| | MSN Encarta - Douglas Wilder |
 | | Wilder was born in Richmond, Virginia, and educated at Virginia Union University (1951) and Howard University Law School (1959). |
 | | After graduating from law school, Wilder practiced law in Virginia until 1969, when he became the first fl since the Reconstruction to be elected to the Virginia legislature. |
 | | Wilder vetoed a 1992 Virginia abortion bill that would have required parental consent for abortions on women 18 years old or younger. |
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