P. B. S. Pinchback serves as acting governor of Louisiana (1872-1873)

CTL-E-1537 · Event · election · 1870s

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Pinchback serves as acting governor of Louisiana from December 9, 1872, to January 13, 1873, while Governor Henry Clay Warmoth faces impeachment; the first African American to govern a U.S. state.

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