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A Republican, Brooke was the first black senator to serve two terms in the Senate, holding office until 1979. [5] 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.
Revels was the first Black American to serve in the United States Senate. Revels advocated compromise and moderation. He vigorously supported racial equality and worked to reassure his fellow senators about the capability of African Americans.
On February 25, 1870, Hiram Rhodes Revels was seated as the first black member of the Senate, while Blanche Bruce, also of Mississippi, seated in 1875, was the second. 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.
Edward Brooke was the first African-American since Reconstruction in 1874 to have been elected to the United States Senate and he was the first African-American since 1881 to have held a United States Senate seat. Brooke was also the first African-American U.S. senator to ever be re-elected. Born to a middle-class black family, Brooke was ...
Raphael Warnock is the first Black U.S. senator from Georgia, having broken the color barrier for one of the original 13 states with a special election victory in January 2021, almost 245 years ...
On November 3, 1992, Moseley Braun became the first African American woman to be elected to the United States Senate, [11] defeating Republican Richard S. Williamson. [16] Moseley Braun was also the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois and the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat. [17]
MD-SEN: Democrat Angela Alsobrooks will be the first Black senator from Maryland, CNN projects, defeating Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan in the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Ben ...
First African American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate [12] Mississippi 1872 P. B. S. Pinchback: Republican: Won the election; not seated due to election challenges [13] Louisiana 1870 Hiram Revels + Republicans: First African-American senator (elected by state legislature to fill a vacant seat) [14] Mississippi