Blanche Bruce Autograph, First Full-term African American Senator

The First Full-term African American Senator Signs a Deed. Blanche Bruce was the first full-term African American to serve in the U. He was then appointed by President James Garfield as Register of the U. He later served as the Washington, D. Signature panel 8¼ x 3½ in.

Overall dimensions 8¼ x 14 in. Fellow Mississippian Hiram Revels was the first African American to serve in the Senate and U. Congress as a whole but was elected to finish a term.

Bruce was born in Virginia, moved to Missouri, and attended Oberlin College in Ohio. In 1864, he established a school for African Americans in Hannibal, Missouri. Bruce was a wealthy landowner in Mississippi during Reconstruction and won election to county positions, including county sheriff. In 1874, Bruce was elected by the Mississippi State legislature to the position of U. He was also the first African American to preside over Senate proceedings when he took the gavel on February 14, 1879.

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The item "Blanche Bruce Autograph, First Full-term African American Senator" is in sale since Monday, June 17, 2019. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Black Americana\Paper".

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