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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.
Louisiana was admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812. [15] It seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861, [16] and it was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 8, 1861. [17]
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.
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)
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 ...
William Pinkney was born in 1764 in Annapolis in the Province of Maryland.His parents' home was on the banks of the Severn River, from where the family could see the Chesapeake Bay. [1]
Edward Coote Pinkney (aliter: Edward Coate Pinckney) (October 1, 1802 – April 11, 1828) was an American poet, lawyer, sailor, professor, and editor. Born in London in 1802 when his father was serving as ambassador to the Court of St. James, Pinkney returned with his family to the United States when he was eight.