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| − | Following the death of Republican representative Martin B. Madden, De Priest ran for the House seat in Illinois' 1st congressional district with the backing of William Hale Thompson, the city's mayor.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics>FascinatingPolitics (February 27, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/02/27/oscar-stanton-de-priest-the-first-black-congressman-of-the-20th-century/ Oscar Stanton De Priest: The First Black Congressman of the 20th Century]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> In a contest with four opponents in the 1928 election, he won by seven percentage points | + | Following the death of Republican representative Martin B. Madden, De Priest ran for the House seat in Illinois' 1st congressional district with the backing of William Hale Thompson, the city's mayor.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics>FascinatingPolitics (February 27, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/02/27/oscar-stanton-de-priest-the-first-black-congressman-of-the-20th-century/ Oscar Stanton De Priest: The First Black Congressman of the 20th Century]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> In a contest with four opponents in the 1928 election, he won by seven percentage points,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262563 IL District 1 Race - Nov 06, 1928]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> and would be re-elected twice.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=187521 IL District 1 Race - Nov 04, 1930]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262643 IL District 1 Race - Nov 08, 1932]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:56, July 25, 2021
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.
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Following the death of Republican representative Martin B. Madden, De Priest ran for the House seat in Illinois' 1st congressional district with the backing of William Hale Thompson, the city's mayor.[1] In a contest with four opponents in the 1928 election, he won by seven percentage points,[2] and would be re-elected twice.[3][4]
References
- ↑ FascinatingPolitics (February 27, 2019). Oscar Stanton De Priest: The First Black Congressman of the 20th Century. Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
- ↑ IL District 1 Race - Nov 06, 1928. Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
- ↑ IL District 1 Race - Nov 04, 1930. Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
- ↑ IL District 1 Race - Nov 08, 1932. Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
