Pinchback, Pinckney (Benton Stewart)
- Pinchback, Pinckney (Benton Stewart)
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born May 10, 1837, Macon, Ga., U.S.
died Dec. 21, 1921, Washington, D.C.
U.S. politician.
Born to a former slave and a white planter,
he became a steward on river steamboats.
At the outbreak of the American Civil War,
he reached Union-
held New Orleans,
where he raised and led a company of black Union volunteers called the Corps d'
Afrique (
1862–
63).
After the war he was elected to the Louisiana senate (
1868)
and served as lieutenant governor (
1871).
Elected to the U.
S.
House of Representatives (
1872)
and Senate (
1873),
he was denied his seat in each body on unproved charges of election fraud.
He subsequently became a lawyer and moved to Washington,
D.
C.
* * *
Universalium.
2010.
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Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart — ▪ American politician born May 10, 1837, Macon, Ga., U.S. died Dec. 21, 1921, Washington, D.C. freeborn black who was a Union officer in the American Civil War and a leader in Louisiana politics during Reconstruction (1865–77). Pinchback… … Universalium
Pinchback, Pinckney (Benton Stewart) — (10 may. 1837, Macon, Ga., EE.UU.–21 dic. 1921, Washington, D.C.). Político estadounidense. Hijo de una ex esclava y un hacendado blanco, trabajó de camarero en los vapores fluviales. Al inicio de la guerra de Secesión, llegó a Nueva Orleans, que … Enciclopedia Universal
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback — Portrait de Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (10 mai 1837 21 décembre 1921) est un homme politique américain qui fut le premier afro américain à gouverner un État des État … Wikipédia en Français
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Pinchback — P. B. S. Pinchback Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (* 10. Mai 1837 in Macon, Georgia; † 21. Dezember 1921 in Washington D. C.) war der erste Afroamerikaner, der Gouverneur eines US Bundesstaates war. Pinchback war … Deutsch Wikipedia
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