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No African American had ever served while it was a cabinet post. [35] The Secretaries of the Navy, Air Force, and Army ceased to be members of the cabinet when the Department of the Navy was absorbed into the Department of Defense in 1947. No African American had ever served while they were cabinet posts. [36] [37]
This is a list of African Americans who have served in statewide elected executive offices in the United States, whether they were elected, succeeded or appointed to such elected office. These state constitutional officers have their duties and qualifications mandated in state constitutions.
The first African-American woman to serve as a representative was Shirley Chisholm from New York's 12th congressional district in 1969 during the Civil Rights Movement. Many African-American members of the House of Representatives serve majority-minority districts. [ 4 ]
Pages in category "African-American members of the Cabinet of the United States" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The first two African-American senators represented the state of Mississippi during the Reconstruction era, following the American Civil War. Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first African American to serve in the Senate, was elected in 1870 [5] by the Mississippi State Legislature to succeed Albert G. Brown, who resigned during the Civil War.
African-American state cabinet secretaries (53 P) Pages in category "African-American government officials" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era; African-American officeholders in the United States, 1789–1866; List of African-American statewide elected officials; List of minority attorneys general in the United States; National Black Caucus of State Legislators; List of African-American Republicans
first African-American men elected to the Virginia Senate: James W. D. Bland, Isaiah L. Lyons, William P. Moseley, Frank Moss, John Robinson, and George Teamoh (1869) [19] [20] first African-American man elected to the Virginia House of Delegates since Reconstruction: William Ferguson Reid (1968)