Draft:J. D. Harkless

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John D. Harkless was an American politician.

He was an alternate delegate to the Democratic Party National Convention of 1912 in Baltimore, Maryland that advanced Woodrow Wilson, then governor of New Jersey, to be the party's nominee. Anna Pitzer was the only female delegate and also represented Colorado (she was the sister-in-law of Champ Clark, Speaker of the House and also a candidate for the nomination).

He was the first African American delegate to the Democrats' National Convention.

He was vice president of the National Negro Educational Congress.