In February 1870, Senator Hiram Revels became the first Black American to serve in Congress when he filled the seat of former Mississippi senator...
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Read More
Senator
Blanche Kelso Bruce
Senator Blanche Bruce escaped slavery at the outset of the Civil War and served as a Mississippi Senator from 1875 to 1881 (44th-46th Congresses)....
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...
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...
Kamala Devi Harris
Kamala Harris represented California in the U.S. Senate from 2017 until January 18, 2021 (115th-117th Congresses) when she resigned to become Vice...
Barack Obama
Barack Obama was the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. Obama was the first African American President of the United States....
Roland Burris
Senator Roland Burris represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate from 2009 to 2010. Governor Rod Blagojevich selected Burris to fill the unexpired term...
Tim Scott
Senator Tim Scott has served South Carolina in the United States Senate since 2013 (112th Congress-Present). Before his tenure in the Senate, he...
Cory Anthony Booker
Senator Cory Booker has served the state of New Jersey in the U.S. Senate since 2013 (113th Congress-Present). Before Congress, Booker was mayor of...
William (Mo) Cowan
Senator William Mo Cowan served Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate from 2013 to 2015 (113th Congress). Cowan was appointed to the Senate by...
Lisa Blunt Rochester
Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester has served Delaware in the U.S. Senate since 2025 (119th Congress-Present). Before joining the Senate, Rochester...
Raphael Gamaliel Warnock
Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock was elected to the U.S. Senate, representing Georgia, in the 117th Congress (January 20, 2021-Present). He is the...
Laphonza Romanique Butler
Senator Laphonza Butler was appointed to serve California in Congress in 2023 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Dianne Feinstein...
Angela Deneece Alsobrooks
Senator Angela Alsobrooks has served the state Maryland in the U.S. Senate since 2025 (119th Congress). Before coming to Congress, Alsobrooks was...