Historical Data
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.
96th Congress, 1979–1981
96th Congress, Black-American Representatives and Senators
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- Shirley A. Chisholm (Democrat, NY)
- William Lacy (Bill) Clay, Sr. (Democrat, MO)
- Cardiss Collins (Democrat, IL)
- John Conyers, Jr. (Democrat, MI)
- George William Crockett, Jr. (Democrat, MI)
- Ronald V. Dellums (Democrat, CA)
- Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. (Democrat, MI)1
- Julian Carey Dixon (Democrat, CA)
- Melvin Herbert Evans (Republican, VI)
- Walter Edward Fauntroy (Democrat, DC)
- Harold Eugene Ford, Sr. (Democrat, TN)
- William Herbert Gray III (Democrat, PA)
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins (Democrat, CA)
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland (Democrat, TX)
- Parren James Mitchell (Democrat, MD)
- Charles B. Rangel (Democrat, NY)
- Bennett McVey Stewart (Democrat, IL)
- Louis Stokes (Democrat, OH)
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