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An 1872
lithograph
depicting seven early
African Americans in the United States Congress
, (from left to right) Senator
Hiram Revels
and Representatives
Benjamin Turner
,
Robert DeLarge
,
Josiah Walls
,
Jefferson Long
,
Joseph Rainey
, and
Robert Elliott
. During the
Reconstruction Era
following the
Civil War
, some
several hundred African-American officeholders
were elected – all of whom were members of the
Republican Party
.
Lithograph:
Currier and Ives
; Restoration:
Adam Cuerden
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