February 23rd, 1870
Military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union. event on February 23, 1870. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around February 23, 1870
| February 25th, 1870 | Event | Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress. |
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