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Raymond Pace Alexander —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Lawyer;
Honorary
Consul for Haiti in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1947.
African ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Arenda Lauretta Wright Allen (b. 1960) —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1960.
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 2011-.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Matt S. Anderson (b. 1904) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 10,
1904.
Democrat. Office
clerk; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 1st
District; elected 1954.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Matthew Anderson and Margaret (Claye) Anderson; married to
Gertrude Gwendolyn Prestwood. |
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Herbert Arlene (1917-1989) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Harrison, Washington
County, Ga., September
5, 1917.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1959-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1968,
1984;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 3rd District, 1967-80; first
Black member of the Pennsylvania state senate.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died November
9, 1989 (age 72 years, 65
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin William Arnett (1838-1906) —
also known as Benjamin W. Arnett —
of Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., March
16, 1838.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; ordained
minister; member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Greene County, 1886-87; first
Black state legislator elected to represent a majority white
constituency; bishop; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1896.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African, Scottish,
American
Indian, and Irish
ancestry.
Lost a
leg due to a tumor in 1858.
Died, of uremia,
in Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio, October
7, 1906 (age 68 years, 205
days).
Interment at Wilberforce
Cemetery, Wilberforce, Ohio.
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Roy Leslie Austin (b. 1939) —
also known as Roy L. Austin —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Kingstown, St. Vincent
and the Grenadines, December
13, 1939.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; university
professor; U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, 2001-09.
African ancestry. Member, Skull
and Bones.
Still living as of 2014.
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Karla Ballard —
also known as Karla Ballard Williams —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Independent candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2020.
Female.
African and Shawnee-Cherokee
ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett (1833-1908) —
also known as Ebenezer D. Bassett —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
16, 1833.
School
teacher; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1869-77; U.S. Consul General in Port-au-Prince, as of 1874; Vice-Consul
for Haiti in New
York, N.Y., 1898-1902, 1904-08.
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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Deborah A. Batts (b. 1947) —
of New York.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
13, 1947.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1994-.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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Jasper Baxter (1957-2001) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
28, 1957.
Democrat. Candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 186th District, 1986.
African ancestry.
Was conducting a seminar on the 93rd floor of 2 World Trade Center,
when an airliner hijacked by terrorists was deliberately
crashed
into the building, causing an explosion,
fire,
and collapse
of the structure, killing almost 3,000, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
11, 2001 (age 44 years, 226
days).
Cenotaph at National September 11 Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Wendy Beetlestone (b. 1961) —
Born in Ibadan, Nigeria,
1961.
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2014-.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Edward Bivens Jr. (b. 1923) —
of Inkster, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa., February
8, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate
for Michigan
state house of representatives 37th District, 1968; mayor
of Inkster, Mich., 1970-75, 1991-99; defeated, 1999; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1972.
Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, Omega
Psi Phi; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Bivens, Sr. and Charlotte (McCreary) Bivens; married 1950 to Irene
Edna Stewart. |
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Lucien Edward Blackwell (1931-2003) —
also known as Lucien E. Blackwell —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Whitsett, Fayette
County, Pa., August
1, 1931.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; dock
worker; president,
Local 1332, International Longshoremen's Association; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1973-75; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1979 (Consumer), 1991 (Democratic primary);
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1991-95; defeated
in primary, 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1992,
1996.
African ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
24, 2003 (age 71 years, 176
days).
Interment at Mount Lawn Cemetery, Sharon Hill, Pa.
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Lisa Blunt=Rochester (b. 1962) —
also known as Lisa LaTrelle Blunt —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
10, 1962.
Democrat. Delaware Secretary of Labor, 1998-2001; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 2017-.
Female.
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League.
First
woman and first
African-American to represent Delaware in Congress.
Still living as of 2020.
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Homer S. Brown (b. 1896) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., September
23, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 1st
District, 1935.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William R. Brown and Maira W. (Rowlette) Brown; married to
Wilhelmina Byrd. |
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Jeremiah A. Brown (b. 1841) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
14, 1841.
Republican. Carpenter;
deputy
sheriff; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1886-87.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Brown and Frances J. Brown; married, January
17, 1864, to Mary A. Wheeler. |
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Tomlin Campbell —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1960.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1960.
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Alexander Clark (1826-1891) —
of Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., February
25, 1826.
Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1890-91, died in office 1891.
African ancestry.
Died in Monrovia, Liberia,
May
31, 1891 (age 65 years, 95
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Muscatine, Iowa.
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William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. (1920-2017) —
also known as William T. Coleman, Jr. —
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 7,
1920.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 1975-77.
African ancestry. Member, Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Alexandria,
Va., March
31, 2017 (age 96 years, 267
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Legrome D. Davis (b. 1952) —
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, 1952.
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2002-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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John Stephens Durham (1861-1919) —
also known as John S. Durham —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1861.
U.S. Consul in Santo Domingo, 1890-91; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Santo Domingo, 1891-93; U.S. Consul General in Port-au-Prince, 1891-93; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1891-93.
African ancestry.
Died in 1919
(age about
58 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Prince L. Edwoods (b. 1889) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., May 1,
1889.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1940.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cornelius Edwoods and Rebecca (Johnson) Edwoods; married 1914 to Laura
Henderson. |
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Dwight E. Evans —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1981-; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1986; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1996,
2008;
candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1999, 2007.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Chaka Fattah (b. 1956) —
also known as Arthur Davenport —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
21, 1956.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1982-88; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 7th District, 1989-94; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1995-; defeated
(Consumer), 1991; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 2007.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Thomas W. Fleming (b. 1874) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Mercer, Mercer
County, Pa., May 13,
1874.
Republican. Barber; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1908,
1920;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Congregationalist.
African ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Fleming and Lavinia Fleming; married, February
12, 1912, to Lethia Cousins. |
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Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs (1821-1874) —
also known as Jonathan C. Gibbs —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1821.
Minister;
delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1868; secretary
of state of Florida, 1868-73; Florida
superintendent of public instruction, 1873-74.
Presbyterian.
African ancestry.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., August
14, 1874 (age 52 years, 320
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mifflin Wistar Gibbs (1823-1915) —
also known as Mifflin W. Gibbs —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
17, 1823.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas,
1876,
1880,
1884,
1892,
1896
(Convention
Vice-President); U.S. Consul in Tamatave, 1897-98.
African ancestry.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., July 11,
1915 (age 92 years, 85
days).
Interment at Oakland
and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Woodrow Wilson Goode (b. 1938) —
also known as W. Wilson Goode —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born near Seaboard, Northampton
County, N.C., August
19, 1938.
Democrat. Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1984-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1984
(delegation chair).
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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William Herbert Gray III (1941-2013) —
also known as William H. Gray III; Bill
Gray —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., August
20, 1941.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1979-91; resigned
1991; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,
1984;
president and CEO, United Negro College Fund, 1991-2004.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died in London, England,
July
1, 2013 (age 71 years, 315
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Theodore Greener (b. 1844) —
also known as Richard T. Greener; R. T.
Greener —
of Washington,
D.C.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
30, 1844.
University
professor; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Bombay, 1898; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Vladivostok, 1898-1905.
African ancestry.
First
Black graduate of Harvard, 1870.
Burial location unknown.
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Freeman P. Hankins (1917-1988) —
also known as Freeman Hankins —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., September
30, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; funeral
director; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1961-67; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 7th District, 1967-88; died in office 1988.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
NAACP;
Freemasons;
American
Woodmen; Elks.
Died, from heart
disease, in the University of Pennsylvania Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
31, 1988 (age 71 years, 92
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery, Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pa.
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William Henry Hastie (1904-1976) —
also known as William H. Hastie —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
17, 1904.
Lawyer;
law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1937-39; dean,
Howard University law school, 1939-46; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1946-49; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1949-71; took
senior status 1971.
African ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omega
Psi Phi; Freemasons;
American
Civil Liberties Union; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received Spingarn
Medal in 1943.
Died, at Suburban General Hospital,
East Norriton, Montgomery
County, Pa., April
14, 1976 (age 71 years, 149
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Henry Harrison Heard (1850-1937) —
also known as William H. Heard —
of Abbeville
County, S.C.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in 1850.
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1895-98; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, as of 1895-98; bishop.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1937
(age about
87 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr. (1928-1998) —
also known as A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
25, 1928.
Member, Federal Trade Commission, 1962-64; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1964-77;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1977-93.
African ancestry.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1995; received the Spingarn
Medal in 1996.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in a hospital
at Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
14, 1998 (age 70 years, 292
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Leroy L. Hodge (c.1948-2004) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for Allegheny County Commissioner, 1999;
candidate for mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 2001; candidate for Pittsburgh city council,
2002.
African ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of complications from an organ transplant, January
22, 2004 (age about 56
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Dennie W. Hoggard —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1943.
African ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Solomon Porter Hood (1853-1943) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., July 30,
1853.
Republican. U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, as of 1922-24; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1922-26.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth
County, N.J., 1943
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Quinn
Chapel Cemetery, Atlantic Highlands, N.J.
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Roxanne Jones (c.1928-1996) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born about 1928.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 3rd District, 1985-96; died in office 1996.
Female.
African ancestry.
First
Black woman elected to the Pennsylvania state senate.
Died of a heart
attack, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 19,
1996 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thaddeus Kirkland (b. 1955) —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Chester, Delaware
County, Pa., January
12, 1955.
Democrat. Pastor;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 159th District, 1993-2016;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2008;
mayor
of Chester, Pa., 2016-.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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Willie Mae James Leake —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Mayor
of Chester, Pa., 1986-91.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1991.
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Joseph E. Lee —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Pennsylvania.
Republican. U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1891; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1896,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Florida, 1909.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Elmer McClung —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Susie Monroe (b. 1898) —
also known as Susie Wallace —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 4,
1898.
Democrat. Dressmaker;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County 23rd
District, 1949-54; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952.
Female.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Sandy Wallace and Susan Wallace. |
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Lee P. Myhan —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1945.
African ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. (1898-1987) —
also known as Robert N. C. Nix, Sr. —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., August
9, 1898.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1958-79 (4th District 1958-63,
2nd District 1963-79).
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Elks; American
Woodmen.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 22,
1987 (age 88 years, 317
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Jr. (1928-2003) —
also known as Robert N. C. Nix, Jr. —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 13,
1928.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1960;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1967-71; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1971-96; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1984-96.
African ancestry.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
23, 2003 (age 75 years, 41
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Michael Anthony Nutter (b. 1957) —
also known as Michael A. Nutter; Mike
Nutter —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., June 29,
1957.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996
(alternate), 2004
(alternate), 2008;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 2008-16.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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Ronald DeWayne Palmer (b. 1932) —
also known as Ronald D. Palmer —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., May 22,
1932.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Togo, 1976-78; Malaysia, 1981-83; Mauritius, 1986-89.
African ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2014.
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J. Thompson Pettigrew —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1945; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952.
African ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Ron Reese —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Blondell Reynolds=Brown (b. 1952) —
also known as Blondell Reynolds —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C., October
16, 1952.
Democrat. School
teacher; dancer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 2019.
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Lynn Curtis Swann (b. 1952) —
also known as Lynn Swann —
of Sewickley Heights, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Alcoa, Blount
County, Tenn., March 7,
1952.
Republican. Pro
football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1974-82; member of
the College Football Hall of
Fame and the Pro Football Hall of
Fame; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 2006.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Cynthia DeLores Tucker (1927-2005) —
also known as C. DeLores Tucker; Cynthia DeLores
Nottage —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
4, 1927.
Democrat. Secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1971-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972,
1996,
2000,
2004;
speaker, 1984;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1978; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1980; member of Democratic
National Committee from Pennsylvania, 2004.
Female.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Died, in Suburban Woods Health
Center, Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
12, 2005 (age 78 years, 8
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Robert Lee Vann (1879-1940) —
also known as Robert L. Vann —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Oakmont, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Ahoskie, Hertford
County, N.C., August
27, 1879.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor and publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936.
African ancestry.
Died, at Shadyside Hospital,
Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
24, 1940 (age 61 years, 58
days).
Entombed at Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Lucy Peoples; married 1910 to Jessie
Matthews. |
| | | The Robert L. Vann Elementary School
(built 1914 as Watt School; name changed to Vann 1941; closed and
sold 2011; now St. Benedict the Moor Catholic School), in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, was named for
him. |
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George Leon Paul Weaver (1912-1995) —
also known as George L. P. Weaver —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 8,
1912.
Democrat. Railroad
worker; director,
civil rights committee, CIO; executive
secretary, civil rights committee, AFL-CIO, 1955-58; assistant to
the president, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers; U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs,
1961-69; special assistant to the Director-General, International
Labor Organization; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1960,
1964.
African ancestry.
Died, from complications of emphysema
and asthma,
in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 14,
1995 (age 83 years, 67
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George J. Weaver and Josephine (Snell) Weaver; married, September
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William J. Whipper —
of Beaufort
County, S.C.
Born in Pennsylvania.
Republican. Delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Beaufort
County, 1868; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County,
1868-72, 1875-76; resigned 1876; circuit judge in South Carolina 1st
Circuit, 1876; delegate to Republican National Convention from South
Carolina, 1880.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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George Henry White (1852-1918) —
also known as George H. White —
of Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Rosindale, Bladen
County, N.C., December
18, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1881; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1885; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Carolina, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1897-1901;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1916.
African ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
28, 1918 (age 66 years, 10
days).
Interment at Eden
Cemetery, Collingdale, Pa.
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Anthony Hardy Williams —
also known as Anthony H. Williams —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1989-98; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 8th District, 1999-2004; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 2010.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Samuel Howard Woodson Jr. (1916-1999) —
also known as S. Howard Woodson, Jr. —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 8,
1916.
Democrat. Pastor;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1964;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1964-76 (Mercer County 1964-67,
District 6-B 1968-73, 13th District 1974-76); resigned 1976.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., July 28,
1999 (age 83 years, 81
days).
Interment at Ewing
Cemetery, Ewing, N.J.
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Albert Russell Wynn (b. 1951) —
also known as Albert R. Wynn —
of Largo, Prince
George's County, Md.; Mitchellville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
10, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1983-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1987-92; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1993-.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Johnny Young (b. 1940) —
of Pennsylvania; Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., February
6, 1940.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, 1989-92; Togo, 1994-97; Bahrain, 1997-2001; Slovenia, 2001-04.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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