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The Senate has had 14 African-American elected or appointed officeholders. Two each served during both the 19th and 20th centuries. [1] The first was Hiram R. Revels. Three of the 14 African-American senators held Illinois's Class 3 seat, including Barack Obama, who went on to become President of the United States. This makes Illinois the state ...
All of Mississippi's African American statewide officials and Senators took office during Reconstruction, as of 2022. Nevada 1 1 New Jersey 8 8 New Mexico 1 1 New York 9 9 North Carolina 4 4 Ohio 3 3 Oklahoma 1 1 Oregon 1 1 Pennsylvania 1 1 South Carolina 5 1 1 7 Francis Lewis Cardozo held office as Secretary of State and State Treasurer. Texas 2 2
Office Officer State Since Senate Minority Leader Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Chuck Schumer: NY: January 3, 2025 Party leader since January 3, 2017: Senate Minority Whip
The first African American to serve was Senator Hiram Revels in 1870. The first African American to chair a congressional committee was Representative William L. Dawson in 1949. The first African-American woman was Representative Shirley Chisholm in 1968, and the first African American to become Dean of the House was John Conyers in 2015.
Population data are from 2021 American Community Survey and 2020 census population estimates. Districts in the table below reflect the 118th Congress. [1] 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.
Sixty years after Black Americans gained the right to vote in the United States through the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Sen. Tim Scott on Friday makes history, becoming the longest-serving African ...
No African American served in federal elective office before the ratification in 1870 of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Fifteenth Amendment prohibits the federal and state governments from denying any citizen the right to vote because of that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
This is a complete list of United States senators during the 119th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2025, to January 3, 2027. It is a historical listing and will contain people who have not served the entire two-year Congress should anyone resign, die, or be expelled.