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Events on Friday 25 February 1870 1
1870Hiram Revels Sworn In as US SenatorFirst African American to serve in the US CongressHiram Rhodes Revels of Mississippi was sworn in as a United States Senator on 25 February 1870, becoming the first African American to serve in the US Congress. He filled the seat once held by Jefferson Davis. His term lasted about one year.