Joseph Hayne Rainey
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This National Historic Landmark was the family home of Joseph H. Rainey, the first African American elected to the US House of Representatives, 1870-1879. Born in Georgetown County in 1832, Rainey, it is said, made blockade-running trips during the Civil War. He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1868, served two years in the SC Senate, and two years as internal revenue agent of SC.
He died in Georgetown, SC, in 1887. Erected by Georgetown Chapter Delta Sigma Theta, 1994
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