Black Fact = 1871 ( December 6) – P. B. S. (Pinckney Benton Stewart) Pinchback was elected President pro tem in the Louisiana Senate and acting Lieutenant Governor on this date in 1871.
Born in Macon, Georgia, on May 10, 1837, the son of a former slave, Pinckney Pinchback fought in the Civil War as a captain in the Union Army. He was the first African American to serve as a U.S. state governor, from 1872 to 1873 in Louisiana. He was later elected to the U.S. Senate but his seat was refused due to a reelection fueled by racial tensions. He died in Washington, D.C.., on December 21, 1921. #theraydiotwins
