Hiram Rhodes Revels

Sep 27, 1827 - Jan 16, 1901

Hiram Rhodes Revels was an American politician, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a college administrator. Born free in North Carolina, he later lived and worked in Ohio, where he voted before the Civil War. Elected by the Mississippi legislature to the United States Senate as a Republican to represent Mississippi in 1870 and 1871 during the Reconstruction era, he was the first African American to serve in either house of the U.S. Congress.
During the American Civil War, Revels had helped organize two regiments of the United States Colored Troops and served as a chaplain. After serving in the Senate, Revels was appointed as the first president of Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College, a historically black college. He served from 1871 to 1873 and 1876 to 1882. Later in his life, he served again as a minister.
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“While it is desirable to build up the colored race, we must not sacrifice our best and purest white friends.”

Hiram Rhodes Revels
Sep 27, 1827 - Jan 16, 1901
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