The first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate - Hiram Rhodes Revels (1870–71)

Revels was a member of the Republican Party.

Revels born in 1827, Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.—died January 1901), American clergyman, educator, and politician who became the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate (1870–71), representing Mississippi during Reconstruction. He was a member of the Republican Party.

Hiram Rhodes Revels

Revels was the both the first Black American and Native American to serve in the United States Senate.

During the American Civil War, Revels had helped organize two regiments of the United States Colored Troops and served as a chaplain. After serving in the Senate, Revels was appointed as the first president of Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Alcorn State University) and served from 1871 to 1873 and 1876 to 1882. Later in his life, he served again as a minister.