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Joseph Hayne Rainey (June 21, 1832 – August 1, 1887) was an American politician. He was the first black person to serve in the United States House of Representatives and the second black person (after Hiram Revels) to serve in the United States Congress.
Additionally, the speaker is second in the presidential line of succession, after the vice president and ahead of the president pro tempore of the Senate. [2] The House elects a new speaker by roll call vote when it first convenes after a general election for its two-year term, or when a speaker dies, resigns or is removed from the position ...
In 1873, Lynch was elected as the first African-American Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives; he is considered the first Black man to hold this position in any state. He was among the first generation of African Americans from the South elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the 44th, 45th, and 47th Congresses.
Overall, 31 of the 50 U.S. states, plus the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia, have elected an African American to represent them in the U.S. House of Representatives, with Rhode Island being the most recent to elect its first (in 2023); out of these, 23 states, plus U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia, have elected ...
Don Scott, Virginia’s first Black Speaker of the House of Delegates, told theGrio that his “biggest fear” about the chatter around Biden’s age and fitness is that it could create an ...
House Democratic Caucus says Scott’s personal story is of resilience, second chances and historic firsts. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s state House will soon have its first Black speaker ...
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]
The Virginia House of Delegates on Wednesday swore in the chamber's first Black speaker in a 405-year history that includes serving as the capital of the Confederacy: Del. Don Scott, whose ...