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There currently are 57 African-American representatives and two African-American delegates in the United States House of Representatives, representing 29 states, plus the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia. Most are members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Revels was the first black member of the Congress overall. [11] Black people were a majority of the population in many congressional districts across the South. In 1870, Joseph Rainey of South Carolina was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first directly elected black member of Congress to be seated. [12]
Pages in category "African-American members of the United States House of Representatives" The following 187 pages are in this category, out of 187 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Congressional Black Caucus will have 62 members in the 119th Congress, contributing to a record 67 Black representatives.
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Gabe Amo is Rhode Island's first Black Congressman. His parents are immigrants from Ghana and Liberia, and he grew up in Pawtucket. He is a graduate of the Moses Brown School and Wheaton College ...
Currently, there are 26 congressional districts where African Americans make up a majority of constituents, mostly in the South. Every district is represented by Democrats . There are two African American majority congressional districts that are represented by someone who is not African American: Steve Cohen from Tennessee's 9th and Shri ...
first African-American man elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives: Sampson W. Keeble (1873) first African-American man elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives since Reconstruction: Archie Walter Willis Jr. (1964) first African-American woman elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives: Dorothy Lavinia Brown (1966)