![]() ![]() Henry Clay Warmoth stepped aside because of impeachment charges. Pinchback, the lieutenant governor of Louisiana who served 35 daysĪs governor from December 1872 to January 1873 after Gov. Wilder was the first black man to be elected governor, he was not the first black man to serve as governor. He later served as mayor of Richmond from 2005 to 2009. He attempted to run for president, entering the Democratic primaries in 1991 but dropping His tenure was marked by widespread budget cuts and strong anticrime initiatives. Wilder served as governor from 1990 to 1994. Wilder, said that race had been a major or minor factor. Of his race: 4 in 10 of black voters, who voted overwhelmingly for Mr. Wilder’s race had been a major reason for their vote.” Mr. Win comfortably, and many polling experts believed that those surveyed had lied to pollsters about being willing to vote for a black man.Įxit polls conducted by The Times and CBS revealed that nearly 1 in 10 Coleman supporters said that “Mr. Wilder, suggesting that many white Democrats had voted against Mr. Reporting immediately after the election, The Times noted that Democrats running for other offices in that same election got far more votes than Mr. Wilder’s historic victory was euphoric for many, there remained concerns over the effect of his race among voters. Coleman by less than a half-percent, a result that stood after a recount. Marshall Coleman, a Republican, in the 1989 gubernatorial Wilder, a Democrat, had previously served as lieutenant governor after becoming the first black man to win a statewide election in Virginia in 1985. Ranking black elected official, a political figure to be reckoned with nationally, a symbol not just of a changing state but of a changing South and a changing nation.” Wilder, whose grandparents had been slaves, took power in Virginia, “the centerpiece of the Confederacy.” The Times noted that he also became “the nation’s highest Wilder’s swearing-in ceremony “changed the political face of the United States”Īnd noted that Mr. Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the first elected black governor in the United States as he took the oath of office in Richmond. ![]() ![]() Go to related post from our partner, findingDulcinea ».Learn about key events in history and their connections to today. ![]()
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