Robert Smalls, born enslaved in South Carolina, stole the CSS Planter and delivered it to Union troops. After the Civil War, Smalls was elected to the South Carolina legislature and later to the U.S. Congress where he served 5 terms during and after Reconstruction.
As Joe Biden is inaugurated as America's 46th President, browse his votes as a U.S. Senator
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The House impeached President Donald J. Trump for a second time, an unprecedented feat in U.S. history, on charges of fomenting insurrection
The Senate failed, barely, to secure a two-thirds majority in favor of convicting President Andrew Johnson
