File:Alexander Lucius Twilight (daguerrotype).jpg
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English: Photographic portrait of Alexander Lucius Twilight (1795–1857), American educator, politician, and minister. Twilight was the first African-American to earn a college degree from an American university (Middlebury College, 1823), as well as the first African-American elected to serve in a state legislature. He was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1836. Twilight was also a minister and secondary school principal, building Athenian Hall at the Orleans County Grammar Schools. |
| Date | before 1857 |
| Source | Collection of the Orleans County Grammar Schools |
| Author | Unknown author |
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| 2006-12-07 22:17 | 216×250× (77744 bytes) | GearedBull | Photographic portrait of Alexander Twilight (1795–1857) |
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| current | 05:31, 26 August 2020 | | 690 × 822 (249 KB) | Opencooper (talk | contribs) | Erase frame |
| 05:31, 26 August 2020 |  | 690 × 822 (689 KB) | Opencooper (talk | contribs) | higher res from https://oldstonehousemuseum.org/twilight-bio/ | |
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- Twilight (surname)
- Alexander (given name)
- Lucius (given name)
- 1795 births
- 1857 deaths
- 61-year-old deaths
- 19th-century African American politicians
- 19th-century Christian clergy from the United States
- African American clergy and religious figures
- African-American people in Vermont politics
- African American state legislators
- Alumni of Middlebury College
- Births in Orange County, Vermont
- Births in the United States in the 1790s
- Burials in Vermont
- Congregational clergy from the United States
- Congregationalist ministers
- Deaths in Orleans County, Vermont
- Male African American politicians
- Members of the Vermont House of Representatives
- Whigs from Vermont