| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person gptkb:politician
 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | public schools in Salina, Kansas 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1871-03-09 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Florence,_Alabama,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:burialPlace | gptkb:Graceland_Cemetery,_Chicago 
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                                | gptkbp:children | Laurence DePriest 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 1951-05-12 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:ethnicity | gptkb:African-American 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | civil rights advocacy anti-discrimination legislation
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | first African American elected to Congress in the 20th century first African American to represent a Northern state in Congress
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:businessman gptkb:politician
 
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                                | gptkbp:party | gptkb:Republican_Party 
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                                | gptkbp:precededBy | gptkb:Martin_B._Madden 
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                                | gptkbp:religion | gptkb:Baptist 
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                                | gptkbp:represents | gptkb:Illinois's_1st_congressional_district 
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                                | gptkbp:residence | gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | Jessie Williams DePriest 
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                                | gptkbp:successor | Arthur W. Mitchell 
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                                | gptkbp:termEnd | 1935 
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                                | gptkbp:termStart | 1929 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:1920s_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Oscar DePriest 
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