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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 · Douglas Wilder, American politician, the first popularly elected African American governor in the United States. Wilder, a Democrat, served as governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. He also briefly ran for president in 1992. Learn more about his life and career.
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May 3, 2024 · L. Douglas Wilder was governor of Virginia from 1990 until 1994. His was a political career of many firsts: the grandson of enslaved people, he was the first African American elected governor of any state in America. He was the first Black member of the Virginia Senate in the twentieth century.
In 1969, Wilder entered politics, running in a special election for the Virginia state senate. He won and became the first African American state senator in Virginia since Reconstruction. Wilder spent ten years in the General Assembly and was recognized as one of its most effective legislators.
Sep 19, 2019 · Douglas Wilder, the first African American to be elected governor of an American state, takes office as Governor of Virginia on January 13, 1990. Wilder broke a number of color barriers in...
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Jul 22, 2004 · The Honorable L. Douglas Wilder talks about his relationship with Charles Spittal "Chuck" Robb and being elected lieutenant governor of Virginia in 1985 The Honorable L. Douglas Wilder describes how he made use of his political clout as lieutenant governor
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Lawrence Douglas Wilder (1931- ) was the first African American in the United States to be elected governor of a state. A veteran of the Korean War, he was a lawyer by profession, and he was the first black member of the Senate of Virginia in the twentieth century.
