K. Leroy Irvis
Politician, Author
1919 – 2006
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Who was K. Leroy Irvis?
K. Leroy Irvis was the first African American to serve as a speaker of the house in any state legislature in the United States since Reconstruction. John Roy Lynch of Mississippi was the first African American to hold that position. Mr. Irvis, a Democrat, represented Pittsburgh in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1958–1988.
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- Born
- Dec 27, 1919
Saugerties - Spouses
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- Lived in
- Pennsylvania
- Died
- Mar 16, 2006
Pittsburgh
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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