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Anderson Ebberson (c. 1843–1916) was an American politician. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1877 and 1881, representing Jefferson County, Arkansas, as a Republican.
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Anderson Hunt Brown (1880 – 1974) was an American businessman, real-estate developer, and civil rights activist. As a very successful African-American man in West Virginia, A.H. Brown worked on behalf of citizens and residents of the Charleston Independent…
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Anderson Louis Rush (c. 1838–1879) was a state legislator in Arkansas. He represented Pulaski County in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1868 and 1869.
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Andre F. Baker Jr. (born August 23, 1963) is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 124th district. He assumed office on January 7, 2015.
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Andre Nigel Barnett (born June 2, 1976) is an American entrepreneur, politician, and model. After founding an information technology company, he was the presidential candidate of the Reform Party in the 2012 United States presidential election, and later…
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André Birotte Jr. (born August 15, 1966) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California and previously served as United States Attorney for the Central District of California. On July 22, 2014,…
1991–
Andre D. Carroll (born 1991) is an American politician. He has served as the representative for the 201st district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since September 2024, after winning unopposed in a special election following the resignation of…
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André Darryl Carson (born October 16, 1974) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Indiana's 7th congressional district since 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, his district includes the northern four-fifths of Indianapolis,…
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Andre Peter Dickens (born June 17, 1974) is an American politician who is currently serving as the 61st mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to winning the 2021 election, which concluded after a runoff against city council president Felicia Moore, Dickens had…
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Andre Maurice Davis (born February 11, 1949) is the former city solicitor for Baltimore and a former United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He was formerly a United States district judge and was nominated…
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Andrea Grubb Barthwell (born 1953 or 1954) worked in the White House under President of the United States George W. Bush as deputy director for Demand Reduction at the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
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Celia Andrea Bonilla Gemio (born 4 August 1978) is a Bolivian agricultural worker, politician, and trade unionist who served as a party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz from 2015 to 2020. An ethnic Afro-Bolivian, Bonilla's career got its…
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Andrea J. Cabral (born 1959) is an American lawyer and former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety and Sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
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Andrea Joy Campbell is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the 45th attorney general of Massachusetts since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served on the Boston City Council from 2016 to 2022, serving as council…
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Andrea Dalzell is an American nurse, disability rights activist, and content creator. Dalzell is the first wheelchair-using registered nurse in the state of New York and advocates for disabled healthcare workers on social media.
1970–2020
Andrea Enisuoh (1970 – 13 February 2020) was an English socialist, feminist, journalist, political activist, trade unionist, human rights campaigner, and volunteer based in Hackney, London, England. In 1989, she was the first Black woman to be elected a…
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Andrea Hazell is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2023 Scarborough—Guildwood provincial by-election. She represents the electoral district of Scarborough—Guildwood as a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.
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Andrea Jenkins (born May 10, 1961) is an American politician, writer, performance artist, poet, and transgender activist. She is known for being the first Black openly transgender woman elected to public office in the United States, serving from January…
1950–
Andrea R. Canaan (born 1950) is a Black feminist writer, speaker, community organizer, poet and activist.
1928–2009
Andrew Degraffenreidt (3 March 1928 – 25 February 2009) was an educator and politician. He was notable as the first African-American commissioner in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Andrew J. Dumont (c. 1845 - June 30, 1885) was a state legislator who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and Louisiana State Senate during the Reconstruction era.
1866–1951
Andrew F. Stevens (1866-1951) was a banker and politician in Pennsylvania who served as a state legislator. He was African American. He was elected in 1919.
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Andrew Demetric Gillum (born July 26, 1979) is a former American politician who was the 126th mayor of Tallahassee, Florida, from 2014 to 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a Tallahassee city commissioner from 2003 to 2014. Gillum was the…
1814–1841
Andrew Harris (1814 – December 1, 1841) was an American abolitionist, minister, and the first African-American graduate of the University of Vermont (class of 1838). He was one of the first African Americans to receive a college degree in the United States…
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