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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.
Shirley Chisholm, nÃ©e Shirley Anita St. Hill, (born November 30, 1924, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.âdied January 1, 2005, Ormond Beach, Florida), American politician, the first African American woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress.