district state_senate death_date birth_place profession party term_end birth_date term_start article_title state name
3rd michigan 1967 tallula , mississippi mortician republican democratic and the republican parties . at first , and then alternating between the 1944 january 2 , 1894 1937 charles c. diggs , sr. .
 michigan charles c. diggs , sr. .
charles c. diggs , sr. .

charles c. diggs , sr. -lrb- born charles coles diggs , sr. , january 2 , 1894 -- 1967 -rrb- was the first african-american democrat elected to the senate of the state of michigan .
born in tallula , mississippi , diggs moved to detroit in 1913 , where he owned a successful funeral home on the lower east side .
