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.
Before she became Vice President, Kamala Harris was the first South Asian-American woman elected to the Senate
Hours after armed rioters storm the U.S. capitol to demand the 2020 presidential election be overturned, 7 Senators vote in support of their demands
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Explore the votes of Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first African-American man elected to the Senate