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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
Hon. Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback. Governor—Lieutenant-Governor—United States Senator—Lawyer—His Daring "Railroad Race"—Eminent Politician—Wealthy Gentleman Chapter CXV. Alexander Petion. President Of Hayti—Skillful Engineer—Educated At The Military School Of France Chapter CXVI. Timothy Thomas Fortune, Esq.
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (Macmillan Publishing, 1973) The Story of Stevie Wonder (1975) Pele: A Biography (1976) Scott Joplin: The Man Who Made Ragtime (1978) Voodoo and Hoodoo: The Craft as Revealed by Traditional Practitioners (1978) James Van DerZee: The Picture Takin' Man (1980) Bricktop (1983) Lena Horne (1983)
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 ...
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 – Louisiana 1873, elected but the Senate refused to seat him (also Louisiana Lt. Governor, Louisiana Senate, acting Louisiana Governor, Louisiana Constitutional Convention) [2] Hiram Rhodes Revels – Mississippi 1870 (also Mississippi Secretary of State) [2]
Oscar James Dunn, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana 1868–1871, National Archive Mathew Brady Collection. In approximately 1822, Dunn was born into slavery in New Orleans. . His mother Maria Dunn was enslaved under the law of the t
Davis met many statesmen, including Senators Henry Clay of Kentucky (Davis came to admire him and received invitations to visit at his home), Thomas H. Benton of Missouri, Lewis Cass of Michigan, Benjamin Wade and Thomas Corwin of Ohio, and Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, all of whom embarked the B&O train in Cumberland to reach Washington, D.C ...