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To: dangus

Forget his name, but if memory serves it was a Republican elected during reconstruction.


3 posted on 05/26/2010 10:03:44 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: HamiltonJay
Forget his name, but if memory serves it was a Republican elected during reconstruction.

There was no popular election for senators then when the first two black senators served. That started (unfortunately) in 1913.
75 posted on 05/27/2010 12:23:43 AM PDT by aruanan
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