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Listed are those African-American candidates who achieved ballot access for a federal election. They made the primary ballot, and have votes in the election in order to qualify for this list. Not included are African-Americans potential candidates (suggested by media, objects of draft movements, etc.), potential candidates who did not file for
Pages in category "African-American candidates for the United States Senate" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The first two African-American senators represented the state of Mississippi during the Reconstruction era, following the American Civil War. Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first African American to serve in the Senate, was elected in 1870 [5] by the Mississippi State Legislature to succeed Albert G. Brown, who resigned during the Civil War.
Wayne Black was one of the few African Americans in the crowd as about 100 people gathered recently at the The post In Georgia, 2 Black candidates to compete for Senate seat appeared first on TheGrio.
This election marked the first time since Reconstruction in 1874 that an African-American was elected to the United States Senate and Edward Brooke's inauguration was the first time since 1881 that an African-American United States senator held a United States Senate seat.
This category includes African-American United States senators who are currently serving as well as those who served in the past. Pages in category "African-American United States senators" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
January 25, 1870, letter from the governor and secretary of state of Mississippi that certified the election of Hiram Rhodes Revels to the Senate. First black senator and representatives: Sen. Hiram Revels (R-MS), Rep. Benjamin S. Turner (R-AL), Robert DeLarge (R-SC), Josiah Walls (R-FL), Jefferson Long (R-GA), Joseph Rainey and Robert B. Elliott (R-SC)
Maher acknowledged Trump’s improvement in every voting demographic, especially in Latinos and Asians along with Black men, which helped add nearly 9 million more votes than what he received in ...