On this day in 1870, an African-American politician was seated in the United States Senate for the first time, but only after Republican leaders rebuffed a challenge based on the infamous Dred Scott ...

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), right, was supposed to give voters an alternative to Donald Trump. So much for that. (Al Drago / Bloomberg / Getty Images) The first Black Republican to serve in the U.S.

As Illinois Sen. Barack Obama hopes to become the nation’s first black president, today’s page looks at the man who became the nation’s first black senator more than 130 years ago. Hiram Rhodes Revels ...

On February 25th, 1870, Hiram R. Revels became the first black man to be elected to the U.S. Senate. Read more about his life and legacy! Before Obama made his mark, there was one man every black ...

Hiram Revels (Sept. 27, 1827 - Jan. 16, 1901) an African-American born free in North Carolina had a distinguished career as a Republican politician, Methodist minister and college administrator in the ...

Hiram R. Revels was the first African-American to serve in U.S. Congress, but he also has ties to Independence, Missouri. He was born to free parents in Fayetteville, North Carolina on Sept. 27, 1827, ...

In late January 1870, a tall, heavy-set man in his late forties, impeccably dressed in a three-piece suit with white gloves and carrying a brass cane, strode purposefully into the corridors of the US ...

Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- Republican Tim Scott has made history as the first black U.S. Senator elected from the South since Reconstruction. Vice President Joe Biden swore Scott in Tuesday morning.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — A new T-shirt for sale in Independence, Missouri, displays the names of historical Black figures. The Independence Square Association launched sales of the shirt this Black History ...

Hiram Rhodes Revels was a rising star of the Republican Party in 1869. A gifted orator — a skill he’d honed in his pre-political career as a minister — he’d just won a seat in the Mississippi state ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. When Hiram Revels joined the U.S. Senate on February 25, 1870, he became the first African American to serve in ...