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The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral United States Congress, which is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the term "African American" includes all individuals who identify with one or more nationalities or ethnic groups originating in any of the ...
First black 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) The right of black people to vote and to serve in the United States Congress was established after the Civil War by amendments to the ...
U.S. House of Representatives [h] Indiana Senate Indiana House of Representatives: 1976 [30] Indiana 6: Jefferson Shreve (R) No Open seat; replacing Greg Pence (R) Indianapolis City-County Council: 1965 [31] Indiana 8: Mark Messmer (R) No Open seat; replacing Larry Bucshon (R) Majority Leader of the Indiana Senate Indiana House of ...
Female candidates, particularly women of color, have long had more trouble raising funds for campaigns, Laphonza Butler, D-Calif., currently the only Black woman in the Senate, told USA TODAY.
The first Black woman to ever do it was Carol Moseley Braun, who was elected in 1992; the second is currently a candidate for president; and the third is Sen. Laphonza Butler, who’s decided to ...
Shomari Figures, Democratic candidate for Alabama’s 2nd congressional district, greets and takes a photo with Abbie Felder, of Montgomery, at the Frazer Church voting precinct, on Election Day ...
60.7%; first African-American senator elected by popular vote: Massachusetts 1874 Blanche Bruce: Republican: 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
Today, two dozen Black major party candidates are battling for U.S. Senate, governor and other high office positions across the country. Here are 22 Black candidates who could make history on ...