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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.
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
Henry Musgrove (R) William H. Vassar: 1870 James D. Lynch (R) Joshua S. Morris (D) 26R, 7D 82R, 25D Adelbert Ames (R) Hiram R. Revels (R) 5R James L. Alcorn (R) [n] Ridgley C. Powers (R) 1871 1872 Ridgley C. Powers (R) [c] Alexander Kelso Davis (R) Hiram R. Revels (R) 23R, 14D 65R, 50D James L. Alcorn (R) Grant/ Wilson (R) 1873 Hannibal C ...
Mississippian Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first African American to be elected as a U.S. Senator and become a member of Congress. [2] In Georgia, Foster Blodgett was elected and presented his credentials as Senator-elect, but the Senate declared him not elected.
John R. Lynch – Mississippi 1873–1877, 1882–1883 (also speaker of the Mississippi House) [2] John Willis Menard – Louisiana, 1868 elected but not seated Thomas E. Miller – South Carolina September 24, 1890 – March 3, 1891 (also South Carolina Senate, South Carolina House, and South Carolina Constitutional Convention) [ 2 ]
As the Civil War was ending, the major issues facing President Abraham Lincoln were the status of the ex-slaves (called "Freedmen"), the loyalty and civil rights of ex-rebels, the status of the 11 ex-Confederate states, the powers of the federal government needed to prevent a future civil war, and the question of whether Congress or the President would make the major decisions.
Freedmen voting in New Orleans, 1867. Reconstruction lasted from Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863 to the Compromise of 1877. [1] [2]The major issues faced by President Abraham Lincoln were the status of the ex-slaves (called "Freedmen"), the loyalty and civil rights of ex-rebels, the status of the 11 ex-Confederate states, the powers of the federal government needed to ...
Hiram Rhodes Revels: 1871–1882 No John Houston Burrus: 1882–1893 No Wilson H. Reynolds 1893–1894 No Thomas J. Calloway: 1894–1896 No Edward H. Triplett 1896–1899 No William H. Lanier: 1899–1905 No Levi John Rowan 1905–1911 No John Adams Martin 1911–1915 No Levi John Rowan 1915–1934 No Isiah S. Sanders, Acting President 1934 ...