Congressman Robert Nix became the first African American to represent Pennsylvania in Congress after winning a 1958 special election to fill the...
Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr.
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90th Congress
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins
Congressman Gus Hawkins was the first African American to represent California in Congress and the first Black representative from any western...
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...
Edward William Brooke III
Senator Edward Brooke represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate from 1967 to 1979 (90th-95th Congresses). Before coming to the Senate, Brooke...
William Levi Dawson
Congressman William Dawson served in the U.S. House of Representatives for nearly three decades. Dawson, a well-established politician in Chicago,...
Charles Coles Diggs Jr.
Congressman Charles Diggs was the first African American to represent Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives. He served the 13th District of...