Oscar Stanton De Priest

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Oscar_Stanton_De_Priest
GPTKB entity
AI-created image of Oscar Stanton De Priest
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:birthDate 1871-03-09
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Florence,_Alabama,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Graceland_Cemetery,_Chicago
gptkbp:child gptkb:Oscar_Stanton_De_Priest_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1951-05-12
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:notableFor first African American to serve in Congress from outside the Southern United States
first African American elected to Congress in the 20th century
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:businessman
gptkb:politician
gptkbp:party gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Baptist
gptkbp:represents gptkb:Illinois's_1st_congressional_district
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jessie_Williams_De_Priest
gptkbp:termEnd 1935
gptkbp:termStart 1929
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Oak_Woods_Cemetery
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Oscar Stanton De Priest