Hiram Rhodes Revels

Events

1

Episodes

2

Years

1870

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Hiram Rhodes Revels, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Hiram Revels sworn in as first African American US Senator

   1870

   Role: First African American U.S. Senator

   1. 11870 · Mississippi State LegislatureMississippi Legislative Election

      Revels was elected by the Mississippi legislature to fill a U.S. Senate seat, overcoming objections regarding his citizenship status.

   2. 21870-02-25 · Washington, D.C., the conventional meeting place of the United States SenateSenate Seating

      Revels was seated in the U.S. Senate on February 25, 1870, becoming the first African American member of Congress.

Sources

1. Hiram R. Revels Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-04