Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Natchez, Mississippi,
was sworn into the U.S. Senate, becoming the first African
American ever to sit in Congress.
During the Civil War, Revels, a college-educated minister,
helped form African American army regiments for the Union
cause, started a school for freed men, and served as a
chaplain for the Union army.
Hiram Rhodes Revels (
September 27, 1827 – January 16, 1901)
Hiram Rhodes Revels bust by Edmond’s Bob Willis.
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