1868

Oscar Dunn and P.B.S. Pinchback hold Louisiana's top offices

Oscar Dunn was elected lieutenant governor in 1868 and served until his death on November 20, 1871. P.B.S. Pinchback, as state Senate president with the duties of acting lieutenant governor, became acting governor on December 9, 1872, the first Black governor of a U.S. state, and the U.S. Senate refused to seat him on March 8, 1876.