These tables provide data about African American officeholders in the South during Reconstruction. Show
Last Updated: May 12, 2020
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The following six tables provide information about the numbers of African American officeholders in the South during Reconstruction and the backgrounds of those officeholders. All data adopted from Eric Foner, Freedom’s Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders during Reconstruction, revised ed. (Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1996), xi–xxxii. Table 1: Black Officeholders during Reconstruction By State
Table 2: Black Officeholders during Reconstruction: Federal
Table 3: Black Members of Congress during Reconstruction
Table 4: Black Officeholders during Reconstruction: State and Major Black State Officials
Table 5: Black Officeholders during Reconstruction: County or Local
Table 6: Antebellum Status of Black Officeholders during Reconstruction
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Most teachers are willing to tackle the difficult topics, but we need the tools. — Gabriela Calderon-Espinal, Bay Shore, NY What year was the first African American elected to Congress?In 1870 Hiram Revels of Mississippi became the first African American senator. Five years later, Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi took the oath of office. It would be nearly another century, 1967, before Edward Brooke of Massachusetts followed in their historic footsteps.
When were blacks allowed in Congress?Since 1870, when Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi and Representative Joseph Rainey of South Carolina became the first African Americans to serve in Congress, a total of 175 African Americans have served as U.S. Representatives, Delegates, or Senators.
How many blacks were in Congress after the Civil War?In all, 16 African Americans served in the U.S. Congress during Reconstruction; more than 600 more were elected to the state legislatures, and hundreds more held local offices across the South. READ MORE: When Did African Americans Get the Right to Vote?
Who was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress?The first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, Joseph Rainey, was born on this date in Georgetown, South Carolina. Rainey and his parents were enslaved, but his father was permitted to work as a barber and purchased his family's freedom in the early 1840s.
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