Chauncey Forward Black

For the member of BLACKstreet, see Chauncey Black (singer).

Chauncey Forward Black (November 24, 1839 – December 2, 1904) was the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1883 to 1887. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1886.

Chauncy Black was also an author best known for ghostwriting a biography of Abraham Lincoln for his bodyguard Ward Hill Lamon titled The Life of Abraham Lincoln; from his Birth to his Inauguration as President published in 1872.^[1]

Chauncey Black was the son of the United States Attorney General Jeremiah Black, and grandson of Representative Henry Black. His maternal grandfather was Representative Chauncey Forward.

Political offices
Preceded by Charles Warren Stone	Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania 1883–1887	Succeeded by William T. Davies

Notes

1. ^ John Hoffmann | Review Essay | Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, 28.2 | The History Cooperative at www.historycooperative.org

External links

• The Political Graveyard
• Ward Hill Lamon, Chauncey F. Black (1872). The Life of Abraham Lincoln. James R. Osgood and Company. http://books.google.com/books?id=HC6dwv9aY84C. 
• "CHAUNCEY F. BLACK DEAD.; Ex-Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania and a Well-Known Democrat.". New York Times. December 3, 1904. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E0CE0DD163DE733A25750C0A9649D946597D6CF. Retrieved 2008-08-06. 

Persondata
Name	Black, Chauncey Forward
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	November 24, 1839
Place of birth
Date of death	December 2, 1904
Place of death