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Joseph L. McLemore
1902–1971
United States
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Biography
Joseph L. McLemore (November 12, 1902 – November 27, 1971) was a prominent black attorney and politician in St. Louis, Missouri. He is remembered as the first African-American candidate for Congress by the Democratic Party, when he was nominated to the ticket for the election of November 1928.
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