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Richard Franklin Boulware II (b. 1968) —
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., 1968.
U.S.
District Judge for Nevada, 2014-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Elmer Anderson Carter (1890-1973) —
also known as Elmer A. Carter —
of Prairie View, Waller
County, Tex.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 19,
1890.
College
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; executive
secretary for the Urban League in various cities, 1920-28; editor of
Opportunity, a Journal of Negro Life, 1928-42; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1950; Republican
candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1953.
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP; American
Legion; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died January
16, 1973 (age 82 years, 181
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George Cook Carter and Florence Lucretia (Young) Carter; married
1922 to
Edna Felicia Billups; married 1927 to Thelma
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Keith Maurice Ellison (b. 1963) —
also known as Keith Ellison —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
4, 1963.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 58-B, 2003-06; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 2007-.
Muslim.
African ancestry.
First
Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress; first
African-American elected to the U.S. House from Minnesota.
Still living as of 2016.
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William Treyanne Francis (1870-1929) —
also known as William T. Francis —
of Minnesota.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March
26, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
worked in legal department of railroad;
member of Minnesota
Republican State Central Committee, 1914; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Minnesota; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1927-29, died in office 1929; U.S. Consul General in
Monrovia, 1927-29, died in office 1929.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP;
Urban
League; Sigma
Pi Phi; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died in Liberia,
July
15, 1929 (age 59 years, 111
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jean Louise Harris (c.1931-2001) —
of Richmond,
Va.; Eden Prairie, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Virginia, about 1931.
Republican. Physician;
mayor
of Eden Prairie, Minn., 1995-2001; died in office 2001; candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 2000.
Female.
Episcopalian
or Lutheran.
African ancestry.
Died, of lung
cancer, in a hospital
at Eden Prairie, Hennepin
County, Minn., December
14, 2001 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Eden Prairie, Minn.
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Richard H. Jefferson (b. 1931) —
also known as Jeff Jefferson —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in 1931.
Democrat. Chemist;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1987-98 (District 57-B 1987-92,
District 58-B 1993-98); candidate in Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary
for mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1993.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1998.
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Dorothy Legrand (d. 2000) —
of Minnesota.
Republican. Independent Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1994.
Female.
African ancestry.
Died, of cancer,
August, 2000.
Burial location unknown.
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Gabrielle Anne Kirk McDonald (b. 1942) —
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., 1942.
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1979-88;
resigned 1988.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Clarence M. Mitchell III (b. 1939) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., December
14, 1939.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1963-66; member of Maryland
state senate District 10, 1967-86; Indicted
in 1987, along with his brother, by a federal grand jury in
connection with the a bribery
investigation of Wedtech Corporation; convicted
of accepting
$50,000 to stop
the Congressional investigation of Wedtech; sentenced
to two and a half years in prison;
convicted
in 1988 of obstructing
an investigation of Baltimore drug
dealer Melvin D. 'Little Melvin' Williams, and sentenced
to two years in prison;
charged
in 1988 with failure to file income
tax returns; tried
and acquitted.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Kappa
Alpha Psi; Freemasons;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1988.
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Ken Morris —
of Oakdale, Washington
County, Minn.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Boyd Morson —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Brooklyn Park, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn Park, Minn., 2011.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Carl Thomas Rowan (1925-2000) —
also known as Carl T. Rowan —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ravenscroft, White
County, Tenn., August
11, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; syndicated newspaper
columnist,
author,
biographer,
television
and radio
commentator; U.S. Ambassador to Finland, 1963-64; in 1988, he shot
and wounded an intruder in his backyard in Washington, D.C.; he
was arrested,
charged
with a weapons
violation, and tried;
the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and a mistrial was declared;
received the Spingarn
Medal in 1997.
African ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of heart and
kidney
ailments and diabetes,
at the Washington Hospital
Center, Washington,
D.C., September
23, 2000 (age 75 years, 43
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wynfred Russell —
of Brooklyn Park, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn Park, Minn., 2011.
Liberian ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Frank Taylor —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1998, 2000.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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Edward Herbert Wright (1863-1930) —
also known as Edward H. Wright —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
28, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; Cook
County Commissioner, 1897-1900; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1908.
African ancestry.
Died, in Colonial Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., August
6, 1930 (age 66 years, 312
days).
Burial location unknown.
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