David Dinkins.
Hiram Rhodes Revels- On February 25, 1870, he was elected the first black member of the Senate, becoming also the first black member of the Congress.
Barack Obama was the first Black president elected.
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.
While not the first black woman elected to Congress, Barbara Jordan was the first black woman from the deep south to be elected to Congress. She represented Texas in the House of Representatives.
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Barack Obama, when he was elected in 2008, became America's first black president.
Barack Obama is the first (and so far, the only) black person to serve as president of the United States. He was elected in 2008 for the first time and then re-elected in 2012.
Oscar Dunn was the first black lieutenant governor.
He was elected to congress from Illinois.