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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.
The following is a list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of Virginia ordered by District number. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Virginia.
This is a list of African Americans who have served in statewide elected executive offices in the United States, whether they were elected, succeeded or appointed to such elected office. These state constitutional officers have their duties and qualifications mandated in state constitutions.
The 1860 census allotted 11 seats to Virginia, but 3 were assigned to West Virginia, established in 1863. Virginia was left with 8 seats. [4] For most of this decade, however, Virginian representatives were not seated in Congress because of Virginia's secession in the Civil War. After January 26, 1870, Virginia was allowed to seat members.
List of members of the United States House delegation from Virginia, their terms, their district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI.For the 118th Congress, the state's delegation has a total of 11 members, with 6 Democrats and 5 Republicans.
In January 2017, she was elected to the Virginia state Senate in a special election to fill the Ninth District seat vacated by McEachin’s election to the U.S. House of Representatives.
first African-American men elected to the Virginia Senate: James W. D. Bland, Isaiah L. Lyons, William P. Moseley, Frank Moss, John Robinson, and George Teamoh (1869) [18] [19] first African-American man elected to the Virginia House of Delegates since Reconstruction: William Ferguson Reid (1968)
Pages in category "African-American state legislators in Virginia" The following 75 pages are in this category, out of 75 total.