Congressman Louis Stokes was the first African American to represent Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 1969 to 1999...
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William Lacy Clay Sr.
Congressman William Lacy Clay Sr., represented Missouri's 1st Congressional District from 1969 to 2001 (91st-106th Congresses). When elected, Clay...
Ronald V. Dellums
Congressman Ronald Dellums represented California's 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1971 to 1998 (92nd-105th...
Charles B. Rangel
Congressman Charles B. Rangel represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1971 to 2017 (92nd –114th Congresses). In Congress,...
Cardiss Collins
Congresswoman Cardiss Collins was the representative of Illinois' 7th Congressional District from 1973 to 1997 (93rd-104th Congresses) after winning...
Harold Eugene Ford
Congressman Harold Ford represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives for eleven terms, from 1975 to 1997 (94th-104th Congresses)....
John Conyers Jr.
Congressman John Conyers Jr. represented Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 2017 (89th-114th Congresses). Conyers served...
Barbara-Rose Collins
Congresswoman Barbara-Rose Collins represented congressional districts in Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997...
Alan Dupree Wheat
Congressman Alan Wheat represented Missouri's 5th Congressional District from 1983 to 1995 (98th-103rd Congresses). Before Congress, Wheat worked as...
Gary A. Franks
Congressman Gary Franks served Connecticut's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997 (102nd-104th...
Major Robert Odell Owens
Congressman Major Owens represented congressional districts in New York from 1983 to 2007 (98th-110th Congresses). Trained as a librarian, Owens...
William Jennings Jefferson
Congressman William Jefferson represented Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009 (102nd-110th...
Edolphus Towns
Congressman Edolphus Towns represented congressional districts in New York from 1983 to 2013 (98th-112th Congresses). Towns was an Army veteran...
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton has been a delegate from the District of Columbia since January 3, 1991 (102nd Congress-Present). Norton serves...
John R. Lewis
Congressman John Lewis represented Georgia's 5th Congressional District from 1987 until his death on July 17, 2020 (100th-116th Congresses). Lewis...
Maxine Waters
Congresswoman Maxine Waters has represented California in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1991 (102nd Congress-Present). Waters made history...
Alphonso M. (Mike) Espy
Congressman Mike Espy represented Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District from 1987 until his resignation to become Secretary of the U.S....
Eva M. Clayton
Congresswoman Eva Clayton served as a representative of North Carolina's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1992...
Kweisi Mfume
Congressman Kweisi Mfume has represented Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2020 (116th...
William Herbert Gray III
Congressman William Gray represented Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991 (96th-102nd...
Floyd Harold Flake
Congressman Floyd Flake represented New York's 6th Congressional District from 1987 to 1997 (100th-105th Congresses). When elected, Flake was new to...