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From 1979 to 1993, there were no black members of the United States Senate. Between 1993 and 2010, three black members of the Illinois Democratic Party would hold Illinois's Class 3 Senate seat at different times. Carol Moseley Braun entered the Senate in 1993 and was the first African-American woman in the Senate. [5] She served one term.
History is being made in the Senate. For the first time in over 200 years, two Black women have been elected to Congress' upper chamber at the same time. Delaware Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester secured ...
The ability to go to the Senate and be one of 100—but also as two of only five [Black women senators] in the history of this country—would be incredible. Alsobrooks: ...
There have never been two Black female senators serving at the same time, but Democratic candidates Lisa Blunt Rochester of […] 2 Black women could make Senate history on Election Day Skip to ...
The first African-American woman to serve as a representative was Shirley Chisholm from New York's 12th congressional district in 1969 during the Civil Rights Movement. Many African-American members of the House of Representatives serve majority-minority districts. [ 4 ]
This is a complete list of United States senators during the 117th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2021, to January 3, 2023. It is a historical listing and will contain people who have not served the entire two-year Congress should anyone resign, die, or be expelled.
In 2021, as stated by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, 27 Black women will serve in the 117th Congress, doubling the number of Black women to serve in 2011. [36] In 2014, Mia Love was the first black woman to be elected to Congress for the Republican Party. [37]
During the 106th Congress, the US Senate had a Republican majority. In this Congress, Tim Hutchinson was the most junior senior senator, until Paul Coverdell's death on July 18, 2000, after which Max Cleland was the most junior senior senator. Ernest Hollings was the most senior junior senator.