2006-09-18 16:45:52 · 4 answers · asked by tytyk 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Hiram Revels, during reconstruction...I think he represented Mississippi.
2006-09-18 16:51:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
# 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. (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— ).
2006-09-18 18:32:23 · answer #2 · answered by tyrone b 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
in modern times ... Ed Brooke from Mass., elected in 1966
2006-09-18 16:49:11 · answer #3 · answered by OldGringo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
somethin Johnson
2006-09-18 16:53:50 · answer #4 · answered by willy B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋