[DOC] [TLE] Hiram Rhodes Revels - Wikipedia [PAR] Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827  January 16, 1901) was a minister 
in the African ... He became the first African American to serve in the U.S. 
Congress when he was elected to the United States ... In 1870 Revels was 
elected by a vote of 81 to 15 in the Mississippi State Senate to finish the term of 
one of the... [DOC] [TLE] U.S. Senate: Breaking New Ground -- African American Senators [PAR] To date, nine African Americans have served in the United States Senate. In 
1870, Hiram Revels of Mississippi became the first African American senator. ... 
Illinois became the fifth African American to serve and third to be popularly 
elected. ... class on January 3, 1993, but also became the first African American 
woman ever... [DOC] [TLE] African American congressman sworn in - Feb 25, 1870 - HISTORY ... [PAR] In 1867, the first Reconstruction Act was passed by a Republican-dominated U.S. 
... On January 20, 1870, Hiram R. Revels was elected by the Mississippi .... 
because so many bodies had in effect been cremated in the intense blaze. ... 
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HEAD COACH TO WIN ... IN JANUARY OF 1870, HIRAM REVELS OF 
MISSISSIPPI BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ELECTED TO THIS 
BODY, SENATE. [DOC] [TLE] The Black Man Who Replaced Jefferson Davis in the Senate - The ... [PAR] Jan 7, 2015 ... On Saturday, Edward Brooke, the first African-American Senator since ... In an 
excerpt from his book, Philip Dray shares the story of Hiram Revels, the black 
minister who ... In late January 1870 a tall, heavy-set man in his late forties, black 
but ... His home state, Mississippi, had recently held a constitutional... [DOC] [TLE] anniversary of first african-american to serve in ... - Congress.gov [PAR] Dec 12, 1995 ... He became a duly elected Member of the 41st Congress. .... represented the 
State of South Carolina in this body until January, 1993, ... There were 72 blacks 
serving in the House elected in 1870 and 48 whites. .... Shortly before that, Mr. 
Hiram Revels had taken a seat in the Senate, ..... Ms. JACKSON-LEE. [DOC] [TLE] View TXT in new window - Congress.gov [PAR] Feb 29, 1996 ... Women were not enfranchised into the body politic until the 19th amendment to 
the ... Senator Hiram Revels, the very first African-American to serve in the 
Senate, ... By 1870, Revels had been elected to the Mississippi State Senate. ... 
The debate over Senator Revels seat became increasingly bitter. [DOC] [TLE] History of Clergy in Congress | Pew Research Center - Pew Forum on ... [PAR] January 5, 2015 ... But because Congress was a much smaller body in the late 
18th century than it is ... The first African American to serve in Congress was a 
minister in the African ... In 1870, less than five years after the end of the Civil War
, the Rev. Hiram Rhodes Revels was elected by the Mississippi Legislature to fill 
a... [DOC] [TLE] Hiram Revels: The first African-American congressman [PAR] Feb 25, 2016 ... On this day in 1870, an African-American politician was seated in ... But Revels 
slowly became in politics, first as a local alderman in ... However, when Revels 
arrived in Washington in late January 1870, ... In 1875, Blanche Kelso Bruce, 
also of Mississippi and of African-American descent, was elected to... [DOC] [TLE] Are African Americans content not being elected to the U.S. Senate ... [PAR] Nov 18, 2012 ... She is also the first U.S. Senator born in Japan, and the nation's first Buddhist 
Senator. ... She would also be the second elected African American to be a U.S. 
Senator. The current 112th Congress, that will end its term January 3

Question: In January of 1870 Hiram Revels of Mississippi became the first African American elected to this body
Answer: the Senate