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Joseph Rainey (left) was the first African American to serve in the U.S. House; Shirley Chisholm (right) was the first African-American woman elected to the chamber. The United States House of Representatives has had 157 elected African-American members, of whom 151 have been representatives from U.S. states and 6 have been delegates from U.S ...
January 25, 1870, letter from the governor and secretary of state of Mississippi that certified the election of Hiram Rhodes Revels to the Senate. First black senator and representatives: Sen. Hiram Revels (R-MS), Rep. Benjamin S. Turner (R-AL), Robert DeLarge (R-SC), Josiah Walls (R-FL), Jefferson Long (R-GA), Joseph Rainey and Robert B. Elliott (R-SC)
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.
The 52-year-old Brooklyn native will become the first Black and first nonwhite party leader in Congress. He will be joined in Democratic leadership roles by Reps. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts ...
The 52-year-old Jeffries will be the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress. House Democrats on Wednesday elected a historic new generation of leaders. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York ...
The Congressional Black Caucus will have 62 members in the 119th Congress, contributing to a record 67 Black representatives.
The co-chairs of the Blue Dog Coalition for the 118th Congress are Jared Golden (ME-02), Mary Peltola (AK-AL), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03). [1] Former chair Rep. Stephanie Murphy , a Vietnamese-American, was the first woman of color to lead the Blue Dog Coalition in its history.
Jeffries will be the first Black person to hold a top leadership spot and the youngest in leadership when the new congress begins in January. The Senate's leaders are in their 70s and 80s.