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S.Res. 508 · 116th Congress

A resolution commemorating the 150th anniversary of the historic seating of Hiram Rhodes Revels as the first…

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A resolution commemorating the 150th anniversary of the historic seating of Hiram Rhodes Revels as the first African American United States Senator.

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RWR WickerSponsor
71 cosponsors · 30 D, 39 R, 2 I
LAR Alexander RBR Blunt SBD Brown RBR Burr TBD Baldwin JBR Boozman MBR Blackburn MBD Bennet RBD Blumenthal MBR Braun MCD Cantwell BCD Cardin MCR Crapo SCR Collins SCR Capito JCR Cornyn BCD Casey BCR Cassidy CCD Coons TCR Cotton KCR Cramer TCR Cruz CCD Cortez Masto RDD Durbin SDR Daines TDD Duckworth JER Ernst DFD Feinstein DFR Fischer LGR Graham CGR Grassley CGR Gardner MHD Heinrich CHR Hyde-Smith JHR Hawley JIR Inhofe RJR Johnson DJD Jones AKD Klobuchar AKI King TKD Kaine PLD Leahy JLR Lankford KLR Loeffler BMD Menendez JMR Moran JMD Manchin GPD Peters RPR Paul DPR Perdue PRR Roberts JRR Risch MRR Rubio MRR Rounds JRD Rosen MRR Romney BSI Sanders JSD Shaheen TSR Scott BSD Schatz BSR Sasse TSD Smith RSR Scott JTD Tester TTR Tillis TUD Udall CVD Van Hollen RWD Wyden SWD Whitehouse MWD Warner TYR Young

71 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. Senate Introduced Feb 27, 2020
  2. Senate Passed Feb 27, 2020

This resolution commemorates the 150th anniversary of the historic seating of Hiram Rhodes Revels, Senator of Mississippi, as the first African American Senator.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate · Feb 27, 2020

This resolution commemorates the 150th anniversary of the historic seating of Hiram Rhodes Revels, Senator of Mississippi, as the first African American Senator.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A resolution commemorating the 150th anniversary of the historic seating of Hiram Rhodes Revels as the first African American United States Senator.

Latest action (Feb 27, 2020): Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1175-1176; text: CR S1226)

Policy area: Congress · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Feb 27, 2020

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. Senate Introduced Feb 27, 2020
  2. Senate Passed Feb 27, 2020

No recorded floor vote found.