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It bothers me that it has taken days to find any information on the first Black Governor of any of these great United States. Wikipedia was my last resource to locate this information. I will pass the word along regarding this Free Encyclopedia.

Thanks, Angela Smalls

---removed subjective, uncited opinion as to why Wilder pardoned Iverson. Wilder used his own judgment, and no evidence has been presented that the evidence in the case was "untenable" nor that there was a "national movement" to free Iverson. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.27.111.123 (talk) 18:30, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] first African-American to serve as governor?

What about PBS Pinchback? He was biracial. Does wikipedia count that as African-American? Just wondering -Brad Kgj08 (talk) 20:09, 12 March 2008 (UTC)