On November 8, he defeated Dudley once again, garnering more than 86 percent of the vote, in a special election to fill the seat for the remainder of the 41st Congress. 5 Joseph Rainey was sworn in on December 12, 1870, as the first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. One month later he was joined by the second black Member, Representative Jefferson Long of Georgia.
Brigadier General William H.L. Mullins is deputy director, Legislative Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C. General Mullins was born in Independence, Mo., in 1935.
Harry J. Anslinger. Harry Jacob Anslinger (May 20, 1892 â November 14, 1975) was a United States government official who served as the first commissioner of the U.S. Treasury Department's Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN). He was a supporter of prohibition and the criminalization of drugs, and played a pivotal role in cannabis prohibition.