Noah B. Cloud
American educator and politician (1809–1875)
Noah Bartlett Cloud (January 26, 1809 – November 5, 1875) was an American state superintendent of education, educator, surgeon, and politician. He served as Superintendent of Public Instruction in Alabama, heading organization of public schools in the state after the American Civil War. As Alabama School Superintendent he sought to establish a public school system in Alabama for both white and black students. He was labeled a "scalawag" by Southerners. He served as a state representative for Montgomery County, Alabama, in 1873 in the Alabama House of Representatives.
Early life
Noah B. Cloud was born on January 26, 1809, in Edgefield District (now Edgefield County), South Carolina. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Pennsylvania in 1835.
Career
Cloud was a member of the Whig Party, the Union Party, and then a Republican. He moved to Macon County, Alabama in 1838.
Cloud served as a surgeon in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
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