Congressman Gus Hawkins was the first African American to represent California in Congress and the first Black representative from any western...

Congressman Gus Hawkins was the first African American to represent California in Congress and the first Black representative from any western...
Congressman Cleo Fields served Louisiana's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 1997 (103rd-104th...
Congressman Mervyn Dymally represented California's 31st District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1993 (97th-102nd Congresses). A...
Congressman Craig Washington represented Texas's 18th Congressional District from 1989, when he was elected to fill the vacancy created by the death...
Congresswoman Carrie Meek served Florida's 17th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003 (103rd-107th...
Congresswoman Katie Hall represented Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1982 to 1985 (97th-98th Congresses) after winning a special...
Congressman Donald Payne represented New York's 10th Congressional District from 1989 until his death on March 6, 2012 (101st-112th Congresses)....
Congressman Earl Hilliard represented Alabama's 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003 (103rd-107th...
Congressman Charles Hayes represented Illinois's 1st Congressional District from 1983 to 1993 (98th-102nd Congresses). Hayes was the first trade...
Congressman Lucien Blackwell represented Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District from 1991 to 1995 (102nd-103rd Congresses) in the U.S. House of...
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney represented Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003 (103rd-107th Congresses) and again during...
Congressman Alan Wheat represented Missouri's 5th Congressional District from 1983 to 1995 (98th-103rd Congresses). Before Congress, Wheat worked as...
Congresswoman Barbara-Rose Collins represented congressional districts in Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997...
Congressman Major Owens represented congressional districts in New York from 1983 to 2007 (98th-110th Congresses). Trained as a librarian, Owens...
Congressman Gary Franks served Connecticut's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997 (102nd-104th...
Congressman Mickey Leland represented Texas 18th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 until his death on August 7,...
Congressman Edolphus Towns represented congressional districts in New York from 1983 to 2013 (98th-112th Congresses). Towns was an Army veteran...
Congressman William Jefferson represented Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009 (102nd-110th...
Congressman William Gray represented Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991 (96th-102nd...
Congressman Alton Waldon represented New York’s 6th Congressional District from 1986 to 1987 (99th Congress). Before his congressional service,...
Congresswoman Maxine Waters has represented California in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1991 (102nd Congress-Present). Waters made history...