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Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born January 17, 1931) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 66th governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. He was the first African American to serve as governor of a U.S. state since the Reconstruction era , and the first African American ever elected as governor.
Apr 26, 2024 · January 17, 1931, Richmond, Virginia, U.S. (age 93) Title / Office: mayor (2004-2008), Richmond. governor (1990-1994), Virginia. Douglas Wilder (born January 17, 1931, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.) is an American politician, the first popularly elected African American governor in the United States.
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May 3, 2024 · L. Douglas Wilder is elected lieutenant governor of Virginia, becoming the first black lieutenant governor elected in the South. Wilder serves from January 11, 1986, until January 13, 1990. November 7, 1989
Jul 22, 2004 · The Honorable L. Douglas Wilder. Biography. Digital Archive. Former governor of Virginia L. Douglas Wilder was born in Richmond, Virginia, on January 17, 1931. The second youngest of eight children, Wilder often spent time as a child at the local barbershop listening to political debates.
Lawrence Douglas Wilder was born on January 17, 1931, in Richmond, Virginia. The grandson of slaves, he was named after abolitionist-orator Frederick Douglass and poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. Wilder attended Richmond's racially segregated public schools—George Mason Elementary and Armstrong High School. In 1951, he graduated from Virginia Union ...
May 21, 2018 · Born Lawrence Douglas Wilder, January 17, 1931, in Richmond, VA; son of Robert Wilder (in insurance sales) and Beulah (Richards)Wilder; married Eunice (divorced, 1978); children: Loren, Lynn, Lawrence, Jr. Education: Virginia Union University, B.S., 1952; Howard University, J.D., 1959.
Sep 19, 2019 · Born in 1931 in Church Hill, a poor and segregated neighborhood of Richmond, Wilder is the grandson of slaves and is named for Frederick Douglass. He grew up in the Jim Crow era , graduating from...
