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The following is an alphabetically ordered list of notable African American Republicans, past and present. This list is limited to black Americans who have worked in a direct, professional capacity in politics.
- J. Kenneth Blackwell, former Secretary of State of Ohio, former gubernatorial candidate
- Lynette Boggs, former Las Vegas City Councilwoman, former Clark County, NV commissioner, former candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives
- Peter Boulware, former NFL linebacker and Republican candidate for the Florida House of Representatives, District 9.
- Jennette Bradley, former Treasurer of the State of Ohio
- Edward Brooke, former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, first African American elected by popular vote to the U.S. Senate
- Stephen Broden, conservative commentator, Life Always board member (a pro-life organization) and evangelical pastor
- Janice Rogers Brown, a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals
- Blanche Bruce, former U.S. Senator from Mississippi, first African American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate
- Keith Butler, Republican national committeeman from Michigan, former councilman for Detroit, minister and former U.S. Senatorial candidate
- Herman Cain, businessman, media personality, and former candidate for President of the United States in 2012.
- Jennifer Carroll, Lieutenant Governor of Florida[1]
- Ron Christie, former advisor to Vice-President Dick Cheney[2]
- Octavius Valentine Catto, civil rights activist and African American baseball pioneer
- Henry P. Cheatham, former U.S. Representative from North Carolina
- Eldridge Cleaver, author and civil rights leader
- William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr., fourth United States Secretary of Transportation, first African American Supreme Court Clerk[3]
- Ward Connerly, political activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent
- James L. Farmer, Jr., civil rights leader
- Michel Faulkner, pastor, former defensive lineman for the New York Jets, a 2010 nominee for New York's 15th congressional district
- Arthur Fletcher, official in the administrations of Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush; considered the "father of affirmative action"
- Gary Franks, former U.S. Representative from Connecticut
- Ryan Frazier, Aurora City Councilman, 2010 nominee for Colorado's 7th congressional district
- Samuel B. Fuller, founder and president of the Fuller Products Company, publisher of the New York Age and Pittsburgh Courier, head of the South Side Chicago NAACP, president of the National Negro Business League, and a prominent black Republican
Alan Keyes, 16th Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
- Alan Keyes, former member of the Republican party and nominee for the U.S. Senate
- Lenny McAllister, political analyst, community activist, and author
- Angela McGlowan, political analyst
- James Meredith, civil rights leader
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller, former U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- George Washington Murray, former U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- E. Frederic Morrow, first African-American to hold an executive position at the White House. He served under President Dwight D. Eisenhower as Administrative Officer for Special Projects from 1955 to 1961.
- Steven Mullins, Connecticut politician, Planning & Zoning Commissioner, City of West Haven, 2009 Republican nominee for Mayor of West Haven, 2002 Republican nominee for State Comptroller
- Rod Paige, seventh U.S. Secretary of Education
- Sherman Parker, Missouri state representative, ran for U.S. House of Representatives
- Edward J. Perkins, first African-American U.S. ambassador to South Africa
- Jesse Lee Peterson, civil rights activist, founder of Brotherhood of New Destiny
- Pio Pico, last governor of Mexican California. Formed the Republican Party in California.[5]
- Samuel Pierce, former HUD Secretary
- P. B. S. Pinchback, twenty-fourth governor of Louisiana; first African-American governor of a U.S. state
- Colin Powell, 65th United States Secretary of State
- Michael Powell, 24th Chairman of the FCC
- Pierre-Richard Prosper, former Bush Administration war crimes official
- Joseph H. Rainey, former U.S. Representative from South Carolina, first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives
- James T. Rapier, former U.S. Representative from Alabama
- Hiram Rhodes Revels, former U.S. Senator from Mississippi, first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate
- Condoleezza Rice, 66th United States Secretary of State
- Jack E. Robinson III, former U.S. Senate, Secretary of State, and U.S. House nominee from Massachusetts
- Vernon Robinson, former candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina
- Joe Rogers, former Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, youngest Lieutenant Governor in Colorado history
- Carson Ross Mayor of Blue Springs, MO, Fmr. Missouri State Rep
- Jackie Robinson, Baseball player
- Paul H. Scott, Michigan State Representative
- Tim Scott. Representative, South Carolina's 1st Congressional District
- Robert Smalls, South Carolina
- Joshua I. Smith, appointed commissioner of Minority Business Development by President George H. W. Bush
- DeForest "Buster" Soaries, former New Jersey Secretary of State
- Thomas Sowell, economist, writer and commentator
- Michael S. Steele, political commentator, former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, former candidate for the U.S. Senate and elected chairman of the Republican National Committee
- Lynn Swann, former NFL player, former Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate
- Dale Wainwright, Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
- Josiah Walls, former U.S. Representative from Florida, and one of the first African-Americans to serve in the U.S. House
- Booker T. Washington, educator and activist
- Maurice Washington, Nevada State Senator
- J. C. Watts, former U.S. Representative from Oklahoma
- Ida B. Wells, civil rights advocate, co-founder of the NAACP
- Allen West, Representative, U.S. House of Representatives (FL-22)
- J. Ernest Wilkins, Sr., Assistant Secretary of Labor under President Eisenhower[8]
- Armstrong Williams, radio and television commentator
- Michael L. Williams, Texas Railroad Commissioner
- Walter E. Williams, author, commentator, economist
- Vern Williams, member of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel
- William F. Yardley, anti-segregation advocate, first African American candidate for governor of Tennessee (1876)
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