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Hiram Rhodes Revels
U.S. Congressperson
1827 – 1901
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Who was Hiram Rhodes Revels?
Hiram Rhodes Revels was a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a politician. He was the first person of color to serve in the United States Senate, and in the U.S. Congress overall. He represented Mississippi in 1870 and 1871 during Reconstruction.
During the American Civil War, he helped organize two regiments of the United States Colored Troops and served as a chaplain.
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- Born
- Sep 27, 1827
Fayetteville - Spouses
- Religion
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Knox College, Illinois
Religious Studies
(1856 - 1857)
- Knox College, Illinois
- Lived in
- Baltimore
- Aberdeen
- Fayetteville
- Died
- Jan 16, 1901
Aberdeen
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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