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Hiram Rhodes Revels

1827 - 1901

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Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827 – January 16, 1901) was an American Republican politician, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and college administrator. Born free in North Carolina, he later lived and worked in Ohio, where he voted before the Civil War. Elected by the Mississippi legislature to the United States Senate as a Republican to represent Mississippi in 1870 and 1871 during the Reconstruction era, he was the first African American to serve in either house of the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiram Rhodes Revels has received more than 971,676 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Hiram Rhodes Revels is the 18,032nd most popular politician (down from 16,364th in 2019), the 13,956th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,480th in 2019) and the 1,001st most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hiram Rhodes Revels ranks 18,032 out of 19,576. Before him are Jerry Moran, Karl Erjavec, Wouter Bos, Michelle Bolsonaro, Josefina Vázquez Mota, and Grant Shapps. After him are Johnny Paul Koroma, Jürgen Ligi, Larry Hogan, Krzysztof Bosak, Ali Mohamed Shein, and Elena Poptodorova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Hiram Rhodes Revels ranks 72. Before him are Richard Morris Hunt, Mary Ward, Afzal-ud-Daulah, William Windom, Henry Warner Slocum, and Augustus Pitt Rivers. After him is Milton Latham. Among people deceased in 1901, Hiram Rhodes Revels ranks 98. Before him are Lorenzo Snow, Albrecht Weber, John Owen, John Stainer, Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal, and Walter Besant.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hiram Rhodes Revels ranks 13,956 out of 20,380. Before him are Jerome Apt (1949), Barbara Alyn Woods (1962), Eric Lander (1957), Adele Mara (1923), Ayda Field (1979), and Charlotte Cushman (1816). After him are Nadine Sierra (1988), Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890), Mike Fisher (1943), Barbara Jordan (1957), Bernard Bailyn (1922), and Jason Mraz (1977).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Hiram Rhodes Revels ranks 1,001. Before him are Jim Justice (1951), Thomas Hart Benton (1782), Tommy Thompson (1941), Bob Bennett (1933), Harriet Miers (1945), and Jerry Moran (1954). After him are Larry Hogan (1956), Norman Thomas (1884), Bill Kristol (1952), Barbara Lee (1946), John L. McClellan (1896), and Marin Raykov (1960).

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