P. B. S. Pinchback
Politician
1837 – 1921
Who was P. B. S. Pinchback?
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback was the first person of African-American descent to become governor of a U.S. state. A Republican, he served as the 24th Governor of Louisiana for 35 days, from December 9, 1872, to January 13, 1873.
Nicholas Lemann, in Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War, described Pinchback as "an outsized figure: newspaper publisher, gambler, orator, speculator, dandy, mountebank – served for a few months as the state's Governor and claimed seats in both houses of Congress following disputed elections but could not persuade the members of either to seat him."
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- Born
- May 10, 1837
Macon - Spouses
- Religion
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Dillard University
- Straight University
- Lived in
- Louisiana
- Terre Haute
- Macon
- Died
- Dec 21, 1921
Washington, D.C.
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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