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    Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (May 10, 1837 – December 21, 1921) was an American publisher, politician, and Union Army officer who served as Governor...
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    state Senator P. B. S. Pinchback, another African American Republican, to replace him as lieutenant governor. A year later, Pinchback became acting governor...
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  • Impeached officials are suspended from office, so at this time, P. B. S. Pinchback filled the office. The term expired only 35 days later, at which point...
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  • (2013-11-07). "P.B.S. Pinchback. The Black Governor Who Almost Was a Senator". The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross. Retrieved 2024-07-27. "U.S. Senate:...
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    congressman; John Willis Menard was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1868 and P. B. S. Pinchback was elected to the U. S. Senate in 1872, but neither one served. Nash...
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    legislature elected P. B. S. Pinchback to the Senate. However, the 1872 elections in Louisiana were challenged by white Democrats, and Pinchback was never seated...
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    American politician P. B. S. Pinchback (1837–1921), twenty-fourth governor of Louisiana; first African-American governor of a U.S. state Colin Powell...
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    impeachment proceedings and was suspended from office. Lieutenant Governor P.B.S. Pinchback assumed office during Warmoth's absence, becoming the first African-American...
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  • Atlantic. December 9 – P. B. S. Pinchback takes office as Governor of Louisiana, the first African American governor of a U.S. state. William Lawrence...
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  • green gas lamps. 1872 – In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African American governor of a U.S. state following the impeachment of Henry...
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    United States Moore is the fifth African-American U.S. state governor overall following P. B. S. Pinchback of Louisiana, Douglas Wilder of Virginia, Deval...
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    African-American governor of a U.S. state was P. B. S. Pinchback, who was not elected to the office of governor. Pinchback became Governor of Louisiana upon...
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    Senate in declining to seat rival claimants William L. McMillen and P. B. S. Pinchback. Eustis served from January 12, 1876, to March 3, 1879; he was an...
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    southern states. President Grant and Williams legally recognized P. B. S. Pinchback as the first African American state governor. Williams ruled that...
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    Macon in 1847 David Perdue, former United States senator of Georgia P. B. S. Pinchback, Republican Governor of Louisiana for 35 days from 1872 to 1873 Arnold...
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  • Historically Black Colleges". Archived from the original on 2007-12-23. "U.S. Dept. of Ed. White House Initiative on HBCUs' Accredited HBCU Listing". Ed...
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    "stealing" the election. The lieutenant governor, black Republican P. B. S. Pinchback, became governor for the last 35 days of Warmoth's term. Both McEnery...
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    (free man of color) in New Orleans, was named captain of Company E. P. B. S. Pinchback, also a free man of color, was appointed as captain of Company A,...
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    of the United States (the first three being the Reconstruction-era P. B. S. Pinchback of Louisiana, Virginia's Douglas Wilder, and Massachusetts's Deval...
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  • There is no known photograph of Homer Plessy, though a photograph of P. B. S. Pinchback, a former governor of Louisiana, has been misattributed as Plessy...
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  • governor P. B. S. Pinchback, however, refused to support fellow Republican Packard, and instead endorsed Nicholls. Won the 1876 election over Stephen B. Packard...
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    John M. Parker, governor of Louisiana P. B. S. Pinchback, first African American governor of Louisiana 1872–73 P. G. T. Beauregard, a Confederate General...
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  • Conyers (nominated by Robert B. Elliott of South Carolina). First African-American governor (non-elected): P. B. S. Pinchback of Louisiana (See also: Douglas...
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  • 1990) 1872 First African-American governor of Louisiana: P. B. S. Pinchback (Also first in U.S.) (non-elected; see also Douglas Wilder, 1990) (Also first...
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  • State Constitutional Convention, Stamps along with other delegates P. B. S. Pinchback, T. T. Allain and Henry Demas pushed for equal opportunities in higher...
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    governor since P. B. S. Pinchback served for thirty-five days during Reconstruction, and the first non-white governor to be elected (Pinchback succeeded to...
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    him from office for "stealing" the election. Lieutenant Governor P. B. S. Pinchback became governor for the last 35 days of Warmoth's term. Both McEnery...
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  • years served if multiple terms. Blanche Bruce – Mississippi 1875–1881 P. B. S. Pinchback – Louisiana 1873, elected but the Senate refused to seat him (also...
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  • 9 – In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American to govern a U.S. state. December 14 – President Ulysses S. Grant establishes...
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    impeached for allegedly stealing the election. A black Republican, P. B. S. Pinchback, became governor for 35 days until Grant seated Kellogg as Governor...
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