State Official – Governor
Wes Moore (1978- )
Wes Moore—Rhodes Scholar, banker, and writer—was elected governor of Maryland on November 8, 2022. He is the first African American...
Deval L. Patrick (1956- )
Deval L. Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts, was elected in 2006. He became at that time the second African American elected...
David A. Paterson (1954- )
David A. Paterson, sworn in as Governor on March 17, 2008, is the first legally blind American Governor, the first...
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (1837-1921)
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback was born on May 10, 1837 to parents William Pinchback, a successful Virginia planter, and Eliza...
Lawrence Douglas Wilder (1931- )
Born in Richmond, Virginia on January 17, 1931, Lawrence Douglas Wilder was the first African American to be elected governor...
