The first black congresswoman that was elected from the deep south was Barbara Jordan. She was re-elected and she was the first woman that was elected to the Texas Senate.
The first black president of South Africa was Nelson Mandela. He took office in 1994.
barak obamah-the first black man elected as president(usa)
The first two elected black senators were Hiram Rodes Revels and Blanche kelso Bruce. Respectively. Both of Mississippi. elected during the reconstruction period. Revels was a minister in the AME church and Bruce though born a slave had received a formal education and later attended the Oberlin College.
You are probably referring to Shirley Chisholm of New York; she was elected to the House of Representatives in 1968, the first black woman elected to congress. She then ran for president in 1972, but did not get the nomination.
The first black sheriff of Hinds County, Mississippi during the Reconstruction Era of 1873 was Peter Crosby. He served as sheriff from 1873 to 1877.
1992...The first two FEMALE SHERIFFS to be ELECTED were Jackie Barrett in Fulton County, Georgia, and Judy Pridgen in Saline County, Arkansas.
The Sheriff of Nansemond County was in charge of policing Suffolk, as well as Nansemond County, until 1858. In 1858, Suffolk was granted a charter and the first town sergeant was elected. After 1910, the town sergeant would be called Chief of Police. The sheriff would still be in charge of Nansemond County law enforcement until October 1970, when the Nansemond County Police Department was founded. The City of Suffolk Police Department and the Nansemond County Police Department merged in January 1974. The sheriff and the town sergeant were both elected officers.
John T Porter was the first sheriff of Santa Cruz Co.
The motto of San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department is 'Dedicated to Your Safety'.
Cleveland's first position was assistant district attorney of Erie County, NY, an appointed position. His first elected position was Sheriff of Erie County, which began January 1, 1871, when he was 33 years old.
Barack Obama was the first Black president elected.
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The first black congresswoman that was elected from the deep south was Barbara Jordan. She was re-elected and she was the first woman that was elected to the Texas Senate.
(Lawrence) Douglas Wilder of Virginia was the first elected black governor. He was elected in 1989.Louisiana has never had a black governor.
Barbara Jordan was the first Black Congresswoman to be elected from the South. She was elected to office in 1976.
this republican was first black perosn elected to the U.S. senate.