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Joseph Hayne Rainey (June 21, 1832 – August 1, 1887) was an American politician. He was the first black person to serve in the United States House of Representatives and the second black person (after Hiram Revels) to serve in the United States Congress. His service included time as presiding officer of the House of Representatives.
Representative Joseph Hayne Rainey rose from his intricately carved wooden desk, ready to deliver one of the most important speeches of his life. The campaign for a new civil rights bill...
Jul 29, 2024 · Joseph Hayne Rainey was a formerly enslaved American who was the first Black person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives (1870–79). The son of a barber who bought the family’s freedom, Rainey received some private schooling and took up his father’s trade in Charleston, South Carolina.
Aug 8, 2019 · In 1870 Republican Joseph Hayne Rainey became the first African American to be elected to the United States House of Representatives and take his seat. Others were elected earlier but were not seated. Rainey was born in Georgetown, South Carolina, on June 21, 1832.
Congressman Joseph Hayne Rainey of South Carolina was born enslaved in 1832. He was the first Black man to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, the first to preside over the House, and the longest-serving Black lawmaker during Reconstruction.
Jun 20, 2016 · Rainey was the first black man to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. He took his seat in December 1870, filling the unexpired term of Benjamin F. Whittemore. He was reelected four times to the First District seat, serving from 1870 to 1879.
Joseph Rainey. 1832–1887. Congressman. Born a slave in Georgetown, South Carolina, on June 21, 1832, Joseph Hayne Rainey was able with his father's help to attain his freedom. Rainey grew up to become a Reconstruction congressman during the forty-first, forty-second, forty-third, forty-fourth and forty-fifth Congresses.
Feb 26, 2021 · Joseph Rainey was a formerly enslaved man who became the first Black U.S. congressman in 1870 during the Reconstruction period following the U.S. Civil War.
Feb 16, 2022 · Joseph H. Rainey, who was born into slavery in 1832 and went on to become the nation's first Black congressman, was honored at the U.S. Capitol last week. "Study the...
Feb 2, 2021 · His article in Smithsonian Magazine, co-authored by Christopher Frear, is headlined “Meet Joseph Rainey, The First Black Congressman.”
