Hiram Revels was the first American-African US Senator. He was born to freed parents in Fayetville, North Carolina. He came up as a minister in educator in Indiana, Ohio, & Maryland. He was appointed an alderman in 1868 and was elected to the Mississippi state senate the following year. In 1870, he was elected to the US Senate to fill a vacancy, that’s when he became the first American-African to serve in congress.