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The very first African American senator was named Hiram Rhodes Revels. (Hiram Rhodes Revels) became the first African American US senator in 1870. When Mississippi senator Jefferson Davis resigned to become president of the Confederacy, Revels completed his term.
Hiram Rhodes Revels
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The first female African American senator was Carol Moseley Braun. She was in office from December 15, 1999 until March 1, 2001.
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.----More info:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_H._Raineyhttp://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/First_African_American_Senator.htmhttp://womenshistory.about.com/od/congress/p/shirleychisholm.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Moseley_BraunJohn Willis Menard
The first African American to serve in the Texas Senate since 1883 was Senator Barack Obama Jr. He was elected in 2004 and made history as a member of the Illinois State Senate. However, it's important to clarify that he did not serve in the Texas Senate. The correct answer pertains to Senator Royce West, who has been a prominent African American member of the Texas Senate since 1993.
1851-1877 February 25, 1870 First African American Senator Hiram Revels (R-MS)
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Black Mississippi senator elected to the seat that had been occupied by Jefferson Davis when the South seceded (first African-American senator)
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Hiram Rhodes Revels and Blanche K. Bruce were significant figures in American history as the first two African American U.S. Senators. Revels served in the Senate from Mississippi in 1870, becoming the first Black senator in U.S. history. Bruce followed him, serving from 1875 to 1881, and was notable for being the first Black senator to serve a full term. Both played vital roles during the Reconstruction era, advocating for civil rights and representing African American interests in Congress.