Comments on: Former Lt. Governor George Brown dies http://www.cogenblog.com/2006/04/05/former-lt-governor-george-brown-dies/ News and tips about genealogy in Colorado Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:31:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Former Lt. Governor George Brown dies by: PoetPatriot http://www.cogenblog.com/2006/04/05/former-lt-governor-george-brown-dies/#comment-55 Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:55:25 +0000 http://www.cogenblog.com/2006/04/05/former-lt-governor-george-brown-dies/#comment-55 Information re first paragraph (submitted by Hancock@PoetPatriot.com): >> George Brown, Colorado Lt. Governor from 1975-1979, died on 30 March 2006 in Florida. Mr. Brown was the first black person to win a statewide office in Colorado and the nation’s first black lieutenant governor. The nation's first [black] Lt. Governor was in 1868 in Louisiana. Oscar J. Dunn a former slave was installed on July 13, 1868. [Bracketed words added by COGenBlog editor.] Information re first paragraph (submitted by Hancock@PoetPatriot.com):

>> George Brown, Colorado Lt. Governor from 1975-1979, died on 30 March 2006 in Florida. Mr. Brown was the first black person to win a statewide office in Colorado and the nation’s first black lieutenant governor.

The nation’s first [black] Lt. Governor was in 1868 in Louisiana. Oscar J. Dunn a former slave was installed on July 13, 1868.

[Bracketed words added by COGenBlog editor.]

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