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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.
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]
U.S. House of Representatives [h] Indiana Senate Indiana House of Representatives: 1976 Indiana 6: Jefferson Shreve (R) No Open seat; replacing Greg Pence (R) Indianapolis City-County Council: 1965 Indiana 8: Mark Messmer (R) No Open seat; replacing Larry Bucshon (R) Majority Leader of the Indiana Senate Indiana House of Representatives: 1967 ...
The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 118th United States Congress . Party affiliation
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 ...
Speaker of the House of Representatives: $223,500 Majority leader and minority leader of the House of Representatives: $193,400 President pro tempore of the Senate: $193,400 Senators and representatives: $174,000 Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives: $174,000
This category includes African American members of the United States House of Representatives who are currently serving as well as those who served in the past. The main article for this category is African Americans in the United States Congress .