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A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first legally blind person to be sworn in as governor of a U.S. state, [2] and the first African-American governor of New York. Following his graduation from Hofstra Law School , Paterson worked in the District Attorney's office of Queens County, New York , and on the staff of Manhattan borough ...
John Malcolm Patterson (September 27, 1921 – June 4, 2021) was an American politician. He served one term as Attorney General of Alabama from 1955 to 1959, and, at age 37, served one term as the 44th Governor of Alabama from 1959 to 1963.
Several governors of U.S. territories have been ethnic minorities. Many of these officials were appointed before elections were instituted in these jurisdictions. In each of the five current U.S. territories, Hispanic or non-white ethnic groups make up large majorities: Puerto Rican Hispanic Americans in Puerto Rico, African Americans in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Chamorros in Guam and the ...
Paterson served as governor from 2008 to 2010 and is married to Mary Paterson, Curtis Sliwa’s ex-wife. NYCHA worker Diamond Minter is charged with assault in the attack on former Gov. David ...
In fact, the idea that a historically conservative state just suddenly flipped undermines the hard work put in by Black women like Abrams and LaTosha Brown. Biden won Georgia because these women ...
Patterson ran for governor in 1958, beating Wallace in a Democratic primary that focused largely on Patterson’s pro-segregation stand. Patterson was the only person to beat Wallace in an Alabama ...
Lieutenant Governor of Washington: Blind due to childhood cancer [33] Daniel Inouye: Democratic: Hawaii: U.S. Senator: Lost his right arm due to grenade shrapnel in World War II [27] Harry Kelly: Republican: Michigan: Governor of Michigan: Lost his right leg in World War I Bob Kerrey: Democratic: Nebraska: Governor of Nebraska U.S. Senator
Sean Rayford/Getty The trial of the three men accused of slaying Ahmaud Arbery has Black Americans walking on pins and needles once again. Whatever the jury decides, I’m afraid, will fail to ...