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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…

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Mathew Brady or Levin Handy, Joseph Rainey, First African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1869-1879, Library of Congress, Between 1865 and 1880

Joseph Hayne Rainey, 1832-1887. Born in Georgetown, South Carolina. He was the first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives,…

Tags: African-American, Congress, House of Representatives, Joseph Hayne Rainey, Reconstruction Era