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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.
(Left to right) Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi, Representatives Benjamin Turner of Alabama, Robert DeLarge of South Carolina, Josiah Walls of Florida, Jefferson Long of Georgia, Joseph Rainey and Robert B. Elliot of South Carolina.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 12:07, 4 August 2009: 410 × 888 (163 KB): Jospe {{Information |Description=Cropped version of {{en|1=Hiram Revels takes a seat for Mississippi in the U.S. Senate amidst a contemplative group of other senators (Carl Schurz and Charles Sumner among them) while Jefferson Davis, the former occupant, as Iag
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 ...
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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 ...
Hiram Rhodes Revels – Mississippi 1870 (also Mississippi Secretary of State) [2] U.S. House of Representatives Richard H. Cain – South Carolina 1873–1875, 1877 ...
First African-American senator from Mississippi: Hiram R. Revels (also first in U.S.) First African-American acting governor: Oscar James Dunn of Louisiana from May until August 9, 1871, when sitting Governor Warmoth was incapacitated and chose to recuperate in Mississippi. (see also: Douglas Wilder, 1990) 1872