Roll Call: Black Members of Congress
Robin L. Kelly
Congresswoman Robin Kelly has represented Illinois' 2nd Congressional District since 2013 (113th Congress-Present). Kelly serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee where she is a member of the Subcommittees on Health; Communications and Technology; and...
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 Representatives since 2015 (114th Congress-Present). Plaskett serves on the Ways and Means Committee and was the first member from...
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 (107th-116th Congresses). Clay won election to Congress following the retirement of his father, Representative William Clay, Sr....
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 2011 (107th-111th Congresses) after winning a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of...
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 August 20, 2008 (106th-110th Congresses). Jones was the first African American woman elected to the House from Ohio....
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, Meeks worked as an assistant district attorney, a prosecutor for a special anti-narcotics taskforce, and a chief...
Barbara Lee
Congresswoman Barbara Lee represented California districts in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1998 to 2025 (105th-118th Congresses). Before her tenure in Congress, Lee served as chief of staff for Congressman Ron Dellums. She also served in both the California...
Danny K. Davis
Congressman Danny K. Davis has represented Illinois's 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997 (105th Congress-Present). Before coming to Congress, Davis was an educator, served on the Cook County Board of Commissioners, and was a...
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick represented Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2011 (105th-111th Congresses). Kilpatrick's committee assignments included the Banking and Financial Services, House Oversight, and Appropriations...
David Scott
Congressman David Scott has represented Georgia's 13th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2003 (108th Congress-Present). Scott serves on the House Financial Services Committee and the House Agriculture Committee, a committee he formerly...
Frank W. Ballance Jr.
Congressman Frank Ballance represented North Carolina's 1st Congressional District from 2003 to 2004 (108th Congress). Before his tenure in Congress, Ballance worked as an attorney, eventually serving in the North Carolina State House of Representatives and the North...
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 Butterfield served on the Committee on Energy and Commerce where he sat on the Technology, Energy, and Health subcommittees. He...
Artur Davis
Congressman Artur Davis represented Alabama's 7th Congressional District from 2003 to 2011 (108th-111th Congresses). Before Congress, Davis practiced law privately and was an Assistant U.S. District Attorney. In Congress, Davis served on the Budget, Financial...
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 Congresses). Meek was elected to serve a district formerly represented by his mother, Representative Carrie Meek. Before...
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 2005 (108th Congress). She was a member of the Budget, Education and Workforce, and Small Business committees. A lawyer...
Emanuel Cleaver II
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver has represented Missouri's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2005 (109th Congress-Present). Before Congress, Cleaver served on the Kansas City, Missouri city council and was the first African American...
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 tenure in Congress, Moore served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1989 to 1992 and in the Wisconsin State Senate from...
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 lung cancer on December 15, 2007 (105th-110th Congresses). She was the first woman and first African American to serve...
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 Congresses). After his father, Harold Ford, Sr., announced his retirement from the House in 1996, Ford ran to succeed...