Roll Call: Black Members of Congress
Blacks in Congress – By Decade*
| 1868-1880 | |
| Senate | |
| Hiram Rhodes Revels (1822-1901) |
Party: Republican State: Mississippi Term: 41st Congress (1870-1871) |
| Blanche K. Bruce (1841-1881) |
Party: Republican State: Mississippi Term: 44th-46th Congresses (1875-1881) |
| House of Representatives | |
| John Willis Menard* (1838-1893) |
Party: Republican District: Louisiana Term: 40th Congress (1868) *Elected to office, but not seated |
| Joseph H. Rainey (1832-1887) |
Party: Republican State: South Carolina Term: 41st-45th Congresses (1870-1879) |
| Jefferson F. Long (1836-1900) |
Party: Republican State: Georgia Term: 41st Congress (1870-1871) |
| Robert C. DeLarge (1842-1874) |
Party: Republican State: South Carolina Term: 42nd Congress (1871-1873) |
| Robert B. Elliott (1842-1884) |
Party: Republican State: South Carolina Term: 42nd-43rd Congresses (1871-1874) |
| Benjamin S. Turner (1825-1894) |
Party: Republican State: Alabama Term: 42nd Congress (1871-1873) |
| Josiah T. Walls (1842-1905) |
Party: Republican State: Florida Term: 42nd, 43rd and 44th Congresses (1871-1873, 1873-1875 and 1875-1876) |
| Richard Harvey Cain (1825-1887) |
Party: Republican State: South Carolina Term: 43rd and 45th Congresses (1873-1875 and 1877-1879) |
| John R. Lynch (1847-1939) |
Party: Republican State: Mississippi Term: 43rd-44th and 47th Congresses (1873-1877 and 1882-1883) |
| James T. Rapier (1837-1883) |
Party: Republican State: Alabama Term: 43rd Congress (1873-1875) |
| Alonzo J. Ransier (1834-1882) |
Party: Republican State: South Carolina Term: 43rd Congress (1873-1875) |
| Jeremiah Haralson (1846-1916) |
Party: Republican State: Alabama Term: 44th Congress (1846-1916) |
| John Adams Hyman (1840-1891) |
Party: Republican State: North Carolina Term: 44th Congress (1875-1877) |
| Charles E. Nash (1844-1913) |
Party: Republican State: Louisiana Term: 44th Congress (1875-1877) |
| James E. O’Hara (1844-1905) |
Party: Republican State: North Carolina Term: 48th-49th Congresses (1883-1887) |
| Robert Smalls (1839-1915) |
Party: Republican State: South Carolina Term: 44th-45th, 47th and 48th-49th Congresses (1875-1879, 1882-1883 and 1884-1887) |
| Henry P. Cheatham (1857-1935) |
Party: Republican State: North Carolina Term: 51st-52nd Congresses (1889-1893) |
| 1880-1890 | |
| House of Representatives | |
| John M. Langston (1829-1897) |
Party: Republican State: Virginia Term: 51st Congress (1890-1891) |
| Thomas E. Miller (1849-1936) |
Party: Republican State: South Carolina Term: 51st Congress (1890-1891) |
| George W. Murray (1853-1926) |
Party: Republican State: South Carolina Term: 53rd-54th Congresses (1983-1895 and 1896-1897) |
| 1890-1900 | |
| House of Representatives | |
| George H. White (1852-1918) |
Party: Republican State: North Carolina Term: 55th-58th Congresses (1897-1901) |
| 1920-1930 | |
| House of Representatives | |
| Oscar S. DePriest (1871-1951) |
Party: Republican State: Illinois Term: 71st-73rd Congresses (1929-1935) |
| 1930-1940 | |
| House of Representatives | |
| Arthur W. Mitchell (1883-1968) |
Party: Democrat State: Illinois Term: 74th-77th Congresses (1935-1943) |
| 1940-1950 | |
| House of Representatives | |
| William L. Dawson (1886-1970) |
Party: Democrat State: Illinois Term: 78th-91st Congresses (1943-1970) |
| Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908-1972) |
Party: Democrat State: New York Term: 79th-89th and 91st Congresses (1945-1967 and 1967-1971) |
| 1950-1960 | |
| House of Representatives | |
| Charles C. Diggs, Jr. (1922-1998) |
Party: Democrat State: Michigan Term: 84th-96th Congresses (1955-1980) |
| Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. (1898-1987) |
Party: Democrat State: Pennsylvania Term: 85th-95th Congresses (1958-1979) |
| 1960-1970 | |
| Senate | |
| Edward W. Brooke (1919-2015) |
Party: Republican State: Massachusetts Term: 90th-95th Congresses (1967-1979) |
| House of Representatives | |
| Augustus F. Hawkins (1907-2007) |
Party: Democrat State: California Term: 88th-101st Congresses (1963-1991) |
| John Conyers, Jr. (1929- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Michigan Term: 89th-Present Congresses (1965-Present) |
| William L. Clay, Sr. (1931- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Missouri Term: 91st-106th Congresses (1969-2001) |
| Louis Stokes (1925-2015) |
Party: Democrat State: Ohio Term: 91st-105th Congresses (1969-1999) |
| Shirley A. Chisholm (1924-2005) |
Party: Democrat State: New York Term: 91st-97th Congresses (1969-1983) |
| 1970-1980 | |
| House of Representatives | |
| George W. Collins (1926-1972) |
Party: Democrat State: Illinois Term: 91st-92nd Congresses (1970-1972) |
| Ronald V. Dellums (1935- ) |
Party: Democrat State: California Term: 92nd-105th Congresses (1971-1998) |
| Ralph H. Metcalfe (1910-1978) |
Party: Democrat State: Illinois Term: 92nd-95th Congresses (1971-1978) |
| Parren J. Mitchell (1922-2007) |
Party: Democrat State: Maryland Term: 92nd-99th Congresses (1971-1987) |
| Charles B. Rangel (1930- ) |
Party: Democrat State: New York Term: 92nd-Present Congresses (1971-Present) |
| Yvonne Braithwaite Burke (1932- ) |
Party: Democrat State: California Term: 93rd-95th Congresses (1973-1979) |
| Cardiss Collins (1931-2013) |
Party: Democrat State: Illinois Term: 93rd-104th Congresses (1973-1997) |
| Barbara C. Jordan (1936-1996) |
Party: Democrat State: Texas Term: 93rd-95th Congresses (1973-1979) |
| Andrew J. Young (1932- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Georgia Term: 93rd-95th Congresses (1973-1977) |
| Harold E. Ford, Sr. (1945- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Tennessee Term: 94th-104th Congresses (1975-1997) |
| Julian C. Dixon (1934-2000) |
Party: Democrat State: California Term: 96th-106th Congresses (1979-2000) |
| William H. Gray, III (1941- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Pennsylvania Term: 96th-102nd Congresses (1979-1991) |
| George T. (Mickey) Leland (1944-1989) |
Party: Democrat State: Texas Term: 96th-101st Congresses (1979-1989) |
| Bennett M. Stewart (1912-1988) |
Party: Democrat State: Illinois Term: 96th Congress (1979-1981) |
| Walter E. Fauntroy (1933- ) |
Party: Democrat State: District of Columbia Term: 93rd-101st Congresses (1971-1991) |
| Melvin H. Evans | Party: Democrat State: Virgin Islands Term: 96th Congress (1979-1981) |
| 1980-1990 | |
| House of Representatives | |
| George W. Crockett (1909-1997) |
Party: Democrat State: Michigan Term: 96th-101st Congresses (1980-1991) |
| Mervyn M. Dymally (1926-2012) |
Party: Democrat State: California Term: 97th-102nd Congresses (1981-1993) |
| Gus Savage (1925- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Illinois Term: 97th-102nd Congresses (1981-1993) |
| Harold D. Washington (1922-1987) |
Party: Democrat State: Illinois Term: 97th-98th Congresses (1981-1983) |
| Katie B. Hall (1938-2012) |
Party: Democrat State: Indiana Term: 97th-98th Congresses (1982-1985) |
| Major R. Owens (1936-2013) |
Party: Democrat State: New York Term: 98th-110th Congresses (1983-2007) |
| Edolphus Towns (1934- ) |
Party: Democrat State: New York Term: 98th-113th Congresses (1983-2013) |
| Alan D. Wheat (1951- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Missouri Term: 98th-103rd Congresses (1983-1995) |
| Charles A. Hayes (1918-1997) |
Party: Democrat State: Illinois Term: 98th-102nd Congresses (1983-1993) |
| Alton R. Waldon, Jr. (1936- ) |
Party: Democrat State: New York Term: 99th Congress (1986-1987) |
| Albert M. (Mike) Espy (1953- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Mississippi Term: 100th-103rd Congresses (1987-1993) |
| Floyd H. Flake (1945- ) |
Party: Democrat State: New York Term: 100th-105th Congresses (1987-1997) |
| John R. Lewis (1940- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Georgia Term: 100th-Present Congresses (1987-Present) |
| Kweisi Mfume (1948- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Maryland Term: 100th-104th Congresses (1987-1996) |
| Donald M. Payne (1934-2012) |
Party: Democrat State: New Jersey Term: 101st-112th Congresses (1989-2012) |
| Craig A. Washington (1941- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Texas Term: 101st-103rd Congresses (1989-1995) |
| 1990-2000 | |
| Senate | |
| Carol Moseley-Braun (1947- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Illinois Term: 103rd-105th Congresses (1993-1999) |
| House of Representatives | |
| Barbara-Rose Collins (1939- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Michigan Term: 102nd-104th Congresses (1991-1997) |
| Gary A. Franks (1953- ) |
Party: Republican State: Connecticut Term: 102nd-104th Congresses (1991-1997) |
| William J. Jefferson (1947- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Louisiana Term: 102nd-110th (1991-2009) |
| Maxine Waters (1938- ) |
Party: Democrat State: California Term: 102nd-Present Congresses (1991-Present) |
| Lucien E. Blackwell (1931-2003) |
Party: Democrat State: Pennsylvania Term: 102nd-103rd Congresses (1991-1995) |
| Eva M. Clayton (1934- ) |
Party: Democrat State: North Carolina Term: 102nd-107th Congresses (1992-2003) |
| Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (1947- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Georgia Term: 103rd-Present Congresses (1993-Present) |
| Corrine Brown (1946- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Florida Term: 103rd-Present Congresses (1993-Present) |
| James E. Clyburn (1940- ) |
Party: Democrat State: South Carolina Term: 103rd-Present Congresses (1993-Present) |
| Cleo Fields (1962- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Louisiana Term: 103rd-104th Congresses (1993-1997) |
| Alcee L. Hastings (1936- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Florida Term: 103rd-Present Congresses (1993-Present) |
| Earl F. Hilliard (1942- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Alabama Term: 103rd-107th Congresses (1993-2003) |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson (1935- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Texas Term: 103rd-Present Congresses (1993-Present) |
| Cynthia A. McKinney (1955- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Georgia Term: 103rd-107th and 109th Congresses (1993-2003 and 2005-2007) |
| Carrie P. Meek (1926- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Florida Term: 103rd-107th Congresses (1993-2003) |
| Melvin J. Reynolds (1952- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Illinois Term: 103rd-104th Congresses (1993-1995) |
| Bobby L. Rush (1946- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Illinois Term: 103rd-Present congresses (1993-Present) |
| Robert C. Scott (1947- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Illinois Term: 103rd-Present Congresses (1993-Present) |
| Walter R. Tucker III (1957- ) |
Party: Democrat State: California Term: 103rd-104th Congresses (1993-1995) |
| Melvin L. Watt (1945- ) |
Party: Democrat State: North Carolina Term: 103rd-Present Congresses (1993-Present) |
| Albert R. Wynn (1951- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Maryland Term: 103rd-110th Congresses (1993-2008) |
| Bennie G. Thompson (1948- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Mississippi Term: 103rd-Present Congresses (1993-Present) |
| Chaka Fattah (1956- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Pennsylvania Term: 104th-Present Congresses (1995-Present) |
| Sheila Jackson Lee (1950- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Texas Term: 104th-Present Congresses (1995-Present) |
| J.C. Watts, Jr. (1957-) |
Party: Republican State: Oklahoma Term: 104th-107th Congresses (1995-2003) |
| Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (1965- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Illinois Term: 104th-112th Congresses (1995-2012) |
| Juanita Millender-McDonald (1938-2007) |
Party: Democrat State: California Term: 104th-110th Congresses (1996-2007) |
| Elijah E. Cummings (1951- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Maryland Term: 104th-Present Congresses (1996-Present) |
| Julia M. Carson (1938-2007) |
Party: Democrat State: Indiana Term: 105th-110th Congresses (1997-2007) |
| Danny K. Davis (1941- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Illinois Term: 105th-Present Congresses (1997-Present) |
| Harold E. Ford, Jr. (1970- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Tennessee Term: 105th-109th Congresses (1997-2007) |
| Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (1945- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Michigan Term: 105th-111th (1997-2011) |
| Gregory W. Meeks (1953- ) |
Party: Democrat State: New York Term: 105th-Present Congresses (1998-Present) |
| Barbara Lee (1946- ) |
Party: Democrat State: California Term: 105th-Present Congresses (1998-Present) |
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones (1949-2008) |
Party: Democrat State: Ohio Term: 106th-110th Congresses (1999-2008) |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton (1937- ) |
Party: Democrat State: District of Columbia Term: 102nd-Present Congresses (1991-Present) |
| Victor O. Frazer (1943- ) |
Party: Independent State: Virgin Islands Term: 104th Congress (1995-1997) |
| Donna Christian-Christensen (1945- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Virgin Islands Term: 105th-Present Congresses (1997-Present) |
| 2000-Present | |
| Senate | |
| Barack Obama (1961- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Illinois Term: 109th-110th Congresses (2005-2008) |
| Roland W. Burris (1937- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Illinois Term: 111th Congress (2009-2010) |
| Tim Scott (1965- ) |
Party: Republican State: South Carolina Term: 113th Congress (2013-2015) |
| William “Mo” Cowan (1969- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Massachusetts Term: 113th Congress (2013-2015) |
| Cory Booker (1969- ) |
Party: Democrat State: New Jersey Term: 113th Congress (2013-2015) |
| House of Representatives | |
| William Lacy Clay, Jr. (1956- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Missouri Term: 107th-Present Congresses (2001-Present) |
| Diane E. Watson (1933- ) |
Party: Democrat State: California Term: 107th-Present Congresses (2001-Present) |
| Frank W. Ballance, Jr. (1942- ) |
Party: Democrat State: North Carolina Term: 108th Congress (2003-2004) |
| Artur Davis (1967- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Alabama Term: 108th-111th Congresses (2003-2011) |
| Denise L. Majette (1955- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Georgia Term: 108th Congress (2003-2005) |
| Kendrick Meek (1966- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Florida Term: 108th-111th |
| David Scott (1946- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Georgia Term: 108th-Present Congresses (2003-Present) |
| G.K. Butterfield (1947- ) |
Party: Democrat State: North Carolina Term: 108th-Present Congresses (2004-Present) |
| Emanuel Cleaver (1944- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Missouri Term: 109th-Present Congresses (2005-Present) |
| Al Green (1947- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Texas Term: 109th-Present Congresses (2005-Present) |
| Gwen Moore (1951- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Wisconsin Term: 109th-Present Congresses (2005-Present) |
| Yvette D. Clarke (1964- ) |
Party: Democrat State: New York Term: 110th-Present Congresses (2007-Present) |
| Keith Ellison (1963- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Minnesota Term: 110th-Present Congresses (2007-Present) |
| Henry C. (Hank) Johnson (1954- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Georgia Term: 110th-Present Congresses (2007-Present) |
| Laura Richardson (1962- ) |
Party: Democrat State: California Term: 110th-Present Congresses (2007-Present) |
| André Carson (1974- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Indiana Term: 110th-Present Congresses (2008-Present) |
| Donna F. Edwards (1958- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Maryland Term: 110th-Present Congresses (2008-Present) |
| Marcia L. Fudge (1952- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Ohio Term: 110th-Present Congresses (2008-Present) |
| Karen Bass (1953- ) |
Party: Democrat State: California Term: 112th-Present Congresses (2011-Present) |
| Hansen Clarke (1957- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Michigan Term: 112th-Present Congresses (2011-Present) |
| Terri A. Sewell (1965- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Alabama Term: 112th-Present Congresses (2011-Present) |
| Tim Scott (1965- ) |
Party: Republican State: South Carolina Term: 112th-113th Congresses (2011-2013) |
| Cedric Richmond (1973- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Louisiana Term: 112th-Present Congresses (2011-Present) |
| Allen B. West (1961- ) |
Party: Republican State: Florida Term: 112th-Present Congresses (2011-Present) |
| Frederica S. Wilson (1942- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Florida Term: 112th-Present Congresses (2011-Present) |
| Joyce Beatty (1950- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Ohio Term: 113th-Present |
| Steven Horsford (1973- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Nevada Term: 113th-Present |
| Hakeem Jeffries (1970- ) |
Party: Democrat State: New York Term: 113th-Present |
| Donald Payne Jr. (1958- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Texas Term: 113th-Present |
| Marc Veasey (1971- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Texas Term: 113th-Present |
| Robin Kelly (1956- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Illinois Term: 113th-Present |
| Alma Adams (1946- ) |
Party: Democrat State: North Carolina Term: 114th-Present |
| Brenda Lawrence (1954- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Michigan Term: 114th-Present |
| Mia Love (1975- ) |
Party: Republican State: Utah Term: 114th-Present |
| Stacey Plaskett (1966- ) |
Party: Democrat State: Virgin Islands Term: 114th-Present |
| Bonnie Watson Coleman (1945- ) |
Party: Democrat State: New Jersey Term: 114th-Present |
*Not in order of seniority.