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1867 - Monroe Baker, named mayor of St. Martin, Louisiana.

On this date in 1867, Monroe Baker, a well-to-do Black businessman, named mayor of St. Martin, Louisiana, two years after the end of slavery. Monroe Baker was the first Black mayor of any American city takes office.

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