Search results
Pinchback was the first African American governor of a U.S. state and the second lieutenant governor (after Oscar Dunn). A Republican, Pinchback served as acting governor of Louisiana for 35 days from December 9, 1872 to January 13, 1873, during which ten acts of Legislature became law.
- Emily Hawthorne
Feb 2, 2022 · Today we’re spotlighting Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback, the 24th governor of Louisiana and the first African-American governor in the United States. Pinchback was born a free person of...
Oct 30, 2022 · Even in death, Pinchback set another precedent: He was the first Black person buried there. LT. GOV. C.C. ANTOINE. Born in New Orleans in 1836 to a family of free people of color, Antoine was a...
Feb 21, 2008 · Oscar James Dunn was Louisiana ’s first black lieutenant governor, serving from 1868 to 1871, and one of three who held that post in the state during the Reconstruction era.
People also ask
Who was Louisiana's first black lieutenant governor?
Who was the first black governor?
Who was the first black senator in Louisiana?
Did Louisiana have the first governor of color?
Oscar James Dunn (1822 – November 22, 1871) served as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana during the era of Reconstruction. In 1868, Oscar James Dunn became the first elected African American lieutenant governor of Louisiana and in the United States.
- 3 (adopted)
- Ellen Boyd Marchand
- St. Louis Cemetery No. 2 in New Orleans
Pinchback was serving as president pro tem of the Louisiana senate when, in 1871, the state’s first black lieutenant governor, Oliver Dunn, died. This left Pinchback to take his place.
Mar 3, 2021 · Oscar James Dunn was one of those determined men. He became the country’s first Black lieutenant governor in Louisiana in 1868 but died mysteriously in office only four years later.
