Hiram Revels
Born September 1822Fayetteville, North Carolina
Died January 16, 1901Aberdeen, Mississippi
Minister, educator, and U.S. senator
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Hiram Rhoades Revels (1822-1901), African American clergyman and university administrator, was the first black American to sit in the U.S. Senate.Hiram Revels was born of free parents on Sept. 27, 182...
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