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January 17, 2022

Lawrence Douglas Wilder

January 17, 2022

Lawrence Douglas Wilder, a lawyer and politician and the first African American to serve as Governor of a state since Reconstruction, was born on this day in 1931 in Richmond, Virginia. After his governorship, he went on to serve as the Mayor of his hometown Richmond from 2005 to 2009.

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