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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.
Pages in category "19th-century mayors of places in Indiana" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Pages in category "African-American mayors in Indiana" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Fort Wayne Councilwoman Sharon Tucker was chosen Saturday as the new mayor of Indiana’s second most populous city, and its first Black leader, during a caucus to ...
Stokes was the first elected African American mayor of a major American city (Cleveland was, at the time, the ninth largest city in the United States). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His election came alongside the election of Richard G. Hatcher in the 1967 Gary, Indiana, mayoral election .
List of mayors of New Albany, Indiana; List of mayors of New Castle, Indiana; S. List of mayors of South Bend, Indiana; T. List of mayors of Terre Haute, Indiana
First African-American and First woman elected Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates: Adrienne A. Jones First African-American elected Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: Juliana Stratton. 2019; First African-American elected Attorney General of Kentucky: Daniel Cameron First Surgeon General for the State of California: Nadine Burke Harris ...
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