1868- Congressman Joseph Hayne Rainey, First African American U.S. Representative
Title
1868- Congressman Joseph Hayne Rainey, First African American U.S. Representative
Description
Joseph Hayne Rainey (June 21, 1832 – August 1, 1887) was the first African American to serve in the United States House of Representatives, the second black person to serve in the United States Congress (U.S. Senator Hiram Revels was the first), the first African American to be directly elected to Congress (Revels was appointed), and the first black presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. Born into slavery, he was freed in the 1840s by his father's purchasing his freedom and that of all his family...Rainey supported legislation to protect the civil rights of Southern blacks, as well as to promote the southern economy.
Creator
U.S. Congress
Date
Unknown
Source
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Joseph_Rainey_-_Brady-Handy.jpg
Relation
Rights
Source: Joseph Rainey. United States House of Representatives. Retrieved April 21, 2014
Publisher
House of Representatives
Contributor
House of Representatives
Format
Source: Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives. Medium: Painting
Language
English
Type
Figures
Identifier
Joseph Rainey, African-American, House of Representatives, U.S. Congress, Civil Rights
Coverage
Historic
Files
Collection
Reference
U.S. Congress, 1868- Congressman Joseph Hayne Rainey, First African American U.S. Representative, House of Representatives, Unknown
Cite As
U.S. Congress, “1868- Congressman Joseph Hayne Rainey, First African American U.S. Representative,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed March 29, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/548.