P.B.S. Pinchback Becomes First Black Governor

P.B.S. Pinchback served as Acting Governor of Louisiana from December 9, 1872 to January 13, 1873, after Governor Henry Clay Warmoth was impeached. Son of a white Mississippi planter and a formerly enslaved woman, Pinchback was the first Black governor in U.S. history. He later won election to both the Senate and House, though Congress denied him both seats.