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Population data are from 2021 American Community Survey and 2020 census population estimates. Districts in the table below reflect the 118th Congress. [1]Currently, there are 26 congressional districts where African Americans make up a majority of constituents, mostly in the South.
Thirty-four Latinos will serve in the House and four in the Senate -- and Nevada Sen.-elect Catherine Cortez Masto will be the first-ever Latina senator.
The demographics of the 116th U.S. Congress freshmen were more diverse than any previous incoming class. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] [ 41 ] At least 25 new congressional representatives were Hispanic, Native American, or people of color, and the incoming class included the first Native American women, the first Muslim women, and the two youngest women ever ...
The 1872 United States elections were held on November 5, electing the members of the 43rd United States Congress. The election took place during the Third Party System. The election took place during the Reconstruction Era, and many Southerners were barred from voting. Despite a split in the party, the Republicans retained control of the ...
Story at a glance The number of lawmakers in the 118th Congress who identify their race or ethnicity as something other than white is the highest in the country’s history. In total, 133 members ...
The historically diverse 117th Congress was sworn in on Sunday with more than 120 women and 124 people of color. The rare Sunday session saw a record number of women of color including the first ...
The 110th Congress includes the most religiously diverse House in history, including the first Muslims (Keith Ellison, D-MN and André Carson, D-IN), the first Buddhists (Mazie Hirono, D-HI and Hank Johnson, D-GA), 30 Jews, and one atheist (Pete Stark, D-CA). There are 42 African Americans (including two non-voting delegates) and 74 female ...
The first black person to address Congress was Henry Highland Garnet, in 1865, on occasion of the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment. [9] In 1866, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act and the four Reconstruction Acts, which dissolved all governments in the former Confederate states with the exception of Tennessee. It divided the South into ...