Hiram R. Revels
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Hiram Rhodes Revels was an American politician, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and college administrator. Born free in North Carolina, he later lived and worked in Ohio, where he
Revels, c. 1860–1875
Revels was the first Black American to serve in the United States Senate.
Political cartoon: Revels (seated) replaces Jefferson Davis (left; dressed as Iago from William Shakespeare's Othello) in US Senate. Harper's Weekly February 19, 1870. Davis had been a senator from Mississippi until 1861.
Grave of Hiram Revels in Holly Springs
Susie Revels Cayton
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Susie Revels Cayton was an American writer, editor, activist, and leader in the African-American community in Seattle at the start of the 20th century.
Hiram R. Revels
…while attending a church conference in Aberdeen, Mississippi. He was buried at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Revels's daughter, Susie Revels Cayton, edited The Seattle Republican in Seattle, Washington. Among his grandsons were Horace R. Cayton Jr., co-author of Black Metropolis, and Revels Cayton…
Members of the Cayton family pose for a portrait on the front porch of their Seattle home, c. 1904. From left: Ruth (blurred), Emma (Susie's niece), Susie holding baby Horace Jr., and Horace standing above Madge (seated).
The Caytons' Seattle home was designated a city landmark in 2021.