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Current & Past African Americans in Government | President | Senators | Governors | Lieutenant Governors | Congressmen
Past & Current African American Congressmen
| Representative |
Party |
State |
Term |
B/F |
 Andre Carson |
DNC |
IN |
2008-present |
1974- |
Donna Edwards |
DNC |
MD |
2008-present |
1958- |
Laura Richardson |
DNC |
CA |
2007-present |
1962- |
Hank Johnson |
DNC |
GA |
2007-present |
1954- |
Keith Ellison |
DNC |
MN |
2007-present |
1963- |
Yvette D. Clarke |
DNC |
NY |
2007-present |
1964- |
Gwen Moore |
DNC |
WI |
2005-present |
1951- |
Al Green |
DNC |
TX |
2005-present |
1947- |
Emanuel Cleaver |
DNC |
MO |
2005-present |
1944- |
G. K. Butterfield |
DNC |
NC |
2004-present |
1947- |
David Scott |
DNC |
GA |
2003-present |
1946- |
Kendrick Meek |
DNC |
FL |
2003-present |
1966- |
Denise Majette |
DNC |
GA |
2003-2005 |
1955- |
Artur Davis |
DNC |
AL |
2003-present |
1967- |
Frank Ballance |
DNC |
NC |
2003-2004 |
1942- |
Diane Watson |
DNC |
CA |
2001-present |
1933- |
William Lacy Clay, Jr. |
DNC |
MO |
2001-present |
1956- |
Stephanie Tubbs Jones |
DNC |
OH |
1999-2008 |
1949-2008 |
Barbara Lee |
DNC |
CA |
1998-present
Chairwoman Congressional Black Caucus |
1946- |
Gregory W. Meeks |
DNC |
NY |
1998-present |
1953- |
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick |
DNC |
MI |
1997-present |
1945- |
Harold Ford, Jr. |
DNC |
TN |
1997-2007 |
1970- |
Donna M. Christian-Christensen |
DNC |
VI |
1997-present |
1945- |
Danny K. Davis |
DNC |
IL |
1997-present |
1941- |
Julia Carson |
DNC |
IN |
1997-2007 |
1938-2007 |
Elijah E. Cummings |
DNC |
MD |
1996-present |
1951- |
Juanita Millender-McDonald |
DNC |
CA |
1996-2007 |
1938-2007 |
Jesse Jackson, Jr. |
DNC |
IL |
1995-present |
1965- |
J. C. Watts |
RNC |
OK |
1995-2003 |
1957- |
Sheila Jackson Lee |
DNC |
TX |
1995-present |
1950- |
Chaka Fattah |
DNC |
PA |
1995-present |
1956- |
Victor O. Frazer |
IND |
VI |
1995-1997 |
1943- |
Bennie G. Thompson |
DNC |
MS |
1993-present
Chairman Congressional Homeland Security |
1948- |
Albert Wynn |
DNC |
MD |
1993-2008 |
1951- |
Melvin L. Watt
|
DNC |
NC |
1993-present |
1945- |
Walter Tucker |
DNC |
CA |
1993-1995 |
1957- |
Robert Scott |
DNC |
VA |
1993-present |
1947- |
Bobby L. Rush |
DNC |
IL |
1993-present |
1946- |
Mel Reynolds |
DNC |
IL |
1993-1995 |
1952- |
Carrie P. Meek |
DNC |
FL |
1993-2003 |
1926- |
Cynthia McKinney |
DNC |
GA |
1993-2003, 2005-2007 |
1955- |
Eddie Bernice Johnson |
DNC |
TX |
1993-present |
1935- |
Earl F. Hilliard D-Alabama |
DNC |
AL |
1993-2003 |
1942- |
Alcee L. Hastings |
DNC |
FL |
1993-present |
1936- |
Cleo Fields |
DNC |
LA |
1993-1997 |
1962- |
James E. Clyburn |
DNC |
SC |
1993-present
Majority Whip
Third Highest Rank In Congress |
1940- |
Corrine Brown |
DNC |
FL |
1993-present |
1946- |
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. |
DNC |
GA |
1993-present |
1947- |
Eva M. Clayton |
DNC |
NC |
1992-2003 |
1934- |
Lucien E. Blackwell |
DNC |
PA |
1991-1995 |
1931-2003 |
Maxine Waters |
DNC |
CA |
1991-present |
1938- |
William J. Jefferson |
DNC |
LA |
1991-present |
1947- |
Gary Franks |
RNC |
CT |
1991-1997 |
1953- |
Barbara-Rose Collins |
DNC |
MI |
1991-1997 |
1939- |
Eleanor Holmes Norton |
DNC |
DC |
1991-present |
1937- |
Craig Anthony Washington |
DNC |
TX |
1989-1995 |
1941- |
Donald M. Payne |
DNC |
NJ |
1989-present |
1934- |
Kweisi Mfume |
DNC |
MD |
1987-1996 |
1948- |
John Lewis |
DNC |
GA |
1987-present |
1940- |
Floyd H. Flake |
DNC |
NY |
1987-1998 |
1945- |
Mike Espy |
DNC |
MS |
1987-1993 |
1953- |
Alton R. Waldon, Jr. |
DNC |
NY |
1986-1987 |
1936- |
Charles Hayes |
DNC |
IL |
1983-1993 |
1918-1997 |
Alan Wheat |
DNC |
MO |
1983-1995 |
1951- |
Edolphus Towns |
DNC |
NY |
1983-present |
1934- |
Major R. Owens |
DNC |
NY |
1983-2007 |
1936- |
Katie Hall |
DNC |
IN |
1982-1985 |
1938- |
Harold Washington |
DNC |
IL |
1981-1983 |
1922-1987 |
Gus Savage |
DNC |
IL |
1981-1993 |
1925- |
Mervyn M. Dymally |
DNC |
CA |
1981-1993 |
1926- |
George W. Crockett, Jr. |
DNC |
MI |
1980-1991 |
1909-1997 |
Melvin H. Evans |
RNC |
VI |
1979-1981 |
1917-1984 |
Bennett M. Stewart |
DNC |
IL |
1979-1981 |
1912-1988 |
Mickey Leland |
DNC |
TX |
1979-1989 |
1944-1989 |
William H. Gray, III |
DNC |
PA |
1979-1991 |
1941- |
Julian C. Dixon |
DNC |
CA |
1979-2000 |
1934-2000 |
Harold Ford, Sr. |
DNC |
TN |
1975-1997 |
1945- |
Andrew Young |
DNC |
GA |
1973-1977 |
1932- |
Barbara Jordan |
DNC |
TX |
1973-1979 |
1936-1996 |
Cardiss Collins |
DNC |
IL |
1973-1997 |
1931- |
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke |
DNC |
CA |
1973-1979 |
1932- |
Charles R. Rangel |
DNC |
NY |
1971-present
Chairman Congressional House Way & Means |
1930- |
Parren Mitchell |
DNC |
MD |
1971-1987 |
1922-2007 |
Ralph Metcalfe |
DNC |
IL |
1971-1978 |
1910-1978 |
Walter E. Fauntroy |
DNC |
DC |
1971-1991 |
1933- |
Ron Dellums |
DNC |
CA |
1971-1998 |
1935- |
George W. Collins |
DNC |
IL |
1970-1972 |
1925-1972 |
Shirley Chisholm |
DNC |
NY |
1969-1983 |
1924-2005 |
Louis Stokes |
DNC |
OH |
1969-1999 |
1925- |
William L. Clay, Sr. |
DNC |
MO |
1969-2001 |
1931- |
John Conyers, Jr. |
DNC |
MI |
1965-present
Chairman Congressional Judiciary |
1929- |
Augustus F. Hawkins |
DNC |
CA |
1963-1991 |
1907-2007 |
Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. |
DNC |
PA |
1958-1979 |
1898-1987 |
Charles Diggs |
DNC |
MI |
1955-1980 |
1922-1998 |
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. |
DNC |
NY |
1945-1967, 1967-1971 |
1908-1972 |
William L. Dawson |
DNC |
IL |
1943-1970 |
1886-1970 |
Arthur W. Mitchell |
DNC |
IL |
1935-1943 |
1883-1968 |
Oscar Stanton De Priest |
RNC |
IL |
1929-1935 |
1871-1951 |
George Henry White |
RNC |
NC |
1897-1901 |
1852-1918 |
George W. Murray |
RNC |
SC |
1893-1895, 1896-1897 |
1853-1926 |
Thomas E. Miller |
RNC |
SC |
1890-1891 |
1849-1938 |
John Mercer Langston |
RNC |
VA |
1890-1891 |
1829-1897 |
Henry P. Cheatham |
RNC |
NC |
1889-1893 |
1857-1935 |
James E. O'Hara |
RNC |
NC |
1883-1887 |
1844-1905 |
Robert Smalls |
RNC |
SC |
1875-1879, 1882-1883, 1884-1887 |
1839-1915 |
Charles E. Nash |
RNC |
LA |
1875-1877 |
1844-1913 |
John Adams Hyman |
RNC |
NC |
1875-1877 |
1840-1891 |
Jeremiah Haralson |
RNC |
AL |
1875-1877 |
1846-1916 |
Alonzo J. Ransier |
RNC |
SC |
1873-1875 |
1834-1882 |
James T. Rapier |
RNC |
AL |
1873-1875 |
1837-1883 |
John R. Lynch |
RNC |
MS |
1873-1877, 1882-1883 |
1847-1939 |
Richard H. Cain |
RNC |
SC |
1873-1875, 1877-1879 |
1825-1887 |
Josiah T. Walls |
RNC |
FL |
1871-1873, 1873-1875, 1875-1876 |
1842-1905 |
Benjamin S. Turner |
RNC |
AL |
1871-1873 |
1825-1894 |
Robert B. Elliott |
RNC |
SC |
1871-1874 |
1842-1884 |
Robert C. De Large |
RNC |
SC |
1871-1873 |
1842-1874 |
Jefferson F. Long |
RNC |
GA |
1870-1871 |
1836-1901 |
Joseph Rainey |
RNC |
SC |
1870-1879 |
1832-1887 |
John Willis Menard |
RNC |
LA |
1868
The first African-American elected to the United States Congress. In 1868, Menard was elected to represent Louisiana in the U.S. House of Representatives. However, he was denied his seat after an election challenge by the loser. |
1838-1893 |
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