On this day in history, Februay 25, 1870, Republican candidate Hiram Revels was elected to serve in the U.S. Senate by the Mississippi state senate.
The senate voted 48-8 and Revels became the first black man to serve in the U.S. Senate. Revels also took the seat of the former President of the Confederate States--Jefferson Davis.
During is term in office, Senator Revels served on the Education and Labor Committees and the District of Columbia Committee.
Revels was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina and attended Beech Grove Quaker Seminary in Liberty, Indiana. He became a preacher and served in churches in Louisville, Kentucky, and New Orleans, Louisiana, before settling in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1866.
The senate voted 48-8 and Revels became the first black man to serve in the U.S. Senate. Revels also took the seat of the former President of the Confederate States--Jefferson Davis.
During is term in office, Senator Revels served on the Education and Labor Committees and the District of Columbia Committee.
Revels was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina and attended Beech Grove Quaker Seminary in Liberty, Indiana. He became a preacher and served in churches in Louisville, Kentucky, and New Orleans, Louisiana, before settling in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1866.
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