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The Forty-Fourth Congress of 1875-1877
1875 December 6- The Forty-Fourth Congress of 1875-1877 convenes with a high of eight African Americans taking office. They are Senator Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi and congressmen Jeremiah Haralson of Alabama, Josiah T. Walls of Florida, John Roy Lynch of Mississippi, John A. Hyman of North Carolina, Charles E. Nash of Louisiana,; and Joseph H. Rainey and Robert Smalls of South Carolina. FROM: Today in Black History
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