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Joseph Rainey. Library of Congress description: "Rainey, Hon. Joseph Hayne of S.C.".
Source Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.04424. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH832- 769

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Date

between 1865 and 1880
Author

Mathew Brady or Levin Handy
Permission
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Creator/Artist
Name
Brady, Mathew
Date of birth/death ca. 1823 15 January or 16 January 1896
Location of birth/death Warren County, New York New York City
Work period 1844 - ca. 1887
Work location
New York City and Washington, D.C.
English: Joseph Hayne Rainey ( June 21, 1832 – August 1, 1887) was the first African American person to serve in the United States House of Representatives and the second black person to serve in the United States Congress (U.S. Senator Hiram Revels was the first).

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