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When Warmoth was impeached in 1872, Pinchback became acting governor for 34 days — Dec. 9, 1872, to Jan. 13, 1873 — the remainder of Warmoth’s term.

But Pinchback took an oath of office, unlike Dunn, and has generally been referred to as the first Black governor.

Pinchback was born in Georgia to a formerly enslaved woman and her former enslaver.

He and his siblings had light skin and were raised among their White half-siblings; at least one of his sisters later “passed” as White and encouraged Pinchback to do the same.

After being educated in Ohio and working on gambling boats, Pinchback returned to the South during the Civil War, serving as an officer in the United States Colored Troops.