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Wilder in 2003
Birth Name: Laurence Douglas Wilder
Place of Birth: Henrico, Virginia, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 17, 1931
Ethnicity: African-American
Douglas Wilder is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, from January 18, 1986 to January 13, 1990, Governor of Virginia, from January 13, 1990 to January 15, 1994, and Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, from January 2, 2005 to January 1, 2009. He was the first African-American to serve as Governor of a U.S. state since Reconstruction.
He was a candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States in 1992 .
Douglas is the son of Beulah Olive (Richards) and Robert Judson Wilder. He has three children, including politician Lawrence D. Wilder, Jr., with his former wife Eunice Montgomery.
Douglas’s paternal grandfather was James W. Wilder (the son of John Wilder and Martha Washington).
Douglas’s paternal grandmother was named Agnes W. Johnson.
Douglas’s maternal grandmother was named Mary.