Skip Content
U.S. Flag
  
  

Pinckney Benton Stewart (PBS) Pinchback, 1873


Related Link: Senate Stories | Reconstruction Louisiana and the Case of PBS Pinchback

Pinckney Benton Stewart (PBS) Pinchback, 1873
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback of Louisiana, a pioneering Black American politician, was elected to the Senate in 1873 but was never allowed to take his seat.
credit: Library of Congress