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The Senate has had 14 African-American elected or appointed officeholders. Two each served during both the 19th and 20th centuries. [1] The first was Hiram R. Revels. Three of the 14 African-American senators held Illinois's Class 3 seat, including Barack Obama, who went on to become President of the United States. This makes Illinois the state ...
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 ]
Not included are African-Americans potential candidates (suggested by media, objects of draft movements, etc.), potential candidates who did not file for office or fictional candidates. Two biracial candidates are included: Barack Obama and Kamala Harris. In 2024, two African-American women won their United States Senate races: Lisa Blunt ...
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)
With the start of the 119th Congress on Friday, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott will become the longest-serving Black Senator in the United States. Scott will also serve as the first Black Chairman ...
Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: Kirsten Gillibrand: NY: January 3, 2025: Vice Chair of Senate Democratic Outreach: Catherine Cortez Masto: NV: January 3, 2021: Deputy Secretaries of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Chris Murphy: CT: January 3, 2025: Brian Schatz: HI: January 3, 2023: Senate Democratic Chief Deputy Whip Brian ...
Seven Democratic senators voted to confirm former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) as the head of the Department of Homeland Security, allowing her to lead an agency that will be paramount to ...
The eight black U.S. senators, all Democrats, who are or have been members of the Congressional Black Caucus are Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, elected in 2013 (currently serving), Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia, elected in 2021 (currently serving), and Senator Kamala Harris of California, elected in 2016, who resigned in 2021 to take ...