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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.
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
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)
Famous people quotes about life. 46. “There is only one certainty in life and that is that nothing is certain.” —G.K. Chesterton (June 1926) 47. “Make it a rule of life never to regret and ...
Henrietta Delancey Henkle (March 10, 1909 – April 26, 1983), better known by her pen name Henrietta Buckmaster, was an activist, journalist, and author best known for writing historical studies and novels. [2]
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.
Revels lived his entire life as a black man. He never claimed Lumbee ancestry, nor is it in any of the scholarly biographies of Revels. There really is no serious debate on this among the experts.Verklempt 21:31, 16 February 2008 (UTC) He could not have claimed to be Lumbee, because there was no such thing as a Lumbee Indian at that time.
Hiram Revels: Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 4th district; In office March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853: Preceded by: District created: Succeeded by: Wiley P. Harris: 14th Governor of Mississippi; In office January 10, 1844 – January 10, 1848: Preceded by: Tilghman Tucker: Succeeded by: Joseph Matthews