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Walter G. Alexander

1880–1953

United States

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Walter Gilbert Alexander I (December 3, 1880 – February 5, 1953) was an American physician and Republican politician from New Jersey. He was president of the National Medical Association and the first African American to serve in the New Jersey Legislature.

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