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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 of Louisiana from December 9, 1872 to January 13, 1873. Pinchback was the first African-American governor and the second lieutenant governor (after Oscar Dunn) in the United
The author of the biographies was Rev. Dr. William J. Simmons, president of the State University of Kentucky. Based on primary source material such as "speeches, sermons, and articles", [1] Simmons wrote short biographies of many prominent African-American men and historic figures, such as Crispus Attucks, Frederick Douglass, Henry Highland Garnet, and Alexander Crummell, as well as lesser ...
A division arose between the Warmoth-Pinchback faction, supported by many Creoles of color who had been free before the war, and what was called the Custom House faction, led by Stephen B. Packard, a US Marshal, and James F. Casey, Collector of the Port of New Orleans and brother-in-law to President Grant.
P. B. S. Pinchback (appointed December 6, 1871) 24 P. B. S. Pinchback (1837–1921) [137] [138] [139] December 9, 1872 [140] – January 13, 1873 (successor took office) Republican [39] Lieutenant governor acting: Vacant: 25 John McEnery (1833–1891) [141] [142] January 13, 1873 [143] – May 22, 1873 (removed) [z] Democratic [aa] 1872 [z ...
Pinckney married twice. First on April 20, 1870 to Miss Mary Stewart of Richmond Virginia and then, after Mary's death, to Camilla Scott also of Virginia on July 12, 1892. He had one surviving child from his first marriage, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1875 - 1934), and a daughter from his second marriage, the Southern writer Josephine Pinckney .
The Pinckney family is a prominent political family in U.S. history. Pages in category "Pinckney family" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
After being emancipated, Dunn married Maria, then enslaved, and they had two children, Oscar and Jane. Slave marriages were not recognized under the law. By 1832, Dunn had earned enough money as a carpenter to purchase the freedom of his wife and both children. Their status as free blacks was gained decades before the American Civil War.
(1) - Mary Louise "Hallie" Davis (December 19, 1853 – March 1, 1933) - She married industrialist and politician Stephen Benton Elkins (September 26, 1841 – January 4, 1911) on April 14, 1875, in Baltimore; her married name was Hallie Davis Elkins. Hallie Davis was Stephen Elkins's second wife; his first was Sarah Simms "Sallie" Jacobs (1845 ...