Hiram Revels
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Born in freedom, Revels was a clergyman and educator who settled in Mississippi after the Civil War. In 1869, he won election to the state legislature, where one of that body\u00e2\u0080\u0099s first orders of business was to fill the two U.S. Senate seats vacated when Mississippi seceded from the Union in 1861."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Elected by his colleagues to complete the Senate term that would expire in March 1871, Revels (a Republican) traveled to Washington, D.C., in January 1870 to claim his seat. Senate Democrats tried to bar his admission, but those efforts ultimately failed. During his brief tenure\u00e2\u0080\u0094Revels did not seek reelection\u00e2\u0080\u0094he voiced principled opposition to the continued segregation of Washington\u00e2\u0080\u0099s schools. Yet he also supported amnesty for former Confederates willing to pledge their loyalty to the United States."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacido en Fayetteville, Carolina del Norte"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Cuando Hiram Revels se incorpor\u00c3\u00b3 al Senado el 25 de febrero de 1870, era el primer afroamericano en el Congreso. Nacido libre, Revels fue un cl\u00c3\u00a9rigo y educador que se radic\u00c3\u00b3 en Misisipi despu\u00c3\u00a9s de la Guerra Civil. En 1869 gan\u00c3\u00b3 las elecciones para la legislatura estatal, la cual deb\u00c3\u00ada llenar con urgencia las dos vacantes del Senado de EE.UU. producidas por la secesi\u00c3\u00b3n de Misisipi en 1861."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Revels (republicano) fue elegido por sus colegas para completar el per\u00c3\u00adodo senatorial que terminar\u00c3\u00ada en marzo de 1871, y viaj\u00c3\u00b3 a Washington D.C. en enero de 1870. Los senadores dem\u00c3\u00b3cratas trataron de impedir su admisi\u00c3\u00b3n, pero fracasaron. Durante su breve t\u00c3\u00a9rmino\u00e2\u0080\u0094no busc\u00c3\u00b3 la reelecci\u00c3\u00b3n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Revels manifest\u00c3\u00b3 su oposici\u00c3\u00b3n moral a la segregaci\u00c3\u00b3n en las escuelas de Washington. 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