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Credentials of Hiram Rhodes Revels

1/25/1870

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Dated January 25, 1870, these are the credentials for Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels of Mississippi, the first African American to serve in the Senate.

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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
State of Mississippi
Jackson, Miss. [hand written] January 25th, 1870.

[handwritten]

I Adelbert Ames Br Maj General USA Provisional Governor of the State of Mississippi, do hereby certify that the Hon H.R. Revels was elected United States Senator by the Legislature of this state, on the 20th day of January 1870, for the unexpired term which commenced on the 4th day of March 1865, and which will end on the 4th day of March 1871.

[seal of Mississippi affixed to page]

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Mississippi to be affixed this 25th day of January 1870.

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By the Governor
James Lynch
Sec of State

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Adelbert Ames
Br. Maj. Gen. USA
Prov. Gov of Miss



41st Cong
2. Sesss
Credentials
Of H.R Revels elected a Senator in Congress by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi

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1870 Feb 23 Presented & read
Stockton to refer to Com on Judiciary with instruction debate & advis
[1870] Feb 24 - Reso: Stockton rescinded debate & advis
[1870] Feb 25-Reso: Stockton disagreed Yeas 8 Nays 48
Wilson that oaths now be administered to Mr Revels agreed yeas 48 nays 8 & oaths administered by V. P.

Compared
G.S.W.

Mr. Wilson
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Senate.
National Archives Identifier: 595424
Full Citation: Credentials of Hiram Rhodes Revels; 1/25/1870; Credentials, 1789 - 1998; Records of the U.S. Senate, Record Group 46; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/credentials-hiram-rhodes-revels, March 31, 2023]
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