Hiram Revels

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United States senator human politician

Hiram Revels was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate, representing Mississippi during the Reconstruction era.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States senator → human → politician →
burialPlace	Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi →
chamber	United States Senate →
conflict	American Civil War →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1827-09-27 →
dateOfDeath	1901-01-16 →
educatedAt	Knox College →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Revels →
freeStatusAtBirth	born free →
givenName	Hiram →
hasNumberOfChildren	6 →
heldPosition	president of Alcorn University →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party →
militaryBranch	Union Army →
notableAchievement	advocated for civil rights for African Americans → opposed racial segregation →
notableFor	first African American to serve in the United States Senate → symbol of African American political progress during Reconstruction →
notableWork	leadership in integrating churches and schools →
occupation	clergyman → college administrator → educator →
partOf	Reconstruction era →
placeOfDeath	Aberdeen, Mississippi →
positionHeld	U.S. Senator from Mississippi → United States senator →
precededBy	Jefferson Davis →
religion	Methodism →
represented	Mississippi →
role	chaplain →
servedEndDate	1871-03-03 →
servedIn	Mississippi State Senate →
servedStartDate	1870-02-25 →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Phoebe A. Bass →
stateRepresented	Mississippi →
wasA	Reconstruction-era politician →
wasBornIn	Fayetteville, North Carolina →
wasFormerlyEnslaved	no →
workLocation	Alcorn University, Mississippi → Washington, D.C. →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Reconstruction era →	significantFigure