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