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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.

97th Congress, 1981–1983

97th Congress, Black-American Representatives and Senators

House

Senate

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) Julian Carey Dixon (Democrat, CA) Mervyn Malcolm Dymally (Democrat, CA) Walter Edward Fauntroy (Democrat, DC) Harold Eugene Ford, Sr. (Democrat, TN) William Herbert Gray III (Democrat, PA) Katie Beatrice Hall (Democrat, IN)1 Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins (Democrat, CA) George Thomas (Mickey) Leland (Democrat, TX) Parren James Mitchell (Democrat, MD) Charles B. Rangel (Democrat, NY) Gus Savage (Democrat, IL) Louis Stokes (Democrat, OH) Harold Washington (Democrat, IL)

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Footnotes

1. Katie Beatrice Hall was elected to the 97th Congress in a special election to succeed Adam Benjamin on November 2, 1982.