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The One-Hit Wonders
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The One-Hit Wonders

There were 41 Congressional members of the One Hit Wonder Club from the Territory until 1900. That means they only served one term in either the US House or the US Senate.

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Sen Hiram Revels Gravesite
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Sen Hiram Revels Gravesite

History nerds like me love a “first” or an “only time this happened” story. Senator Hiram Revels certainly makes that cut as the first African American US Senator elected in the country. And we are proud to have him as a Mississippian.

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