The first African-American to serve in the Senate was Hiram Revels (R-MS), who was a Senator from 1851-1877.
The first African-American to serve in the House of Representatives was Joseph H. Rainey (R-SC), who served from 1870 - 1878. Rainey was the first African-American to be elected to Congress; Revels was appointed.
The first African-American woman elected to Congress was Shirley Chisholm, elected to the House in 1968. The first African-American woman Senator was Carol Moseley-Braun, elected in 1993.
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More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_H._Rainey
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/First_African_American_Senator.htm
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/congress/p/shirleychisholm.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Moseley_Braun
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The first African-American to serve in the Senate was Hiram Revels (R-MS), who was a Senator from 1851-1877.
The first African-American to serve in the House of Representatives was Joseph H. Rainey (R-SC), who served from 1870 - 1878. Rainey was the first African-American to be elected to Congress; Revels was appointed.
The first African-American woman elected to Congress was Shirley Chisholm, elected to the House in 1968. The first African-American woman Senator was Carol Moseley-Braun, elected in 1993.
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More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_H._Rainey
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/First_African_American_Senator.htm
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/congress/p/shirleychisholm.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Moseley_Braun
The first African American to be elected to Congress was Hiram Revels. He was elected into Congress on February 25, 1870.
Hiram Rhodes Revels
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First African American Republican elected to Senate in 1966.
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Hiram Rhodes Revels
She was the first African American woman from the South to be elected to Congress.
The first African American elected into congress was Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870-1871.
Shirley Anita Chisholm became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress in 1968.
Barbara Jordan was the first African American woman elected to Congress from the south. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 18th district of Texas in 1973.
Jeanette Rankin was elected by the state of Montana and was the first woman elected to Congress.
hiram revels was the first african american in the U.S Congress
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