Roll Call: Black Members of Congress
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...
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...
Charles Arthur Hayes
Congressman Charles Hayes represented Illinois's 1st Congressional District from 1983 to 1993 (98th-102nd Congresses). Hayes was the first trade...
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...
Edolphus Towns
Congressman Edolphus Towns represented congressional districts in New York from 1983 to 2013 (98th-112th Congresses). Towns was an Army veteran...
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...
Eva M. Clayton
Congresswoman Eva Clayton served as a representative of North Carolina's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1992...
Kweisi Mfume
Congressman Kweisi Mfume has represented Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2020 (116th...
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...
Alphonso M. (Mike) Espy
Congressman Mike Espy represented Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District from 1987 until his resignation to become Secretary of the U.S....
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...
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)....
John R. Lewis
Congressman John Lewis represented Georgia's 5th Congressional District from 1987 until his death on July 17, 2020 (100th-116th Congresses). Lewis...
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...
Barbara-Rose Collins
Congresswoman Barbara-Rose Collins represented congressional districts in Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997...
Gary A. Franks
Congressman Gary Franks served Connecticut's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997 (102nd-104th...
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...
Alton R. Waldon Jr.
Congressman Alton Waldon represented New York’s 6th Congressional District from 1986 to 1987 (99th Congress). Before his congressional service,...
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton has been a delegate from the District of Columbia since January 3, 1991 (102nd Congress-Present). Norton serves...
Maxine Waters
Congresswoman Maxine Waters has represented California in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1991 (102nd Congress-Present). Waters made history...
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...
Gus Savage
Congressman Gus Savage represented the 2nd Congressional District of Illinois from 1981 to 1993 (97th-102nd Congresses). Savage was a veteran, civil...
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...
Mel Reynolds
Congressman Mel Reynolds represented Illinois's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995 (103rd-104th...
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,...
William Herbert Gray III
Congressman William Gray represented Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991 (96th-102nd...
Julian Carey Dixon
Congressman Julian Dixon represented California in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 until his death on December 8, 2000 (96th-106th...
George William Crockett Jr.
Congressman George Crockett represented Michigan's 13th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1980 to 1991 (96th-101st...
Harold Washington
Congressman Harold Washington represented Illinois's 1st Congressional District from 1981 until his resignation to serve as Mayor of Chicago in...
Artur Davis
Congressman Artur Davis represented Alabama's 7th Congressional District from 2003 to 2011 (108th-111th Congresses). Before Congress, Davis...
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...
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald served as a representative of California's 37th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives...
Sheila Jackson Lee
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee represented the 18th Congressional District of Texas from 1995 until her death on July 19, 2024 (104th-118th...
Chaka Fattah
Congressman Chaka Fattah served as representative for Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to...
Jesse L. Jackson Jr.
Congressman Jesse L. Jackson Jr served Illinois's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2012 (104th -112th...
Julius Caesar (J.C.) Watts Jr.
Congressman J.C. Watts represented Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 (104th-107th...
Donna Marie Christensen
Congresswoman Donna Christensen was a delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2015 (105th-113th...
Victor O. Frazer
Congressman Victor Frazer was a delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands' at-large Congressional District from 1995 to 1997 (104th Congress). Before...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick represented Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2011 (105th-111th Congresses)....
Danny K. Davis
Congressman Danny K. Davis has represented Illinois's 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997 (105th...
Barbara Lee
Congresswoman Barbara Lee represented California districts in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1998 to 2025 (105th-118th Congresses). Before...
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,...
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...
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...
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...