"Arthur W. Mitchell"@en . . "1883Z"^^ . . . "1883-12-22Z"^^ . . . "Mitchell, Arthur W."@en . "1968-05-09Z"^^ . "American politician" . . . "Arthur Wergs Mitchell (December 22, 1883 \u2013 May 9, 1968) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Mitchell was the first African American to be elected to the United States Congress as a Democrat.Mitchell was born near Lafayette, Alabama. He left home at 14 to go to the Tuskegee Institute. He worked on a farm and as an office boy to Booker T. Washington while attending the Institute. Mitchell attended Columbia University briefly and qualified for the bar."@en . "1968Z"^^ .