Roll Call: Black Members of Congress
Cedric Richmond
Congressman Cedric Richmond represented Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2021 (112th-117th...
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...
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....
Donna F. Edwards
Congresswoman Donna Edwards represented Maryland's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2008 to 2017. (110th-114th...
André Carson
Congressman André Carson has represented Indiana's 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2008 (110th...
Hank Johnson
Congressman Hank Johnson has represented Georgia's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2007 (110th...
Yvette Diane Clarke
Congresswoman Yvette Clarke has represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2007 (109th Congress-Present). Before her election...
Laura Richardson
Congresswoman Laura Richardson represented California's 37th Congressional District California in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to...
Keith Ellison
Congressman Keith Ellison represented Minnesota's 5th Congressional District from 2007 to 2019 (110th-115th Congresses). Before Congress, Ellison...
Marcia L. Fudge
Congresswoman Marica Fudge represented Ohio's 11th District Congressional District from 2008 to 2021 (110th-116th Congresses). She was elected to...
Allen West
Congressman Allen West represented Florida's 22nd Congressional District from 2011 to 2013 (112th Congress). West, a Republican politician and...
Alma Adams
Congresswoman Alma Adams has represented the 12th Congressional District of North Carolina since 2014 (113th Congress-Present). After winning a...
William Ballard Hurd
Congressman William Hurd represented Texas' 23rd Congressional District from 2015 to 2021 (114th-116th Congresses). Between 2019 and 2021, Hurd was...
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...
Anthony Gregory Brown
Congressman Anthony Brown represented Maryland's 4th Congressional District from 2017 until 2023 when he retired to successfully run for Attorney...
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...
Brenda Jones
Congresswoman Brenda Jones represented Michigan’s 13th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives during a portion of the 115th...
Alfred Lawson Jr.
Congressman Alfred Lawson represented Florida's 5th Congressional District from 2017 through 2023 (115th-117th Congresses). Lawson served on the...
Aston Donald McEachin
Congressman Donald McEachin represented Virginia's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2017 until his death on...
Valdez (Val) Demings
Congresswoman Val Demings represented Florida's 10th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023 (115th-117th...
Dwight Evans
Congressman Dwight Evans has represented Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2016 (114th...
Terri Sewell
Congresswoman Terri Sewell has represented the 7th District of Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives since January 3, 2011 (112th...
Bonnie Watson Coleman
Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman has represented New Jersey's 12th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2015 (114th...
Brenda L. Lawrence
Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence represented Michigan's 14th Congressional District from 2015 to 2023 (114th-117th Congresses). Lawrence served as the...
Hansen Clarke
Congressman Hansen Clarke represented Michigan's 13th Congressional District from 2011 to 2013 (113th Congress). Clarke served on the Committee on...
Joyce Beatty
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty has represented Ohio's 3rd Congressional District since 2013 (113th Congress-Present). Beatty serves on the House...
Karen Bass
Congresswoman Karen Bass represented California's 37th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 through her resignation...
Ludmya Bourdeau (Mia) Love
Congresswoman Mia Love represented Utah's 4th Congressional District from 2015 to 2019 (114th-115th Congresses). She was the first African American...
Robin L. Kelly
Congresswoman Robin Kelly has represented Illinois' 2nd Congressional District since 2013 (113th Congress-Present). Kelly serves on the House Energy...
Stacey E. Plaskett
Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett has served as the delegate from the Virgin Islands' at-large Congressional District in the U.S. House of...
William Lacy Clay Jr.
Congressman William Lacy Clay Jr. represented Missouri's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2001 to 2021...
Diane Edith Watson
Congresswoman Diane Watson served as representative of California’s 33rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives of from 2001 to...
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones represented Ohio's 11th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 until her death on...
Gregory W. Meeks
Congressman Gregory W. Meeks has represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1998 (105th Congress-Present). Before Congress,...
Barbara Lee
Congresswoman Barbara Lee represented California districts in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1998 to 2025 (105th-118th Congresses). Before...
Danny K. Davis
Congressman Danny K. Davis has represented Illinois's 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997 (105th...
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick represented Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2011 (105th-111th Congresses)....
David Scott
Congressman David Scott has represented Georgia's 13th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2003 (108th...
Frank W. Ballance Jr.
Congressman Frank Ballance represented North Carolina's 1st Congressional District from 2003 to 2004 (108th Congress). Before his tenure in...
George Kenneth (G.K.) Butterfield Jr.
Congressman G.K. Butterfield represented North Carolina's 1st Congressional District from 2004 to 2023 (108th-117th Congresses). Congressman...
Artur Davis
Congressman Artur Davis represented Alabama's 7th Congressional District from 2003 to 2011 (108th-111th Congresses). Before Congress, Davis...
Kendrick B. Meek
Congressman Kendrick Meek represented Florida's 17th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2003 to 2011 (108th-111th...
Denise L. Majette
Congresswoman Denise Majette served as a representative of Georgia's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2003 to...
Emanuel Cleaver II
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver has represented Missouri's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2005 (109th...
Gwendolynne (Gwen) S. Moore
Congresswoman Gwen Moore has served as a representative of Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District since 2005 (109th Congress-Present). Before her...
Julia May Carson
Congresswoman Julia Carson represented the 7th Congressional District of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 until her death from...
Harold Ford Jr.
Congressman Harold Ford Jr. represented Tennessee's 9th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2007 (105th-109th...
Elijah Eugene Cummings
Congressman Elijah Cummings was a representative for Maryland's 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1996 until his...
Albert Russell Wynn
Congressman Albert Wynn represented Maryland's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2008 (103rd-110th...
Melvin L. Watt
Congressman Mel Watt represented North Carolina's 12th Congressional District from 1993 to 2014 (103rd-113th Congresses). Before coming to Congress,...
Alcee Lamar Hastings
Congressman Alcee Hastings was a representative from Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 until his death on April 6, 2021...