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Matt S. Anderson (b. 1904) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 10,
1904.
Son of Matthew Anderson and Margaret (Claye) Anderson.
Democrat. Office
clerk; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 1st
District; elected 1954.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
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;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 3rd District, 1967-80.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
First
black member of the Pennsylvania state senate.
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.
Son of Samuel G. Arnett and Mary Louisa Arnett.
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; speaker, 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
9, 1906 (age 68 years, 207
days).
Interment at Tarbox
Cemetery, Wilberforce, Ohio.
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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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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 January
28, 1957.
Democrat. Candidate in primary 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).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Bivens, Jr. (b. 1923) —
of Inkster, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa., February
8, 1923.
Son of Edward Bivens, Sr. and Charlotte (McCreary) Bivens.
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.
Still living as of 1999.
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Relatives:
Married 1950
to Irene Edna Stewart. |
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Lucien Edward Blackwell (b. 1931) —
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, 1996.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Homer S. Brown —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1935.
African ancestry.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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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. (b. 1920) —
also known as William T. Coleman, Jr. —
Born July 7,
1920.
U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 1975-77.
African ancestry. Member, Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Stephens Durham (1861-1919) —
also known as John S. Durham —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in 1861.
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Santo Domingo, 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.
Son of Cornelius Edwoods and Rebecca (Johnson) Edwoods.
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:
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 in primary for
Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1986; candidate in primary for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1996,
2008;
candidate in primary 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 in primary for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 2007.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Thomas W. Fleming (b. 1874) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Mercer, Mercer
County, Pa., May 13,
1874.
Son of Thomas Fleming and Lavinia Fleming.
Republican. Barber; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1908;
Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1928.
Congregationalist.
African ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Herbert Gray III (b. 1941) —
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; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1979-91.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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Richard Theodore Greener (b. 1844) —
also known as 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; Vladivostok, 1898-1901; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Vladivostok, 1902-05.
African ancestry.
First
black graduate of Harvard, 1870.
Burial
location unknown.
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Freeman P. Hankins (1917-c.1988) —
also known as Freeman Hankins —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., September
30, 1917.
Son of Oliver Hankins and Anna (Pyles) Hankins.
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.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Amvets; NAACP; Freemasons;
American
Woodmen; Elks.
In April, 2000, a Philadelphia branch post office was named for
him.
Died about 1988 (age about 71
years).
Interment somewhere
in Philadelphia, 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.
Son of William Henry Hastie and Roberta (Child) Hastie.
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.
Member of South
Carolina state senate, 1876-77; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1895-98; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, 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 in primary 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.
Son of Lewis Price Hood and Matilda Catharine (Porter) Hood.
Republican. U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, 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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Relatives:
Married 1884
to Mary Anna Davis. |
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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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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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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.
Daughter of Sandy Wallace and Susan Wallace.
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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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. (1905-1987) —
also known as Robert N. C. Nix, Sr. —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., August 9,
1905.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1956;
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 81 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.
Son of Robert
Nelson Cornelius Nix, Sr..
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 Nutter; Mike Nutter —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., June 29,
1957.
Democrat. Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1992;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996
(alternate), 2004
(alternate), 2008;
mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 2008-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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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 1991.
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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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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.
Pro
football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1974-82; member of
the College Football Hall of
Fame and the Pro Football Hall of
Fame; Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, 2006.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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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.
Daughter of Rev. Whitfield Nottage and Captilda (Gardiner) Nottage.
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 in primary 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 L. Vann (1879-1940) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Oakmont, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Ahoskie, Hertford
County, N.C., August
27, 1879.
Son of Lucy Peoples.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor and publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936.
African ancestry.
The Robert L. Vann Elementary School in Pittsburgh is named for
him.
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:
Married 1910
to Jessie Matthews. |
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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; 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.
Born in North Carolina, 1852.
Republican. Member of North Carolina state legislature; 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.
African ancestry.
Died in 1918
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Eden
Cemetery, Philadelphia, 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.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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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 2009.
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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 2010.
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