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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.
From 1979 to 1993, there were no black members of the United States Senate. Between 1993 and 2010, three black members of the Illinois Democratic Party would hold Illinois's Class 3 Senate seat at different times. Carol Moseley Braun entered the Senate in 1993 and was the first African-American woman in the Senate. [5] She served one term.
Maxwell Frost is the youngest member of the 118th Congress at age 27. He succeeded one-term representative Madison Cawthorn, who was the youngest person elected to the U.S. Congress since Jed Johnson Jr. in 1964, the second-youngest congressman in United States history. [2]
The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress . Party affiliation
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]
Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years) 6 1835 Jack Reed: Democratic Rhode Island: Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years) 7 1842 Susan Collins: Republican Maine: 8 1844 Chuck Schumer: Democratic New York: January 3, 1999 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (18 years) 9 1846 Mike Crapo ...
Figures’ win will give Alabama a second Black representative in its congressional delegation for the first time in the state’s history. MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Shomari Figures, a former top aide ...
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.