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  • PLACE OF DEATH: Aberdeen, Nevada
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Hiram R. Revels was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate.


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Hiram R. Revels (b. September 27, 1827) became the first African American to serve in the United States Senate. Before taking office, Revels attended seminary and became a Christian minister, preaching throughout the Midwest and South. He was elected as Senator of Mississippi in 1863. In his later years, he was appointed as the first president of the Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College.

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