Everything about Thomas Mundy Peterson totally explained
On
March 31,
1870,
Thomas Mundy Peterson (
1824 -
1904) of
Perth Amboy, New Jersey,
United States, became the first
African-American to
vote in an
election under the just-enacted provisions of the
15th Amendment to the
United States Constitution (External Link
).
He was born in
Metuchen,
New Jersey, to parents that had been
slaves owned by the Mundy family.
He was a
school custodian in Perth Amboy. Active in the
Republican Party, he became that the city's first African-American to hold elected office, on the
Middlesex County Commission
(External Link). He was also the city's first "colored" person to serve on a
jury.
Decades later, the school where Peterson had worked was renamed after him.
In New Jersey,
March 31 is annually celebrated as
Thomas Mundy Peterson Day in recognition of his historic vote
(External Link).
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