John Mercer Langston

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John Mercer Langston was a pioneering African American abolitionist, lawyer, educator, and politician who became one of the first Black men elected to public office in the United States and served as a U.S. congressman from Virginia.

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instanceOf African American ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
educator ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
almaMater Oberlin College ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1829-12-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1897-11-15 ⓘ
educatedAt Oberlin College ⓘ
employer Howard University ⓘ
ethnicGroup African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Langston ⓘ
fieldOfWork civil rights ⓘ
education ⓘ
law ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasRelative Charles Henry Langston ⓘ
Gideon S. Langston ⓘ
Lucy Jane Langston ⓘ
Ralph Quarles ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
middleName Mercer ⓘ
movement abolitionism ⓘ
notableAchievement among the first Black men elected to public office in the United States ⓘ
first dean of the Howard University Law Department ⓘ
one of the first African Americans admitted to the bar in Ohio ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first African Americans elected to public office in the United States ⓘ
service as a U.S. congressman from Virginia ⓘ
notableWork From the Virginia Plantation to the National Capitol (autobiography) ⓘ
occupation abolitionist ⓘ
educator ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Louisa County, Virginia, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.
politicalOffice member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
politicalParty Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
positionHeld U.S. chargé d’affaires to the Dominican Republic ⓘ
U.S. minister resident and consul general to Haiti ⓘ
dean of Howard University Law Department ⓘ
president of Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute ⓘ
represented Virginia ⓘ
residence Oberlin, Ohio, United States ⓘ
linked to: Oberlin, Ohio

Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.

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Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) → hasBurial → John Mercer Langston ⓘ
John Mercer Langston → hasRelative → Charles Henry Langston ⓘ
linked to: John Mercer Langston
National Negro Convention movement → hasParticipant → Charles H. Langston ⓘ
linked to: John Mercer Langston