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{{Officeholder
|name=Oscar Stanton De Priest
|image=
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Jessie Williams
|religion=
|offices=
{{Officeholder/misc
|office=Member of the Chicago City Council from the 3rd Ward
|terms=1943–1947
|preceded=???
|former=y
|succeeded=???
}}
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Illinois
|district=1st
|terms=March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935
|preceded=Martin B. Madden
|former=y
|succeeded=Arthur W. Mitchell
}}
{{Officeholder/misc
|office=Member of the Chicago City Council from the 2nd Ward
|terms=1915–1917
|preceded=Louis B. Anderson
|former=y
|succeeded=???
}}
{{Officeholder/misc
|office=Member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
|terms=1904–1908
|preceded=???
|former=y
|succeeded=???
}}
}}
'''Oscar Stanton De Priest''' (March 9, 1871 – May 12, 1951) was an alderman and [[civil rights]] activist from [[Chicago]] who was the first black [[Republican]] to be elected to [[Congress]] in the 1900s. He was very vocal in his fight for racial equality, even speaking in [[the South]] despite death threats by violent [[Democrats]].
'''Oscar Stanton De Priest''' (March 9, 1871 – May 12, 1951) was an alderman and [[civil rights]] activist from [[Chicago]] who was the first black [[Republican]] to be elected to [[Congress]] in the 1900s. He was very vocal in his fight for racial equality, even speaking in [[the South]] despite death threats by violent [[Democrats]].