Hiram Rhodes Revels
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Hiram Rhodes Revelswas a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, a Republican politician, and 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 elected to the United States Senate to represent Mississippi in 1870 and 1871 during the Reconstruction era...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 September 1827
CountryUnited States of America