Sunday, February 25, 2007

 

This Day in American History

On this day in 1870, Hiram R. Revels (R-Miss.) became the first Black member of the U.S. Senate when he was sworn in to serve out Jefferson Davis' term, because Davis was barred the office by a little used section of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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