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Hiram Rhodes Revels held his first elected position in 1868 as a Natchez alderman. He won a seat in the Mississippi Senate the following year. On Feb. 25, 1870, Sen. Revels took the oath of office to become the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress. 🧵(1/2) https://t.co/9LZRppgWsf — PolitiTweet.org