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rlsi SMifr ? 5 rs--rLL€ s-s1? s--, ? a-»-s 3 7 s g 5 rr=; : s. r ?PINCHBACK IS DEADWAS LA. NEGRO GOVERNORPres* dupatches from Washington Thursday morning carried the new* of the death there of the only negro who has ever sat officially in the governor’* chair of any state of the Union— Pinckney Benton Steward Pinchback. who. in the closing days of the carpetbag regime, was lieutenant governor of Louisiana, and who during the absence of Governor Warmoth. after the latter** impeachment, sat as acting go*--crnor of Louisiana.Pinchback. who is survived by a ow and two sods, went to W,30 years ago to praclica law. after linquishing in New Orleans the ship and publication of the New ans Louisianian. During this pcruxi following his departure from Louisiana, he also served one term in New York as United States marshaLA native of Georgia, he entered Louisiana politics during the carpetbag-ging days immediately _Gvil War. in which he had distinguished himself as a member of the Corpt. d'Afriquc. After serving in the constitutional convention of 1868. he was elected to the state senate, and. following the death of Oscar Dunn, lieutenant governor with Governor Warmoth. 1 he succeeded to Dunns post. Gqw* ernor Warmoth was impeached, and on December 16. 1872, PfeAbttk took office as acting governor, serving null I January of 1873.He entered the senatorial race then, and finally lost this, after waging » fight for two years to have his claims to a seat in the United Statf! SwuUrr ) recognized, by a vote of 32 to 29 opponent. General (jcntge A. Shorntaking his scat on March 3. 1874. _one day before the term of His *tfci3 atorship expired. .Pinchback has served, under dent Arthur, u surveyor of the of New Orleans.BANQUET POSTPONED
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Leesville Vernon Parish Democrat
Leesville, Louisiana, US
Thu, Dec 29, 1921
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