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Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827 [note 1] – January 16, 1901) was an American Republican politician, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and college administrator. Born free in North Carolina, he later lived and worked in Ohio, where he voted before the Civil War.
Blanche Kelso Bruce (March 1, 1841 – March 17, 1898) was an American politician who represented Mississippi as a Republican in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881.
His great grandfather, Aaron Revels, also fought in the revolution. Through Revels, he was a cousin to Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first African-American to serve in the United States Senate. His brother was North Carolina politician and lawyer, John S. Leary. [1] In 1857, Lewis Leary moved to Oberlin.
Joseph Hayne Rainey (June 21, 1832 – August 1, 1887) was an American politician. He was the first black person to serve in the United States House of Representatives and the second black person (after Hiram Revels) to serve in the United States Congress.
Check the history books for a better example of moral leadership: Hiram Revels, the first Black Republican in the Senate. Granderson: The Senate's only Black Republican now loves Trump. It's not a ...
1872 Currier and Ives print showing the first Black U.S. Senator and Representatives: Sen. Hiram Revels (R-MS), Rep. Benjamin S. Turner (R-AL), Robert DeLarge (R-SC), Josiah Walls (R-FL), Jefferson Long (R-GA), Joseph Rainey and Robert B. Elliott (R-SC), 1872. The following is a list of Black Republicans, past and present. This list is limited ...
Hiram R. Revels (father in-law) Sidney Dillon Redmond (October 11, 1871 – February 11, 1948) was an American civic leader, physician, lawyer, and politician from Jackson, Mississippi. [ 1 ] He was an important African American community leader and headed the Mississippi Republican Party as part of the " black-and-tan " faction.
John Sinclair Leary (August 17, 1845 – December 9, 1904) was an American lawyer, politician, federal official, and law school dean. He was of mixed ethnicity. He is described as one of the first black lawyers in North Carolina and was a member of the state legislature from 1868 to 1870.