Roll Call: Black Members of Congress
Sylvester Turner
Congressman Sylvester Turner has represented the 18th Congressional District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2025 (119th Congress) and serves on the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Turner’s career...
Lateefah Simon
Congresswoman Lateefah Simon has represented California’s 12th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2025 (119th Congress) where she serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the House Committee on Small Business....
Shomari Figures
Congressman Shomari Figures has represented the 2nd Congressional District of Alabama in the U.S. House of Representative since 2025 (119th Congress). He is a member of the House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure....
Herbert C. Conaway Jr.
Congressman Herbert Conaway Jr. has represented the 3rd Congressional District of New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2025 (119th Congress) where he is a member of the House Committee on Small Business and the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs....
Janelle S. Bynum
Congresswoman Janelle Bynum has served Oregon’s 5th Congressional District in Congress since 2025 (119th Congress). She serves on the House Committee on Financial Services. Before her election to Congress, Bynum worked as an engineer and served in the Oregon House of...
Wesley Bell
Congressman Wesley Bell has served Missouri’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2025 (119th Congress). He serves on the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Before coming to Congress,...
Angela Deneece Alsobrooks
Senator Angela Alsobrooks has served the state Maryland in the U.S. Senate since 2025 (119th Congress). Before coming to Congress, Alsobrooks was the youngest and first woman elected to serve as state’s attorney for Prince George’s County, MD and later was elected...
Erica Lee Carter
Congresswoman Erica Lee Carter represented the 18th Congressional District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives during the 118th Congress (2024-2025) after winning a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her mother, Representative Sheila...
LaMonica McIver
Congresswoman LaMonica McIver has represented New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2024 (118th Congress-Present). She is the first Black woman to represent her district and the youngest ever to be elected to the House. In...
Laphonza Romanique Butler
Senator Laphonza Butler was appointed to serve California in Congress in 2023 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Dianne Feinstein and served through her resignation in 2024 (118th Congress). Before joining Congress, Butler was a union organizer;...
Wesley Hunt
Congressman Wesley Hunt has represented the 38th Congressional District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2023 (118th Congress-Present). He serves on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee. Hunt is a West Point...
John James
Congressman John James has represented Michigan’s 10th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2023 (118th Congress-Present). In Congress, James serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee where he is a member of the Subcommittees on...
Burgess Owens
Congressman Burgess Owens has represented Utah’s Fourth Congressional District since 2021 (117th Congress-Present) and serves as a member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Owens was one of the...
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was elected to the 117th Congress, and represents Florida's 20th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives (January 11, 2022-Present). She serves on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House...
Troy Carter
Congressman Troy Carter has represented Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2021 (117th Congress-Present). Carter currently serves on the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Before his election to Congress, Carter served in...
Shontel M. Brown
Congressman Shontel Brown joined Congress in 2021 to represent Ohio's 11th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives (117th Congress-Present). Brown serves on the House Oversight and Reform Committee and the House Agriculture Committee as well as the...
Jamaal Bowman
Congressman Jamaal Bowman represented New York's 16th District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2021-2025 (117th-118th Congresses). Bowman served on the House Committee on Education and Workforce and the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology where...
Colin Allred
Congressman Collin Allred represented the 32nd Congressional District of Texas from 2019 to 2025 (116th-118th Congresses). Allred served on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Allerd’s top priorities in...