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.

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