Arthur Wergs Mitchell
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| Date of birth | December 22,1883 |
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| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Born | La Fayette |
| Alabama | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | May 9,1968 |
| Died | Petersburg |
| Virginia | |
| United States | |
| Party | Democratic Party |
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| ID | 901199 |
About Arthur Wergs Mitchell
Arthur Wergs Mitchell was a U. S. Representative from Illinois. For his entire congressional career from 1935 to 1943, he was the only African American in Congress. Mitchell was the first African American to be elected to the United States Congress as a Democrat -- he replaced Oscar De Priest, a Republican.
