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.
Dr. Whelan Culley is a family medicine doctor in Seminole, Florida and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Northside Hospital and St. Petersburg General Hospital. He received his medical degree from University of Tennessee College of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years.