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No African American served in federal elective office before the ratification in 1870 of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Fifteenth Amendment prohibits the federal and state governments from denying any citizen the right to vote because of that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
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]
November 5, 2024: 1 year, 128 days Julie Fahey Oregon: House of Representatives Democratic: March 7, 2024: Incumbent 326 days Nadine Nakamura Hawaii: House of Representatives Democratic: November 6, 2024: Incumbent 82 days Lisa Demuth (invalidated) Minnesota: House of Representatives Republican: January 14, 2025: January 24, 2025: 13 days ...
The Congressional Black Caucus will have 62 members in the 119th Congress, contributing to a record 67 Black representatives. ... 2024 at 10:12 AM. Rep. Gregory Meeks, with Reps. Joyce Beatty ...
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
This list may not reflect recent changes. Black women in American politics * ... This page was last edited on 22 July 2024, ...
On Tuesday, Jennifer McClellan made history, becoming the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in Virginia.McClellan, a Democrat, won a special election in the Fourth Congressional ...
[50] [52] In the early years of women in Congress, such a seat was usually held only until the next general election, and the women retired after that single Congress, thereby becoming a placeholders to finishing elected terms of their husbands. [52] As the years progressed, however, more and more of these widow successors sought reelection.