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This is a list of minority governors and lieutenant state governors in the United States.In the United States, an ethnic minority is anyone who has at least one parent who is not of non-Hispanic white descent (such as African Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islands Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans, or Native Americans).
This list contains state and territory governors of the United States who had any known amount of African ancestry. Some of these may not be considered "black" by modern US standards. Pages in category "African-American state governors of the United States"
First African-American Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky and first elected to statewide office in Kentucky: Jenean Hampton [29] [30] First African-American woman elected to the Utah Legislature: Sandra Hollins. 2017; First African-American United States Senator from California: Kamala Harris (see also: 2004, 2010)
All of Mississippi's African American statewide officials and Senators took office during Reconstruction, as of 2022. Nevada 1 1 New Jersey 8 8 New Mexico 1 1 New York 9 9 North Carolina 4 4 Ohio 3 3 Oklahoma 1 1 Oregon 1 1 Pennsylvania 1 1 South Carolina 5 1 1 7 Francis Lewis Cardozo held office as Secretary of State and State Treasurer. Texas 2 2
As of January 2025, there are 12 female state governors serving. Of the 50 state governors, 47 are non-Hispanic white, one is Hispanic (Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico), one is Black (Wes Moore of Maryland), and one is Native American (Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma). [15]
Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born January 17, 1931) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 66th governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. He was the first African American to serve as governor of a U.S. state since the Reconstruction era, and the first African American ever elected as governor.
African-American state governors of the United States (6 P) M. African-American mayors (43 C, 2 P) S. African-American state cabinet secretaries (53 P)
As Senate president pro tempore, in 1871, Pinchback succeeded to the position of acting lieutenant governor upon the death of Oscar Dunn, [10] [11] the first elected African-American lieutenant governor of a US state. [12] Pinchback contributed further to the political discussion with the founding of the bi-weekly newspaper, the Louisianian in ...