From the first United States Congress in 1789 through the 116th Congress in 2020,162 African Americans served in Congress. Meanwhile,the total number of all individuals who have served in Congress over that period is 12,348. Between 1789 and 2020,152 have served in the House of Representatives,9 have served in the Senate,and 1 has served in both chambers. Voting members have totaled 156,with 6 serving as delegates. Party membership has been,131 Democrats,and 31 Republicans. While 13 members founded the Congressional Black Caucus in 1971 during the 92nd Congress,in the 116th Congress (2019-2020),56 served,with 54 Democrats and 2 Republicans.
John Barry Larson is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for Connecticut's 1st congressional district since 1999. The district is based in the state capital,Hartford. A member of the Democratic Party,Larson chaired the House Democratic Caucus during the 111th and 112th United States Congress.
Alcee Lamar Hastings was an American politician and former judge from the state of Florida. He was notable for having been impeached and removed from office as a judge for bribery and perjury.
Michael Everett Capuano is an American politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Representative of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2019. A Democrat,his district included the northern three-fourths of Boston,as well as parts of Cambridge,his hometown of Somerville,and other communities immediately north and south of Boston. Prior to being elected to Congress,he served as an Alderman and Mayor of Somerville.
Sander Martin Levin is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2019,representing Michigan's 9th congressional district. Levin,a member of the Democratic Party from Michigan,is a former ranking member on the House Ways and Means Committee;he was Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee from 2010 to 2011. He is the older brother of former U.S. Senator Carl Levin,and the father of former Congressman Andy Levin,his successor.
Sue Myrick is an American businesswoman and the former U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 9th congressional district,serving from 1995 to 2013. She is a member of the Republican Party. She was the first Republican woman to represent North Carolina in Congress. On February 7,2012,she announced that she was retiring. She left Congress in January 2013 and was succeeded by Robert Pittenger.
Robert Cortez Scott is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 3rd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the dean of Virginia's congressional delegation and the first Filipino American voting member of Congress. The district serves most of the majority-black precincts of Hampton Roads,including all of the independent cities of Norfolk,Newport News and Portsmouth,and parts of the independent city of Chesapeake. From 2019 to 2023,Scott was chair of the House Education and Labor Committee. He has been ranking member on that committee since 2023.
James Allan Barcia is an American Democratic politician from Michigan. He has served successively in the Michigan House of Representatives,the Michigan Senate,the United States House of Representatives and then again the Michigan Senate,from which he was term-limited in January 2011. He has served as County Executive of Bay County,Michigan,since January,2017.
Milton Robert Carr,commonly known as Bob Carr,is an American lawyer,academic,and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Floyd Davidson Spence was an American attorney and a politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. Elected for three terms to the South Carolina House of Representatives from Lexington County as a Democrat,in 1962 Spence announced his decision to switch to the Republican Party,as he was unhappy with shifts in the national party.
James Michael Shannon,is an American Democratic politician from Massachusetts. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985,and later as the Massachusetts Attorney General.
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for California from 1979 to 1999.
Michael Joseph "Mike" Harrington is an American politician,lawyer and a former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
In U.S. politics,an independent Democrat is an individual who loosely identifies with the ideals of the Democratic Party but chooses not to be a formal member of the party or is denied the Democratic nomination in a caucus or primary election. Independent Democrat is not a political party. Several elected officials,including members of Congress,have identified as independent Democrats.
Robert Mooneyhan "Robin" Tallon Jr. is an American businessman and politician who served five terms as a United States representative from South Carolina from 1983 to 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
David Ray Nagle is an American politician and lawyer from Iowa. He was a Representative in the United States House of Representatives,representing Iowa's 3rd congressional district from 1987 to 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Dennis Mark Hertel is an American politician and lawyer from Michigan. From 1981 to 1993,he served six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Louis Arthur "Skip" Bafalis was an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 10th congressional district from 1973 to 1983. A member of the Republican Party,he was the party's nominee in the 1982 Florida gubernatorial election,and previously represented district 33 in the Florida Senate from 1966 to 1970.
Alexander Xavier Mooney is an American politician serving since 2015 as the U.S. representative from West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,he represented the 3rd district in the Maryland State Senate from 1999 to 2011 and is a former chair of the Maryland Republican Party. He is the first Hispanic person elected to Congress from West Virginia.
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan is a Northern Mariana Islander politician and former election commissioner. Elected in 2008,Sablan became the first delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Sablan is the only Chamorro member of Congress.
