NEGRO RACE IN AMERICA. 1 75
present. He now is known as bishop, philosopher,
politician, author, devoted race-man, and ex-United
States Chaplain.
Hon. P. B. S. Pinchback has the honor of hav¬
ing held more positions than any other colored man.
He was a true and faithful soldier during the civil
war. At the time of the impeachment of Governor
Warmouth, of Louisiana, he became acting Governor
of that State, finally becoming the real Governor
until the term expired.
Prof. Richard Theodore Greener stands with
the first scholars of the Negro race. His essays and
orations rank high in the fields of literature and
oratory. He has held the position of Chief Civil
Service Examiner of New York City, lawyer, prize
essayist, orator, and Dean of the Law Department
of Howard University
Senator B. K. Bruce, another son of the Ne¬
gro race, though not receiving his privilege as a man
until 1865, and notwithstanding then having attained
to the age of 24, smothered no longer the intellec¬
tual fires then burning in his soul. Though a Vir¬
ginian, he entered into public life in Mississippi.
Much useful knowledge he gathered while sergeant-
at-arms of the State Senate of Mississippi, which
helped him to admirably fill his place as U. S. Sen¬
ator. It was, also, his honor to hold the position
of Register of the U- S. Treasury
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