Louis Stokes

Louis Stokes was an American attorney, civil rights pioneer and politician. He served 15 terms in the United States House of Representatives – representing the east side of Cleveland – and was the first African American congressman elected in the state of Ohio. He was one of the Cold War-era chairmen of the House Intelligence Committee, headed the Congressional Black Caucus, and was the first African American on the House Appropriations Committee.

23 February 1925

Born on the same birth day (23 February): Bobby Mitchell (golfer) • Elston Howard • Florian Fricke • George Frideric Handel • Harry Clarke (footballer, born 1923) • Kristina Šmigun-Vähi • Melinda Messenger • Samara Weaving • Steve Stricker • Terence Fisher • Vasily Lazarev • Viktor Yushchenko

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