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He served South Carolina's 1st congressional district beginning in 1870 during the Reconstruction era following the American Civil War. The first African-American woman to serve as a representative was Shirley Chisholm from New York's 12th congressional district in 1969 during the Civil Rights Movement .
During Reconstruction, only the state legislature of Mississippi elected any black senators. On February 25, 1870, Hiram Rhodes Revels was seated as the first black member of the Senate, while Blanche Bruce, also of Mississippi, seated in 1875, was the second. Revels was the first black member of the Congress overall. [11]
Historian Canter Brown Jr. noted that in some states, such as Florida, the highest number of African Americans were elected or appointed to offices after the end of Reconstruction in 1877. The following is a partial list of African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900.
Elected by the Mississippi legislature to the United States Senate as a Republican to represent Mississippi in 1870 and 1871 during the Reconstruction era, he was the first African American to serve in either house of the U.S. Congress.
Rep. Joseph H. Rainey, born into slavery in 1832, was honored Thursday for being the first Black member of the The post First Black Congressman, who was born a slave, honored at Capitol appeared ...
Former White House aide Gabe Amo (D) won the special election to fill the seat of former Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) in Rhode Island, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ, making him ...
Walls again sought the Republican nomination for the 2nd congressional district in 1876. After the black delegates split between Walls and another black candidate, the nomination went to a “white carpetbagger”, Horatio Bisbee. Walls instead ran for his old state senate seat, and served a four-year term. He lost re-election in 1880. [3]
If elected, Amo said he would address “some of the critical needs of this country,” whether it be preventing gun The post Gabe Amo could be first Black congressman in Rhode Island after ...