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Wentworth Cheswell is said to be the first African-American to be elected to office in America. He was one quarter Black and three quarters White. He was elected as town constable of Newmarket, New Hampshire, in 1768 and served in some government position thereafter until his death â well, to be precise, every year but one.
Augustus Hawkins was elected to Congress in 1962, and in 1970 Wilson Riles, State Superintendent of Schools, was the first African-American elected to a statewide office, followed by Mervyn Dymally's successful run for Lt.