Elected Collection

Senator Blanche K. Bruce
Blanche K. Bruce, first African-American to serve a full term as US Senator. Digitally colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Lincoln election results displayed in New York City, 1860
Crowd reading the announcement of Lincolns election by Drummond Light at the New York Herald office, 1860. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Blacks in South Carolina legislature under Reconstruction
Reconstructed South Carolina legislature, including African-American delegates, passing an appropriations bill, 1873. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Joseph Hayne Rainey, first black US Congressman, admitted to the House in 1871. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

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Hiram R. Revels, first black elected to the US Senate, 1870. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a photograph

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