Roll Call: Black Members of Congress
Lauren Underwood
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood has served Illinois' 14th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019 (116th Congress-Present). She was the first woman, the first person of color, and the first millennial to represent her community in...
Ayanna Pressley
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley represents Massachusetts' 7th Congressional District. She is the first woman of color to be elected to Congress from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Pressley has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019 (116th...
Joseph Neguse
Congressman Joe Neguse represents Colorado's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Neguse was first elected in November 2018, becoming the first African American member of Congress from Colorado. He is a member of the House Judiciary...
Lucy McBath
Congresswoman Lucy McBath has represented Georgia's 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019 (116th Congress-Present). McBath serves on the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Education and the Workforce. She is also vice...
Jahana Hayes
Congresswoman Jahana Hayes represents the 5th Congressional District of Connecticut. Hayes was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2018, making her the first African American woman and the first African American Democrat ever to represent the...
Kwanza Hall
Congressman Kwanza Hall represented Georgia's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives during the 116th Congress (2020-2021). Hall won a special election to fill this vacancy following the death of Congressman John R. Lewis. Before joining...
Antonio Delgado
Congressman Antonio Delgado represented New York's 19th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2019 to 2022 (116th-117th Congresses). Delgado received the Chamber of Commerce Spirit of Enterprise Award and the Jefferson-Hamilton Award for his...
Byron Donalds
Congressman Byron Donalds has represented Florida's 19th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2021 (117th Congress-Present). He serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the House Committee on Financial Services....
Mondaire Jones
Congressman Mondaire Jones represented New York's 17th District in the U.S House of Representatives during the 117th Congress (2021-2023). Jones served on the House Judiciary, Education and Labor, and Ethics committees and as Freshman Representative to Leadership,...
Marilyn Strickland
Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland has represented Washington's 10th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2021 (117th Congress-Present). Strickland is the first African American to represent Washington at the federal level and one of the...
Nikema Williams
Congresswoman Nikema Williams has represented Georgia's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2021 (117th Congress-Present). Williams was elected as the freshman class president for the 117th Congress. She sits on the Financial Services...
Jennifer McClellan
Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan has represented Virginia's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2023 (118th Congress-Present). Before coming to Congress, McClellan worked as regulatory counsel for Verizon Communications and served in...
Emilia Strong Sykes
Congresswoman Emilia Strong Sykes has represented Ohio's 13th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2023 (118th Congress-Present) and was the first Black person elected to represent the district in Congress. She serves on the Committee on...
Summer Lee
Congresswoman Summer Lee has represented Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2023 (118th Congress--Present). She is the first Black woman ever elected to Congress from Western Pennsylvania. Before Congress, Lee worked...
Sydney Kamlager-Dove
Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove has represented California's 37th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2023 (118th Congress-Present). Kamlager-Dove has spent her career advocating for communities and families. She served on the Los...
Jonathan Jackson
Congressman Jonathan Jackson has represented Illinois' 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2023 (118th Congress--Present). Before Congress, Jackson served as a national spokesperson for the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. He also launched...
Glenn Ivey
Congressman Glenn Ivey has represented Maryland's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2023 (118th Congress-Present). Before Congress, Ivey was an attorney who served on Capitol Hill as chief counsel to the Senate Majority Leader...
Maxwell Frost
Congressman Maxwell Frost has represented the 10th Congressional District of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2023 (118th Congress-Present). Before his election, Frost held leadership roles at ACLU and March for Our Lives, where he served as national...
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 first Black Senator from Georgia. Warnock serves on the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; the Committee...
Ilhan Omar
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has represented Minnesota's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019 (116th Congress-Present). Omar was the first African refugee to become a Member of Congress, the first woman of color to represent...