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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.
Died June 25, 1870 Joseph Dixon (R) December 5, 1870 New York 28th: Noah Davis (R) Resigned July 15, 1870, before being appointed U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York: Charles H. Holmes (R) December 6, 1870 Iowa 2nd: William Smyth (R) Died September 30, 1870 William P. Wolf (R) December 6, 1870 Virginia 5th: Robert Ridgway (C)
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.
Samuel Peters – Louisiana, 1872 elected but died before being seated [3] Joseph H. Rainey – South Carolina 1870–1879 ... Hiram Rhodes Revels – 1872–1873 ...
Born into slavery in Prince Edward County, Virginia, he went on to become the first elected African-American senator to serve a full term (Hiram R. Revels, also of Mississippi, was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate but did not complete a full term). [1]
Actor Hiram Kasten, who made his mark in stand-up comedy and network TV shows like "Seinfeld," died in western New York after a prolonged illness, his family said Sunday.
Cory Haynos, 16, and his mother and father died in the plane collision according to a news release from the Skating Club of Northern Virginia. The group did not name Haynos’ parents. The group ...
Hiram Revels was the first black U.S. senator; however, he was elected to office by a legislature. Pearl Bailey (1918–1990), singer, appointed "America's Ambassador of Love" by Richard Nixon. Anna Simms Banks (1862–1923), first female delegate at the Kentucky's 7th congressional district Convention in Kentucky