Category:Arthur Wergs Mitchell
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Date of birth | 22 December 1883 LaFayette | ||||
Date of death | 9 May 1968 Petersburg | ||||
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English: Arthur Wergs Mitchell (1883–1968) was an American politician and civil rights activist who was the first African American elected to Congress as a Democrat, serving from 1935 to 1943 in Illinois's 1st district.
Media in category "Arthur Wergs Mitchell"
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- Mitchell (surname)
- Arthur (given name)
- 1883 births
- 1968 deaths
- 84-year-old deaths
- 20th-century African-American men
- 20th-century African American politicians
- 20th-century male politicians of the United States
- African American civil rights activists
- African American members of the United States House of Representatives
- African-American people in Illinois politics
- Alumni of Columbia University
- Births in Chambers County, Alabama
- Births in the United States in the 1880s
- Deaths in Petersburg, Virginia
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois
- Male African American politicians
- Members of Phi Beta Sigma
- Politicians of Chicago
- Politicians of Petersburg, Virginia
- Representatives from Illinois's 1st congressional district