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DePriest, Oscar Stanton Sr.
Born: 1871 AD
Died: 1951 AD, at 80 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
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Died: 1951 AD, at 80 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
US Republican politician
Representative from Illinois 1929-1935 (1st black elected to Congress in 20th century
last black Republican in Congress until Gary Franks in 1991)
defeated by Arthur Mitchell in Congressional general election 1934
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