George Washington Williams Memorial Room

George Washington Williams, a Baptist pastor, and a Republican, was the first African American to serve in the Ohio General Assembly and is honored with Room 107 in the Ohio Statehouse.

From OhioStateHouse.org:

The George Washington Williams Memorial Room honors Ohio’s first African-American legislator. In addition to images of Mr. Williams, the 1880s style room features photographs of other African-Americans who followed Williams, also serving in the legislature.

Mr. Williams was a Civil War veteran and ordained minister who took up the study of law while living in Cincinnati. He was elected to represent Hamilton County, serving one term in the House from 1880-1881. Afterward, he became a respected published historian and was engaged in the cause of civil justice. He died at the age of 41 while in England.

From Wikipedia:

George Washington Williams (October 16, 1849 – August 2, 1891) was a soldier in the American Civil War and in Mexico before becoming a Baptist minister, politician, lawyer, journalist, and writer on African-American history. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives.^[1]