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	Hiram Rhoades Revels
		Hiram Revels was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1822, but an exact birthplace has not been identified.
		Revels was ordained as a minister by the African Methodist Church and traveled extensively ministering to African American congregations in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, and Kansas.
		Hiram Revels faced the dangers of racial conflict in the South of the Reconstruction era in a manner that won the respect of both whites and fls.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/bio/afro/revels.htm (727 words)

	John Brown Research
		Rev. Hiram Revels is notable for recruiting two regiments of soldiers in Maryland immediately upon the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, which lifted the restriction on free Africans to serve as combatants as well as arming slaves in states in rebellion.
		Hiram Revels died at a Methodist Episcopal conference in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1901, and was buried with full Masonic rites at Natchez.
		When Hiram Revels became the first African member of Congress in 1870, he exhibited caution over the responsibility of his position as the highest-ranking person of his ethnicity, and the need to be "a credit to his race" in interactions with the white majority in order for others to follow in positions of power.
	www.alliesforfreedom.org /allies.htm (3647 words)

	Hiram Rhodes Revels
		Hiram Revels, the first fl member of the United States Senate, was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, of free parents, on September 27, 1827.
		On January 20, 1870, Revels was chosen by a legislative vote of eight-five to fifteen to fill the unexpired term of former Confederate president Jefferson Davis in the United States Senate.
		A majority of senators rejected these arguments, and on February 25 Revels was seated by a vote of forty-eight to eight.During his brief Senate term Revels was a member of the Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on the District of Columbia.
	www.shider.com /history/revels.htm (469 words)

	Hiram Rhodes Revels at AllExperts
		Revels was born free in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and was tutored by a fl woman for his early education.
		Revels was successful, however, in championing the cause of fl workers who had been barred by their color from working at the Washington Navy Yard.
		Revels resigned two months before his term expired and was appointed the first president of Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Alcorn State University) in Rodney, Mississippi, where he also taught philosophy.
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/hi/hiram_rhodes_revels.htm (1322 words)

	HNN - HuntingtonNews.Net
		Hiram R. Revels was born free on September 27, 1827 in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
		Revels wanted to continue his education and decided to move to Indiana, which was a free state.
		During Revels' short tenure as a senator, he introduced several bills, presented a number of petitions, and served on the Committee on the District of Columbia and the Committee on Education.
	www.huntingtonnews.net /national/060226-staff-revels.html (1055 words)

	African American Registry: Hiram Revels pioneered southern Black politics!
		In 1845, Revels began studying for the ministry in Drake County, Ohio; was ordained as a minister of the AME Church later that year and an elder in 1849.
		As an itinerant preacher, Revels was imprisoned in Missouri in 1854, for preaching the gospel to Negroes.
		During Revels' short tenure, he introduced several bills, presented a number of petitions, and served on the Committee on the District of Columbia and the Committee on Education.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/1871/Hiram_Revels_pioneered_southern_Black_politics (582 words)

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		Revels was born free in North Carolina, attended Knox College in Illinois, and before the Civil War preached throughout the Midwest for the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
		Revels came to Mississippi in 1865 and became involved in the movement to establish schools for the former slaves.
		After being elected to the state Senate in 1869, Revels was chosen by the legislature to fill Mississippi's unexpired term in the U. Senate, serving from February 1870 to March 1871.
	www.digitalhistory.uh.edu /reconstruction/section4/section4_revels.html (176 words)

	Hiram Revels - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Revels, Hiram R(hoades) (1822-1901), American clergyman and educator, the first fl to sit in the U.S. Senate.
		In the wake of the Civil War, Congress passed, and the states ratified, three amendments to the Constitution: the 13th Amendment, which abolished...
		Revels, Hiram R(hoades): picture with members of Congress
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Hiram_Revels.html (65 words)

	Encyclopedia: Hiram Rhoades Revels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Hiram Rhoades Revels (September 27, 1827 â“ January 16, 1901) was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate representing Mississippi.
		Mary Revels, his sister -in- law turned over all her assets before she remarried.
		Hiram was the town barber until 1845 when he went to Baltimore and was ordained in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hiram-Rhoades-Revels (1124 words)

	Hiram Bingham - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Hiram Bingham - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Bingham, Hiram (1875-1956), American educator, explorer, and legislator, known for his expeditions to South America.
		American explorer Hiram Bingham directed several expeditions to the mountains of Peru where he discovered the ruins of Machu Picchu, an ancient...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Hiram_Bingham.html (94 words)

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		Revels of the newly readmitted state of Mississippi to serve the unexpired term of Jefferson Davis, the president of the now defunct confederacy.
		Revels, who had been pacing just outside the doors at the rear, to enter so that the Oath of Office might be administered.
		Hiram Revels a 'free' man all his life, while Joseph Rainey a former 'slave.' All of these almost two dozen African Americans composing one of the greatest chapters in American history but all now all but forgotten by most.
	www.blackathlete.com /Blackbox/blackbox022503.html (895 words)

	GOP.com \| Republican National Committee :: Read Me
		Born free in the state of North Carolina, Hiram Revels chose to travel to Liberty, Indiana to further his education.
		Revels earned the respect of both whites and fls within the community and he was elected as state senator from Adams County, Mississippi and was subsequently elected as the first African American member of the United States Senate.
		Throughout his life, Hiram Revels was dedicated to improving the spiritual, educational and political needs of the African American community.
	www.gop.com /FlexPage.aspx?area=BlackHistoryMonth_bios_Revels (210 words)

	Black Athlete Sports Network—Blackbox-Black History Month Hiram Revels
		But here he was Hiram Revels arriving in Washington at the start of February 1870, getting himself a room and then proceeding to the Capitol.
		And the state of Mississippi Certified that Hiram Revels was a citizen of the Great State of Mississippi and as such had been elected by their state legislature (before Senators were elected by voters) to the U.S. Senate.
		Revels' arm and walked him down that Center Aisle in the very same Senate Chambers in use today, and brought him to the Well, before a packed gallery....
	www.blackathlete.com /Blackbox/blackbox022506.html (858 words)

	Hiram Revels
		Hiram Revels was undoubtedly a citizen of the United States; the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. and subject to its jurisdiction.
		Thus, Revels was supposedly a citizen for only two years, and not for nine years as the Constitution required.
		It could also be argued that Revels had been a citizen for nine years as he was also a citizen until the Dred Scott decision took his citizenship away.
	www.uselectionatlas.org /FORUM/index.php?topic=39033.msg872786 (2052 words)

	Hiram Revels: First African-American in Congress
		He was born in 1822 in Fayetteville, N.C. When he was 16, he got a job as an apprentice to his brother, Elias, who was a barber in Lincolnton, N.C. Elias died in 1841, leaving Hiram to manage the shop.
		He went to school in Ohio as well and was ordained as a minister by the African Methodist Church, for which he traveled to many states across the center of the country, including Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee.
		the coming of the Civil War, Revels threw himself into supporting the Union cause, helping organize African-American regiments of troops in Maryland, a so-called "border state," which had many people on both sides of the war.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /articles/ushistory/hiramrevels.htm (376 words)

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		Revels was born in North Carolina, in 1822, of free colored parents.
		Revels is a tall, portly man, of light complexion; has benevolent features, a pleasant voice, and cultivated manners.
		In 1870 the Reverend Hiram Revels of Mississippi, a Republican, became the first fl person elected to the U.S. Senate.
	blackhistory.harpweek.com /7Illustrations/Reconstruction/HRRevels.htm (353 words)

	HIRAM REVELS By JASMIN K. WILLIAMS - Cextra - New York Post Online Edition
		Hiram Rhodes Revels was born a free man in Fayetteville, N.C., in 1822.
		In 1869, Revels was elected to represent Adams County in the Mississippi state Senate, although he had never before attended a political meeting, given a political speech or even voted.
		Revels' appointment was opposed by Southern Democrats, who used the Supreme Court's Dred Scott Decision to make a case that no fl person was considered a U.S. citizen before the 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868.
	www.nypost.com /seven/02122007/news/cextra/hiram_revels_cextra_jasmin_k__williams.htm?page=0 (714 words)

	Hiram R. Revels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Revels was elected from his adopted state of Mississippi, and served for approximately one year.
		Revels settled in Natchez, Mississippi in 1866 and was appointed alderman by the Union military governor of the state.
		In 1870, Revels was elected to the United States Senate to replace Jefferson Davis, the former president of the Confederacy.
	www.donsmcclureconsultants.com /concept_204.htm (389 words)

	Hiram Rhoades Revels — First Black U. S. Senator - History
		Hiram Rhoades Revels was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate.
		Revels also attended Knox College and was ordained a minister of the African Methodist Church.
		Revels died on January 16, 1001, fittingly during a church conference in Aberdeen, Mississippi.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art24960.asp (822 words)

	U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Hiram Revels: A Featured Biography
		Hiram Revels of Mississippi became the first African American senator in 1870.
		Born in North Carolina in 1827, Revels attended Knox College in Illinois and later served as minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore, Maryland.
		Although Revels' term in the Senate lasted just a year, he broke new ground for African Americans in Congress.
	www.senate.gov /artandhistory/history/common/generic/Featured_Bio_Revels.htm (133 words)

	Hiram Revels Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Hiram Revels Hall is a Male Honors/ Leadership Residence Hall.
		Honor male students are housed in the building with a minimum G.P.A. ranging from 3.25 to a 4.0.
		This hall was named after Hiram Revels, the first president of the University and the first fl U.S. Senator.
	www.alcorn.edu /housing/H.R.hall.htm (89 words)

	Hiram Rhodes Revels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In 1868, Revels became an alderman in Natchez, Mississippi.
		Among his actions as senator, Revels voted to forgive officials from the secessionist states, who had broken their oaths to uphold the Constitution.
		Revels returned to Mississippi, where he became the founding president of Alcorn College.
	catalog.knox.edu /archives/blacks/revels.html (218 words)

	Hiram Revels — FactMonster.com
		Fayetteville, N.C. Born a free fl, Revels worked as a barber and as a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
		A few senators objected, arguing that Revels had not been a U.S. citizen for the nine years, a requirement for serving in the Senate--African Americans had only technically become citizens four years earlier, after the passage of the 1866 Civil Rights Act.
		Revels served as senator from Feb. 25, 1870, to March 4, 1871.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0930432.html (323 words)

	African Americans - Senator Hiram Rhoades Revels - 1st African American Senator from Mississippi 1870-1871
		Hiram Rhoades Revels was born a free man of African American and Indian descent in a slave state and became the first African American member of Congress.
		Revels apparently left the barber shop to further his education.
		This illustrations celebrates the election of Hiram Revels of Mississippi to the Senate and the elevations of other African Americans to positions of respect in the post-Civil War era.
	www.africanamericans.com /HiramRevels.htm (821 words)

	Blacks of Knox County, IL
		Revels, who was the first Negro in American history to be seated as a United States Senator in Congress, spent a few years of his young manhood as a resident of Galesburg and a student in the Knox Academy.
		Given Revels’ aura as a southerner, it is quite possible that when he told stories of slave life, his youthful listeners were rapt.
		Revels’ and it was apparently dictated by Revels late in life.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/il/county/knox/black_knox_county.htm (17898 words)

	Hiram Rhoades Revels Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Hiram Rhoades Revels (1822-1901), African American clergyman and university administrator, was the first fl American to sit in the U.S. Senate.
		Hiram Revels was born of free parents on Sept. 27, 1822, in Fayetteville, N.C. His early education was limited, since it was illegal in North Carolina at that time to teach African Americans, slave or free, to read or write.
		In 1863 Revels moved to St. Louis, established a school for African American freedmen, and recruited another regiment of fl soldiers.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/hiram-rhoades-revels (394 words)

	REVELS, Hiram R(hoades)
		In 1861 Revels helped organize the first two fl regiments from Maryland; in 1864 he joined the Union army as a chaplain.
		Settling in Natchez, Miss., in 1866, he entered politics as a Republican conciliatory toward former supporters of the Confederacy.
		Revels served first as alderman, then as state senator, and finally as U.S. senator from the state of Mississippi, a seat to which he was elected in 1870 to fill an unexpired term.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=220578 (617 words)

	News 14 Carolina \| 24 Hour Local News \| TOP STORIES
		On this day in 1870, Fayetteville native Hiram Revels was sworn in as the first fl United States senator, taking over the seat vacated by Jefferson Davis 10 years earlier.
		Revels worked as an apprentice at a Lincolnton barbershop before leaving that industry to attend college in Ohio.
		Revels turned his attentions to politics at the end of the Civil War.
	www.news14charlotte.com /content/top_stories/?ArID=113998 (290 words)

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