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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.
This page is a list of African-American United States Senate candidates.. Listed are those African-American candidates who achieved ballot access for a federal election. They made the primary ballot, and have votes in the election in order to qualify for this list.
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 ...
“There will always be kids willing to fight, and they’re always going to pay this price, and there are always going to be guys like me who are saying, ‘Hey man, you don’t wanna do it, no, no, no, you don’t want to. It seems like fun, and I can’t tell you not to do it.’ But there’s no talking a kid out of it.”
Hiram Revels, the first African American US senator, elected in 1870 from Mississippi. One other Black US senator, Blanche K. Bruce, was elected from the same state in 1874. Today's consensus regards Reconstruction as a time of idealism and hope, a time which was marked by some practical achievements.
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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
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)