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MS HR56
Resolution
Status
2/24/2025
Primary Sponsor
Tamarra Butler-Washington
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AI Summary
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Celebrates the life and legacy of Hiram Rhodes Revels on the 155th anniversary of his 1870 election as the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate, serving from February 1870 to March 1871
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Acknowledges Revels's career as a barber, ordained African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) pastor, Union Army chaplain at the Siege of Vicksburg in 1863, and Natchez alderman before his Senate election
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Recognizes Revels's service as the first president of Alcorn University (now Alcorn State University), the first land-grant institution for African Americans, and his 1873 appointment as the first African American Secretary of State of Mississippi
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Notes that Revels retired from public life in 1882 but continued religious work as an A.M.E. pastor and theology teacher at Shaw University (now Rust College) until his death on January 16, 1901
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Directs copies of the resolution be furnished to Revels's descendants and members of the Capitol Press Corps
Legislative Description
Honorable Hiram Rhodes Revels; celebrate legacy on 155th anniversary of his election to U.S. Senate as 1st African American in Congress.
Last Action
Enrolled Bill Signed
2/27/2025