Word: pinchback
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Negro, Henry Clay Warmoth was born of American pioneer stock of Dutch extraction. In fact there has never been a Negro Governor in the U.S. Closest was Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback, who served as Acting Governor of Louisiana from Dec. 9, 1872 until Jan. 13, 1873, while Governor Warmoth was unable to perform the duties of his office because he was the subject of impeachment proceedings...
...TIME confused a 72-year-old situation and White Governor Warmoth with his Negro Lieutenant Governor, Pinckney B. S. Pinchback, hopes that their heirs and assigns will excuse...