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P. B. S. Pinchback

1837 - 1921

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Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (May 10, 1837 – December 21, 1921) was an American publisher, politician, and Union Army officer who served as Governor of Louisiana from December 9, 1872 to January 13, 1873. Pinchback was the first African-American governor and the second lieutenant governor (after Oscar Dunn) in the United States. A Republican, Pinchback served as acting governor of Louisiana for 35 days, during which ten acts of Legislature became law. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of P. B. S. Pinchback has received more than 682,891 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. P. B. S. Pinchback is the 17,563rd most popular politician, the 12,619th most popular biography from United States and the 867th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, P. B. S. Pinchback ranks 17,563 out of 19,576. Before him are Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, Julien Nkoghe Bekale, Anniken Huitfeldt, Mairead McGuinness, John Lindsay, and Henry Puna. After him are John W. Davis, Priti Patel, Jean-Pierre Bel, Brad Little, Fabien Roussel, and Julia Reda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, P. B. S. Pinchback ranks 115. Before him are Georg Bühler, Richard A. Proctor, Nell Arthur, Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann, Mark Hanna, and Charles Ammi Cutter. After him are John Burroughs, and Joaquin Miller. Among people deceased in 1921, P. B. S. Pinchback ranks 130. Before him are Léon Moreaux, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, E. W. Hornung, Raymond Thorne, Henry Hyndman, and Mary Watson Whitney. After him are John Burroughs, Charles B. Cory, Coenraad Hiebendaal, Andrew Watson, James Mitchel, and James Gibbons.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, P. B. S. Pinchback ranks 12,619 out of 20,380. Before him are Danny Jacobs (1968), Carla Anderson Hills (1934), Marie Corridon (1930), Greg Daniels (1963), Marshall Wayne (1912), and Bob Weir (1947). After him are Joey Baron (1955), John W. Davis (1873), Josie Maran (1978), Neil Gorsuch (1967), Maury Povich (1939), and Mary Washburn (1907).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, P. B. S. Pinchback ranks 867. Before him are Eliot Spitzer (1959), Kim Reynolds (1959), Kelly Craft (1962), Varina Davis (1826), William Windom (1827), and John Lindsay (1921). After him are John W. Davis (1873), Brad Little (1954), Caesar Rodney (1728), George S. Boutwell (1818), Richard Russell Jr. (1897), and John Davis Lodge (1903).

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