The first vice presidential nominee is generally believed to be Frederick Douglass, in 1872 for the Equal Rights Party.
The first presidential nominee was Clennon King in 1960 for the Afro-American Party.
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John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were both nominated by what could be called political parties in 1796. Andrew Jackson was the first to nominated by a national party similar to the ones we have today.
He was asked to be the first president by Congress. The United States didn't elect people as we do today. Our founding fathers felt that the population in general was not educated enough to vote so the three branches were elected by Congress.
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Tyrell J. Watkins He has big dreams of become the worlds second African American President but the first full black president.
Jesse Jackson.
lyndon B Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall
lyndon B Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall
Gerald Ford
apparently Obama http://blog.diversityjobs.com/obama-first-black-nominee-for-president-in-US-history
Congress nominated George Washington as the first President of the United States of America.
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was the first black person to run for president back in 1964.
to be a nominated by a major party as the Presidential candidate for Office of the President of the United States of America
Andrew Jackson was nominated by the first national political convention in 1832.
Andrew Jackson was nominated by the first national political convention in 1832.
Barak Obama was the first to be both nominated and elected; others like Jesse Jackson have run, but were not nominated.
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