When did Hiram Revels of Mississippi becomes the first black US senator?
History · High School · Wed Jan 13 2021
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Answer: Hiram Revels of Mississippi became the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate on February 25, 1870. He was appointed to fill the vacant seat left by Jefferson Davis when Mississippi seceded from the Union during the Civil War. Revels served in the Senate for just over a year, with his term ending on March 3, 1871.