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John Willis Menard was born in 1838 in Kaskaskia in Randolph County in southern Illinois, to parents who were free people of color. They were Louisiana Creoles from New Orleans, of mostly European and some African descent. He may have been related to Michel Branamour Menard, a French-Canadian fur trader and a founder of Galveston, Texas.
On November 3, 1868, John Willis Menard won a special election for the remainder of Mann's term in the 40th Congress, running alongside Lionel Allen Sheldon, who was running to represent the district for a full term in the 41st. Menard and Sheldon received the same number of votes and were both declared winners.
John Mercer Langston – Virginia 1890–1891 (also U.S. Minister to Haiti) [2] Jefferson F. Long – Georgia 1871 [2] John R. Lynch – Mississippi 1873–1877, 1882–1883 (also speaker of the Mississippi House) [2] John Willis Menard – Louisiana, 1868 elected but not seated
On November 3, 1868, John Willis Menard, a Republican Creole of color, won a special election in Louisiana's 2nd congressional district to fill the seat of James Mann who died in office. Menard's challenger, Democrat Caleb S. Hunt, contested the election and appealed to the House that he be seated instead of Menard.
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John Willis Menard (1838–1893) Louisiana's 2nd: 1868 Republican: 41st (1869–1871) No Denied seat due to a contested election that involved white Democrat Caleb S. Hunt, but was permitted to address the House while in session, the first African American to do so. [do] [203] Samuel Peters (1835–1873) Louisiana's 4th: 1872 Republican: 43rd ...
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First African-American woman (Shirley A. Ajayi) was given a part for 6 months on a TV show as a psychic in 1986 in Chicago, Illinois. Shirley had to audition with other psychics to get the part. She then was taught marketing at the John Hancock center by her boss who ran the TV show. For safety reasons she was renamed as "Aura!".