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Applause Erupted, Didn't Last: Story Of Mississippi's First Black Senator
Yet, while the election of Espy, a former congressman who served as the secretary of agriculture in the Clinton administration, would be historic, it wouldn't be unprecedented. The same Mississippi seat was once held by the first African-American ever to serve in the U.S. Senate.
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First African-American Senator Elected in US South Since Civil War Era
Voters in South Carolina elected the first African-American to the US Senate from the South since the years immediately following the Civil War, according to projections from television networks.
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Applause Erupted, Didn't Last: Story Of Mississippi's First Black Senator
Yet, while the election of Espy, a former congressman who served as the secretary of agriculture in the Clinton administration, would be historic, it wouldn't be unprecedented. The same Mississippi seat was once held by the first African-American ever to serve in the U.S. Senate.
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First African-American Senator Elected in US South Since Civil War Era
Voters in South Carolina elected the first African-American to the US Senate from the South since the years immediately following the Civil War, according to projections from television networks.
