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REVELS, HIRAM R

\ɹˈɛvə͡lz], \ɹˈɛvə‍lz], \ɹ_ˈɛ_v_əl_z]\

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1894 - Dictionary of United States history

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born in 1822, represented Mississippi in the U.S. Senate as a Republican from 1870 to 1871. He was the first man of African descent to sit in the U.S. Senate.

1894 - Dictionary of United States history
By John Franklin Jameson

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