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Mathew Brady, 1845-51 & 1855-61 David Levy Yulee - First Jewish American U.S. Senator, Library of Congress, 1855-1865

David Levy Yulee was a Delegate and a Senator from Florida; born David Levy in St. Thomas, West Indies, June 12, 1810. At the age of nine was sent to…

Tags: Confederacy, Daniel Levy Yulee, Florida, Jewish., Railroad, US Senator

Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1869-1871 Hiram Rhodes Revels - First African American appointed to serve in the U.S. Senate, Library of Congress, 1870

Hiram Rhodes Revels: 1827-1901. Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina . Revels is the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress (41st,…

Tags: African-American, Hiram Rhodes Revels, Mississippi, Religion, US Senator

US Library of Congress, 1907 - 1925 Robert Latham Owen - First US Senator of Native American Descent, Library of Congress, c. 1910 Dec. 31

Oklahoma Sen. Robert L. Owen (1907-1925) was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1856, to Robert Owen, president of the Virginia and Tennessee Railway,…

Tags: Child Labor Act, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Act, Native American, Oklahoma, Robert Latham Owen, US Senator

Library of Congress - National Photo Company Collection, 1921-1923 Rebecca Latimer Felton - First Woman to serve as a U.S. Senator, Library of Congress, Between 1909 and 1932

Rebecca Felton’s 1835-1930, was born in De Kalb County, Georgia. She is the first Woman to join the U.S. Senate, (67th 1921-23). Her brief and…

Tags: Georgia, Progressivism, Rebecca Felton, US Senator, Women, Women's Suffrage

Unknown, 1928-1929 Octaviano Larrazolo - First Hispanic American U.S. Senator, Library of Congress, 1919

Octaviano Larrazolo was the first Hispanic to serve in the United States Senate and was in office during the Seventieth Congress 12/07/ 1928 –…

Tags: Hispanic, New Mexico, Octaviano Larrazolo, Texas, US Senator, Welfare, Women's Suffrage

Unknown, 1959 - 1977 Hiram Leong Fong - First Asian American elected to the U.S. Senate, Library of Congress, c. 1960-1970

Senator Hiram Leong Fong became one of Hawaii’s first two U.S. Senators in 1959, upon the state’s admission to the Union. The son of Chinese…

Tags: Asian American, Civil Rights, Hawaii, Hiram Leong Fong, Immigration Reform, US Senator, Voting Rights

Ezra Ames, George Clinton Governor of New York, 1739 - 1812, New York Historical Society, 1814

George Clinton 1739 – 1812 was an American soldier and statesman, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as Governor…

Tags: George Clinton, Governor, James Madison, New York, NY, Thomas Jefferson, Vice President

Jeannette Rankin, First Woman in the United States Congress

Jeannette Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) is often remembered primarily for being the first woman elected into the U.S. Congress. However, her…

Tags: Congress, Congresswoman, Jeannette Rankin, Montana, Pacifism, War, Women

Harry Ives Thompson, Jonathan Trumbull Governor of Connecticut 1797–1809, Harry Ives Thompson, 1880

Jonathan Trumbull was a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Lebanon, Conn., March 26, 1740. He graduated from Harvard College in…

Tags: Connecticut, Governor, Jonathan Trumbull, Speaker of the House, US Senator

Charles Fenderich, Joseph Marion Hernández, First Hispanic Member of the U.S. Congress 1821- 1823, Library of Congress, 1850

Joseph Hernández is the first Hispanic Member of U.S. Congress (17th, 1821–1823) and the first Territorial Delegate to represent Florida. Though…

Tags: Congress, Florida, Hispanic, Joseph Marion Hernández