Congressman Gus Hawkins was the first African American to represent California in Congress and the first Black representative from any western...
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Walter R. Tucker III
Congressman Walter Tucker represented California's 37th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995 (103rd-104th...
Gus Savage
Congressman Gus Savage represented the 2nd Congressional District of Illinois from 1981 to 1993 (97th-102nd Congresses). Savage was a veteran, civil...
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...
Cleo Fields
Congressman Cleo Fields served Louisiana's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 1997 (103rd-104th...
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally
Congressman Mervyn Dymally represented California's 31st District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1993 (97th-102nd Congresses). A...
Craig Anthony Washington
Congressman Craig Washington represented Texas's 18th Congressional District from 1989, when he was elected to fill the vacancy created by the death...
Carol Moseley Braun
Senator Carol Moseley Braun served Illinois in the U.S. Senate from 1993 to 1999 (103rd-105th Congresses). While a Senator, Moseley Braun served on...
Katie Beatrice Hall
Congresswoman Katie Hall represented Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1982 to 1985 (97th-98th Congresses) after winning a special...
Donald Milford Payne
Congressman Donald Payne represented New York's 10th Congressional District from 1989 until his death on March 6, 2012 (101st-112th Congresses)....
Carrie P. Meek
Congresswoman Carrie Meek served Florida's 17th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003 (103rd-107th...
Charles Arthur Hayes
Congressman Charles Hayes represented Illinois's 1st Congressional District from 1983 to 1993 (98th-102nd Congresses). Hayes was the first trade...
Lucien Edward Blackwell
Congressman Lucien Blackwell represented Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District from 1991 to 1995 (102nd-103rd Congresses) in the U.S. House of...
Earl Frederick Hilliard
Congressman Earl Hilliard represented Alabama's 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003 (103rd-107th...
Alan Dupree Wheat
Congressman Alan Wheat represented Missouri's 5th Congressional District from 1983 to 1995 (98th-103rd Congresses). Before Congress, Wheat worked as...
Barbara-Rose Collins
Congresswoman Barbara-Rose Collins represented congressional districts in Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997...
Cynthia Ann McKinney
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney represented Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003 (103rd-107th Congresses) and again during...
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...
George Thomas (Mickey) Leland
Congressman Mickey Leland represented Texas 18th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 until his death on August 7,...
Edolphus Towns
Congressman Edolphus Towns represented congressional districts in New York from 1983 to 2013 (98th-112th Congresses). Towns was an Army veteran...