2006-06-15 09:28:14 · 5 answers · asked by Zanney 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
"The first black Member of Congress was Hiram Rhodes Revels (R-MS), who served in the Senate in the 41st Congress (1870)."
2006-06-15 09:31:48 · answer #1 · answered by blysik 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first black Member of Congress was Hiram Rhodes Revels
2006-06-15 09:33:00 · answer #2 · answered by summerbum1026 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I info to back MINE up. lol
#U.S. Representative: Joseph Rainey became a congressman from South Carolina in 1870 and was reelected four more times. The first black female U.S. representative was Shirley Chisholm, Congresswoman from New York, 1969-1983.
#U.S. Senator:Hiram Revels became senator from Mississippi from Feb. 25, 1870, to March 4, 1871, during Reconstruction. Edward Brooke (R-mass.) became the first African-American Senator since Reconstruction, 1966-1979.
Carol Mosely Braun became the first black woman Senator serving from 1992-1998 for the state of Illinois---that's in my time era. lol
(There have only been a total of five black senators in U.S. history: the remaining two are Blanche K. Bruce [1875-1881] and Barack Obama [2005--).
You better be thankful. I had to type that whole thing down cuz it wouldn't let me copy/paste. lol
2006-06-15 09:45:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tom Dasshole
2006-06-15 09:32:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bunch at the same time from the south during reconstruction after the civil war when many whites were not allowed to vote.
2006-06-15 09:32:56 · answer #5 · answered by djack 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋