[DOC] [TLE] Douglas Wilder - Wikipedia [PAR] Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born January 17, 1931) is an American politician, who 
served as the first African American to be elected as governor of Virginia and first 
African-American governor of any state since Reconstruction. Wilder served as 
the 66th Governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. ... Wilder was the first African 
American to win a statewide election in Virginia. [DOC] [TLE] Jan. 13, 1990 | L. Douglas Wilder Becomes First Elected Black ... [PAR] Jan 13, 2012 ... 13, 1990, L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the first elected black ... governor 
from 1990 to 1994, the first black man in United States ... after becoming the first 
black man to win a statewide election in Virginia in 1985. [DOC] [TLE] Wilder, Lawrence Douglas (1931- ) | The Black Past: Remembered ... [PAR] For four years Wilder served as the governor of Virginia (1990-1994). ... After 
college, Wilder joined the United States Army and served in the Korean ... In 
1969 Wilder entered politics, winning a seat in the Virginia State Senate during a 
special election. Wilder became the first African American state senator in 
Virginia since... [DOC] [TLE] Wilder, Lawrence Douglas (1931 ) - Encyclopedia Virginia [PAR] Nov 6, 2008 ... L. Douglas Wilder was governor of Virginia from 1990 until 1994. ... was the first 
African American elected governor of any state in America. ... Over time, Wilder 
became an important conduit for white legislators seeking black support. ... 
Shortly after Coleman's victory in the primary, the U.S. Supreme Court... [DOC] [TLE] L. Douglas Wilder Biography - Grandson of Slaves, Entered Politics ... [PAR] On January 14, 1990, L. Douglas Wilder was sworn in as governor of Virginia, ... 
Wilder became Virginia's 66th governor and the nation's first elected black 
governor. ... to run for the Democratic nomination in the 1992 U.S. presidential 
election. ... After high school, he was barred from even considering the state's all-
white... [DOC] [TLE] Douglas Wilder - Governor, Mayor - Biography.com [PAR] Feb 14, 2016 ... Douglas Wilder was the first African American to win statewide office in Virginia, 
and to ... In 1969, Douglas Wilder became the first African American since ... After 
returning to the U.S., Wilder at first worked in the Virginia state ... In 1985, he was 
elected the state's first African-American lieutenant governor. [DOC] [TLE] L. Douglas Wilder - Virginia Historical Society [PAR] Lawrence Douglas Wilder was born on January 17, 1931, in Richmond, Virginia. 
... after abolitionist-orator Frederick Douglass and poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. ... 
and, on January 13, 1990, L. Douglas Wilder became Virginia's sixty-sixth 
governor. He was the first elected African American governor in United States 
history. [DOC] [TLE] Douglas Wilder, First Elected Black Governor - findingDulcinea [PAR] A biography of L. Douglas Wilder, former governor of Virginia and mayor of ... in 
1989 became the first black man ever to be elected governor in the United States. 
... Lawrence Douglas Wilder, named after poet Paul Laurence Dunbar and ... 
Wilder's victory withstood a recount and he was sworn into office on Jan. 13, 
1990. [DOC] [TLE] Education from LVA: Douglas Wilder Was Inaugurated Governor [PAR] Douglas Wilder Was Inaugurated Governor of Virginia, January 13, 1990. During 
the first decades following ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870, ... 
black men in the United States, most African American voters became ... 1989 
was the first African American in the United States to win election as governor of 
a state. [DOC] [TLE] Jan. 13th, 1990: First elected black governor in U.S. takes office ... [PAR] Jan 13, 2016 ... On this day in 1990, Douglas Wilder was sworn in as governor of ... Wilder 
became the first black elected governor of an American state, ever. Retired 
Supreme Court Justice Louis Powell administered the oath of office, after which 
he declared ... Wilder narrowly won the election over former Virginia Attorney... [DOC] [TLE] Lawrence Douglas Wilder Facts - Biography - YourDictionary [PAR] Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born 1931

Question: In 1990 Douglas Wilder became the USA's first elected black governor after winning election in this state
Answer: Virginia