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Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837-1921

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Personal name headingPinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837-1921
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Variant(s)Pinchback, P. B. S. (Pinckney Benton Stewart), 1837-1921
Birth date18370510
Death date19211221
Place of birthMacon (Ga.)
Profession or occupationAfrican American governors
African American editors
Found inThe first Black governor, Pin[c]kney Benton Stewart Pinchback, 1996: p. 4, etc. (b. May 10, 1837, Macon, Ga.; d. Dec. 21, 1921; P.B.S. Pinchback)
Dic. of Am. Bio., c1934 (Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback; served in Civil War and La. politics including occupying the governorship, Dec. 9, 1872-Jan. 13, 1873)
LC database, 06-13-96 (hdg.: Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837-1921)
NUCMC data from Moorland-Spingarn Research Center for Blanche Kelso Bruce papers, 1870-1897 (correspondence with P.B.S. Pinchback)
English Wikipedia website, viewed Apr. 9, 2012 (Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (May 10, 1837--December 21, 1921) was the first non-white and first person of African American descent to become governor of a U.S. state. A Republican, he served as the 24th Governor of Louisiana for 35 days, from December 9, 1872, to January 13, 1873)
Weekly Louisianian, August 22, 1874 issue, Chronicling America website, viewed September 15, 2021: publisher block (P.B.S. Pinchback)