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  2. List of African-American United States representatives

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    There currently are 57 African-American representatives and two African-American delegates in the United States House of Representatives, representing 29 states, plus the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia. Most are members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

  3. Category : African-American members of the United States ...

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    Pages in category "African-American members of the United States House of Representatives" The following 187 pages are in this category, out of 187 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  4. African Americans in the United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    Revels was the first black member of the Congress overall. [11] Black people were a majority of the population in many congressional districts across the South. In 1870, Joseph Rainey of South Carolina was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first directly elected black member of Congress to be seated. [12]

  5. List of current members of the United States House of ...

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    This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of December 14, 2024, the 118th 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.

  6. List of African-American Republicans - Wikipedia

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    1872 Currier and Ives print showing the first Black U.S. 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), 1872. The following is a list of Black Republicans, past and present. This list is limited ...

  7. List of first African-American U.S. state legislators - Wikipedia

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    first African-American man elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives: Sampson W. Keeble (1873) first African-American man elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives since Reconstruction: Archie Walter Willis Jr. (1964) first African-American woman elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives: Dorothy Lavinia Brown (1966)

  8. List of majority-minority United States congressional ...

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    Population data are from 2021 American Community Survey and 2020 census population estimates. Districts in the table below reflect the 118th Congress. [1]Currently, there are 26 congressional districts where African Americans make up a majority of constituents, mostly in the South.

  9. List of new members of the 119th United States Congress

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    U.S. House of Representatives [a] Arizona House of Representatives U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Corporal: 1979 Delaware: Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) 3rd (93rd overall) No Open seat; replacing Tom Carper (D) [2] U.S. House of Representatives [b] Delaware Secretary of Labor 1962 Indiana: Jim Banks (R) 2nd (92nd overall) No Open seat; replacing Mike ...