Historical Marker
Joseph S. Wheat
Historical marker location:
527 N Washington St, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
( Marker is on North Washington Street (U.S. 522) 0.1 miles north of Legion Street, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2017
The first African American to serve as a member of the United States Senate was Hiram Rhodes Revels, who was born in Fayetteville, West Virginia, in 1827.