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The first African-American mayors were elected during Reconstruction in the Southern United States beginning about 1867. African Americans in the South were also elected to many local offices, such as sheriff and Justice of the Peace, and state offices such as legislatures as well as a smaller number of federal offices.
List of first African-American mayors * National Conference of Black Mayors; W. Robert Major Walker This page was last edited on 28 April 2024, at 16:33 (UTC). ...
List of mayors of Nashville, Tennessee; List of mayors of New Albany, Indiana; List of mayors of New Britain, Connecticut; List of mayors of New Brunswick, New Jersey; List of mayors of New Castle, Indiana; List of mayors of New Haven, Connecticut; List of mayors of New Orleans, Louisiana; List of mayors of New York City, New York
Various states have never declared independence throughout their formations and hence are not included in the main list on this page, including states that were formed by the unification of multiple independent states, such as the United Kingdom, United States, and Tanzania, including states that did declare independence, but whose most recent ...
First African-American senator from South Carolina: Tim Scott [26] (Also the first African-American to serve both houses of the U.S. Congress.) First African-American woman to be appointed to a seat on the New York Court of Appeals: Sheila Abdus-Salaam. First African-American senator from New Jersey: Cory Booker. 2014
The list shows large groupings associated with the dates of independence from decolonization (e.g., 41 current states gained control of sovereignty from the United Kingdom and France between 1956 and 1966) or dissolution of a political union (e.g., 18 current states gained control of sovereignty from the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia between 1990 ...
Charles Lewis Mitchell was the other African American elected as a state legislator in Massachusetts (1866). He served a one-year term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. [2] During the American Civil War he served in the 55th Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Infantry and lost a foot during the Battle of Honey Hill. [3]
Pages in category "African-American mayors of Washington, D.C." The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .