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.
George McClellan. Introduction. George B. McClellan (1826-1885) was a U.S. Army officer, railroad president and politician who served as a major general during the Civil War (1861-65). McClellan organized the Army of the Potomac in 1861 and briefly served as general-in-chief of the Union Army.