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First African American Republican elected to Senate in 1966.
Carol Moseley-Braun became the first African-American female to be elected to the United States Senate in 1993.
In the 110th Congress there are 42 African Americans in the House and 1 in the Senate, totaling 43 total in Congress.
Blanche Kelso Bruce was born in slavery in Virginia in 1841. He was elected as a Republican to the US Senate and served from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1881. He was the second African American to serve in the US Senate and the first African American elected to a full term.
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Hiram Revels
Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827[1] - January 16, 1901) was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate. Since he preceded any African American in the House, he was the first African American in the U.S. Congress as well. He represented Mississippi and 1871 during Reconstruction. As of 2009, Revels is one of only six African Americans ever to have served in the United States Senate.