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Kamala Harris was the first African-American U.S. senator to be elected vice president of the United States. Black women in the United States Senate are underrepresented twofold: the United States Senate has had ten Black elected or appointed office holders and only three Black female senators. [42]
Kamala Harris became the first African-American vice president of the United States of America, being elected in the 2020 election alongside President Joe Biden. She is also the first female vice president. She is the second biracial vice president, the first being Republican Charles Curtis.
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.
Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally on the Ellipse on October 29, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Michael Bennet, Colorado (2009–present), 2020 candidate for the Democratic nomination for president [3] Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut (2011–present) [4] Cory Booker, New Jersey (2013–present), 2020 candidate for the Democratic nomination for president [5] Sherrod Brown, Ohio (2007–present) [6] Laphonza Butler, California (2023 ...
Top-left: Victoria Woodhull is considered the first female presidential candidate for her 1872 candidacy. Top-right: Hillary Clinton was the first woman nominated for president by a major political party and the first woman to win the national popular vote in 2016. Center: Kamala Harris became the first female vice president in 2020.
Former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, the first Black woman elected to the Senate in 1993, joined “Morning Rush” to discuss the historical significance of Harris’ campaign for national ...
African American Members of the United States Congress: 1870-2012 A 66-page history produced by the Congressional Research Service. Black Americans in Congress, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives; Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007 C-SPAN video with Matt Wasniewski as the presenter. He discusses the history of African ...