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2021-02-23T16:00:26-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/582/1614118395.jpgThe House approves a bill naming a post office in Georgetown, South Carolina after Joseph Rainey, the first Black person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rainey won a special election in 1870, took his seat on December 12 that year and served until March 3, 1879. Rainey died in 1887 aged 55.
The House approves a bill naming a post office in Georgetown, South Carolina after Joseph Rainey, the first Black person to serve in the… read more
The House approves a bill naming a post office in Georgetown, South Carolina after Joseph Rainey, the first Black person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rainey won a special election in 1870, took his seat on December 12 that year and served until March 3, 1879. Rainey died in 1887 aged 55. close
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- Tom Rice U.S. Representative [R] South Carolina
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