressional District
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