WebNov 16, 2024 · U.S. Congressman-elect Nathaniel Moran at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill on Nov. 13, 2024. Shuran Huang for The Texas Tribune Former Smith County Judge Nathaniel Moran will replace... WebFeb 25, 2024 · Hiram Rhodes Revels’s path to the Senate floor took him through numerous states as a freed Black man born in North Carolina, schooled in Indiana and Ohio, and as a preacher and educator in Kansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Revels also served in the Civil War as a chaplain and he was at the battles of Vicksburg and Jackson in Mississippi.
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WebSep 8, 2024 · Hiram Revels was the first Black member of Congress to be appointed, gaining a seat in the Senate in 1870. The first Democratic Black congressman was elected in 1934, Wasniewski said. WebSince 1870, when Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi and Representative Joseph Rainey of South Carolina became the first African Americans to serve in Congress, a total of … ship transcribers guild
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