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Wentworth Cheswell is said to be the first African-American to be elected to office in America. He was one quarter Black and three quarters White. He was elected as town constable of Newmarket, New Hampshire, in 1768 and served in some government position thereafter until his death â well, to be precise, every year but one.
January 30 - Sharon Pratt (Dixon) Kelly. Born in Washington, D.C.. She was the elected mayor of Washington, D.C. and served from January 2, 1991 â January 2, 1995 -- making her the first woman and the first Black American woman, to serve as mayor of a major American city.