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by osita70 on November 9th, 2004
Barack Obama, the newly elected senator from Illinois, is currently the only Black senator. He is the third Black senator since Reconstruction - the other two being Carole Moseley Braun and Edward Brooke.
There were also two Black senators elected during the post civil war reconstruction. They were Hiram Rhoades Revels and Blanche K. Bruce, both from Mississippi.
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Edward J Tarver was subsequently elected to the GA senate in 2005.
by rmabfred on February 7th, 2006