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Bryan N. Anderson (b. 1955) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., June 18,
1955.
Republican. Business
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1988.
African ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 1988.
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Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett (1833-1908) —
also known as Ebenezer D. Bassett —
of Pennsylvania; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
16, 1833.
U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1869-77; U.S. Consul General in Port-au-Prince, 1874.
African and Pequot
Indian ancestry.
First
black American to be appointed a diplomat to a foreign country.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
14, 1908 (age 75 years, 29
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Francisco L. Borges —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Connecticut
state treasurer, 1987-93; resigned 1993; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 2008.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Helen Bosley —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1988.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Eric D. Coleman —
of Bloomfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1983-94; member of Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1995-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1996;
member, Credentials Committee, 2008.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Omega
Psi Phi.
Still living as of 2010.
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John Daniels —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1990.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1990.
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Gary A. Franks (b. 1953) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., February
9, 1953.
Republican. Candidate for Connecticut
state comptroller, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1991-97; defeated,
1996; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1998.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert D. Glass (c.1923-2001) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Wetumpka, Elmore
County, Ala., about 1923.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
superior court judge in Connecticut, 1978-86; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1987-92.
African ancestry.
First
black member of Connecticut's highest court.
Died November
27, 2001 (age about 78
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Toni Nathaniel Harp —
also known as Toni N. Harp —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state senate 10th District, 1993-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Female.
African ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 2010.
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George H. Jackson (b. 1863) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
28, 1863.
Medical
missionary;
U.S. Consul in Cognac, 1897-98, 1908; La Rochelle, 1898-1908.
African ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Leo Edwin Jackson (1925-2009) —
also known as Leo E. Jackson —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., December
20, 1925.
Son of Andrew J. Jackson and Ethel L. (Williams) Jackson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor
of New London, Conn., 1979-80.
African ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in New London, New London
County, Conn., May 24,
2009 (age 83 years, 155
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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Gerald A. Lamb (b. 1924) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., August
25, 1924.
Democrat. Connecticut
state treasurer, 1963-70; resigned 1970.
African ancestry. Member, Elks; NAACP.
Still living as of 1975.
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Thirman L. Milner (born c.1934) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born about 1934.
Democrat. Mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1981-87; defeated, 2007.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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Henry Ellsworth Parker —
also known as Henry E. Parker —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Baltimore,
Md.
Democrat. Candidate for mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1969 (Democratic primary), 1971, 1979
(Democratic primary); Connecticut
state treasurer, 1975-86; resigned 1986.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1986.
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Alvin W. Penn —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state senate 23rd District, 1993-.
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Still living as of 2002.
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Carrie Saxon Perry (b. 1931) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born August
30, 1931.
Democrat. Mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1987-93; defeated, 1993; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1988
(speaker).
Female.
African ancestry.
First
woman to be mayor of Hartford; first
black woman to be mayor of a large city.
Still living as of 1993.
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Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
29, 1908.
Son of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. (1865-1953; minister) and Mattie
(Fletcher) Powell.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1945-71 (22nd District 1945-53,
16th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1952,
1960,
1964.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks.
Cited
for contempt
of court in 1966 for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit against
him; on February 28, 1967, he was expelled
from the House of Representatives on charges
of unbecoming
conduct and misusing
public funds; the Supreme Court overturned the expulsion in 1969.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April 4,
1972 (age 63 years, 127
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Bahamas.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. (1865-1953; minister) and Mattie
(Fletcher) Powell; married, March 8,
1933, to Isabel Washington (divorced 1945); married, August 1,
1945, to Hazel Scott (divorced 1960); married, December
15, 1960, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father of Adam
Clayton Powell IV. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.: Adam
by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Books about Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:
Tisha Hamilton, Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an American
Dilemma — Wil Haygood, King
of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
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Wilber G. Smith —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Independent candidate for mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1969.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 1969.
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Patricia G. Tilley (b. 1944) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Connecticut, January
31, 1944.
Lawyer;
Independent candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2003.
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Charles B. Tisdale —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1976; Democratic candidate for
mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1981 (primary), 1983.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1983.
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Edward White, Jr. —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Republican. Candidate for mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1983.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1983.
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