Chauncey Forward Black

Chauncey Forward Black

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

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