Representative of Pennsylvania's Second Congressional District from June 4, 1958 to January 3, 1979 (85th-95th Congresses)
Rep. Robert N.C. Nix Sr. (D-PA)
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Origins of the Congressional Black Caucus
Rep. Henry P. Cheatham (R-NC)
Representative of North Carolina's Second Congressional District from March 4, 1889 to March 3, 1893 (51st-52nd Congresses)
CBC members meet with President Ronald Reagan at the White House
Left to Right: Rep. John Conyers Jr., Rep Shirley Chisholm, Vice President George Bush, Rep. George Leland, Rep. Charles Rangel, Rep. Julian Dixon, Rep. Augustus Hawkins, Rep. George Crockett Jr., Rep. Parren Mitchell, Rep. William clay Sr., Rep. Mervyn Dymally, Del....
Sen. Hiram R. Revels (R-MS)
Mississippi Senator from February 25, 1870 to March 3, 1871 (41st Congress) First black Member of Congress, first black Senator, first black Republican elected to Congress, first black Member of Congress from Mississippi
Rep. William L. Clay Sr. (D-MO)
Representative of Missouri's First Congressional District from January 3, 1969 to January 3, 2001 (91st-106th Congresses)
Rep. Ralph H. Metcalfe (D-IL-1)
Representative of the First Congressional District of Illinois from January 3, 1971 to October 10, 1978 (92nd-95th Congresses)
Rep. Josiah T. Walls (R-FL)
Representative of Florida at-large from March 4, 1871 to January 29, 1878; March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875; and March 4, 1875 to April 19, 1876 (42nd-44th Congresses First black Member of Congress from Florida
CBC Members with Vice President George Bush before a Meeting with President Ronald Regan and Vice President Bush at the White House
Left to Right: Vice President George Bush, Rep. Augustus Hawkins, Rep. George Crockett Jr., Rep. Parren Mitchell, unidentified White House staffer, Rep. William Clay Sr., Rep. Mervyn Dymally, Del. Walter Fauntroy
Rep. John M. Langston (R-VA)
Representative of Virginia's Fourth Congressional District from September 23, 1890 to March 3, 1891 (51st Congress) First black Member of Congress from Virginia
Rep. Ronald V. Dellums (D-CA)
Representative of California's Eighth Congressional District from January 3, 1971 to February 6, 1998 (92nd-105th Congresses)
Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins (D-CA)
Representative of California's 29th Congressional District from January 3, 1963 to January 3, 1991 (88th-101st Congresses)
Rep. John A. Hyman (R-NC)
Representative of North Carolina's Second Congressional District from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1877 (44th Congress) First black Member of Congress from North Carolina