Hiram Rhodes Revels

(1827-1901)

19th-century American politician

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Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827 – January 16, 1901) was a Republican U.S. Senator, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a college administrator. Born free in North Carolina, he later lived and worked in Ohio, where he voted before the Civil War. He became the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress when he was appointed to the United States Senate as a Republican to represent Mississippi in 1870 and 1871 during the Reconstruction era.

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Born	27 September 1827 Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.
Died	16 January 1901 (aged 73) Aberdeen, Mississippi, U.S.
Zodiac	Libra
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