They weren't just two black men, Hiram was an African American senator who was an ordained minister.Blanche K. Bruce was also an African American senator who was from Mississippi.
Carol Moseley Braun was the first black female senator.
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Joseph McCarthy was a US Senator from Wisconsin during the Cold War. Senator McCarthy led a witch hunt against supposed communists in the US government.
Mississippi was a Confederate state
Well the first black senator was BORN in 1822... it was Hiram Revels. Mississippi...
Blache K. Bruce
Hiram R. Revels
Blanche K. Bruce
Black Mississippi senator elected to the seat that had been occupied by Jefferson Davis when the South seceded (first African-American senator)
They weren't just two black men, Hiram was an African American senator who was an ordained minister.Blanche K. Bruce was also an African American senator who was from Mississippi.
Blanche K. Bruce as well as Hiram Revels.
Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first black Senator. He was elected on February 25, 1870 and represented Mississippi. As of 2011, he is only one of six African Americans to serve in the Senate.
Hiram Revels he was born in Mississippi and was the first Black US senator. Hiram Revels of Mississippi was the first black African-American US Senator in the year 1870. He was born in North Carolina in the year 1827. In recognition with his leadership skills, he was elected by his colleagues to one of Mississippi's vacant U.S seats.
No. Hiram Revels was the first black senator. He was in office from February 23, 1870 to March 3, 1871 for the state of Mississippi. He was a member of the Republican party.
Jefferson Davis served as the Senator for the state of Mississippi before he became the president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. He served as a senator from 1847-1851.
Thad Cochran is the current senior U.S. Senator from Mississippi. He was first elected to the Senate in 1978. Roger Wicker is the junior U.S. Senator from Mississippi. He was first elected to the Senate in 2007.