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Black-American Representatives and Senators by Congress, 1870–Present

This table is based on information drawn from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Representatives and Senators are listed in alphabetical order.

110th Congress, 2007–2009

110th Congress, Black-American Representatives and Senators

House

Senate

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (Democrat, GA) Corrine Brown (Democrat, FL) G. K. Butterfield (Democrat, NC) Julia May Carson (Democrat, IN)1 Donna M. Christensen (Democrat, VI) Yvette Diane Clarke (Democrat, NY) William L. Clay, Jr. (Democrat, MO) Emanuel Cleaver II (Democrat, MO) James E. Clyburn (Democrat, SC) John Conyers, Jr. (Democrat, MI) Elijah E. Cummings (Democrat, MD) Artur Davis (Democrat, AL) Danny K. Davis (Democrat, IL) Keith Ellison (Democrat, MN) Chaka Fattah (Democrat, PA) Marcia L. Fudge (Democrat, OH) Al Green (Democrat, TX) Alcee Hastings (Democrat, FL) Sheila Jackson Lee (Democrat, TX) Jesse Jackson, Jr. (Democrat, IL) William J. Jefferson (Democrat, LA) Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democrat, TX) Hank Johnson (Democrat, GA) Stephanie Tubbs Jones (Democrat, OH)2 Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (Democrat, MI) Barbara Lee (Democrat, CA) John Lewis (Democrat, GA) Kendrick B. Meek (Democrat, FL) Gregory W. Meeks (Democrat, NY) Juanita Millender-McDonald (Democrat, CA)3 Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore (Democrat, WI) Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democrat, DC) Donald M. Payne (Democrat, NJ) Charles B. Rangel (Democrat, NY) Laura Richardson (Democrat, CA) Bobby L. Rush (Democrat, IL) David Scott (Democrat, GA) Robert C. Scott (Democrat, VA) Bennie Thompson (Democrat, MS) Edolphus Towns (Democrat, NY) Maxine Waters (Democrat, CA) Diane Edith Watson (Democrat, CA) Melvin L. Watt (Democrat, NC) Albert R. Wynn (Democrat, MD)4

Barack Obama (Democrat, IL)5

Footnotes

1. Julia May Carson died on December 15, 2007, and was succeeded in a special election by André Carson on March 11, 2008.
2. Stephanie Tubbs Jones died on August 20, 2008, and was succeeded in a special election by Marcia Fudge on November 18, 2008.
3. Juanita Millender-McDonald died on April 22, 2007, and was succeeded in a special election by Laura Richardson on August 21, 2007.
4. Albert Russell Wynn resigned on May 31, 2008, and was succeeded by Donna F. Edwards on June 17, 2008.
5. Barack Obama resigned on November 16, 2008, having been elected the 44th President of the United States on November 4, 2008.