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1789. The Constitution of the United States recognizes that the states have the power to set voting requirements. A few states allowed free Black men to vote, and New Jersey also included unmarried and widowed women who owned property. [1] Generally, states limited this right to property-owning or tax-paying White males (about 6% of the ...
After Congress passed the First Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 and ratified the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1870, African Americans began to be elected or appointed to national, state, county and local offices throughout the United States. [1] Four of the five office holders served in a New England state.
January 25, 1870, letter from the governor and secretary of state of Mississippi that certified the election of Hiram Rhodes Revels to the Senate. First black 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)
After a debate, the Senate voted 48-8 to seat him, where he used the office to champion civil rights and protest racial segregation. In 1874, Mississippi's state senate again appointed a Black senator, Blanche Bruce, and this time it was to a full term. He ended up presiding over the Senate in 1879. Bruce was the last Black senator until 1967. [12]
Grant won the popular vote by 300,000 votes out of 5,716,082 votes cast, receiving an Electoral College landslide of 214 votes to Seymour's 80. [151] Seymour received a majority of white votes, but Grant was aided by 500,000 votes cast by blacks, [ 149 ] winning him 52.7 percent of the popular vote. [ 152 ]
Due to President Lincoln’s role in emancipation, many Black Americans supported his party once they earned the right to vote, and remained loyal to Republicans in the years that followed.
Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present, via Senate.gov; The New York Civil List compiled in 1858 (see: pg. 113 for State Senators 1788–89; pg. 114 for State Senators 1789–90; page 164 for Members of Assembly 1788–89; pg. 165 for Members of Assembly 1789–90) The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections, 1788-1790.
(The Center Square) – Although it remains unclear how many Democratic Senators will vote for the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, some House members in the party have explained why they ...