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The following is a list of African-American Republicans who have held elected office.
Federal[edit]
Senate[edit]
| Senator | State | Took office | Left office | Party | Congress | Ref. | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827–1901) |
Mississippi | February 23, 1870 | March 3, 1871 | Republican | 41st (1869–1871) |
[1][2] | [note 1] | ||
| Blanche Bruce (1841–1898) |
Mississippi | March 4, 1875 | March 3, 1881 | Republican | 44th (1875–1877) |
[3][4] | [note 2] | ||
| 45th (1877–1879) | |||||||||
| 46th (1879–1881) | |||||||||
| Edward Brooke (1919–2015) |
Massachusetts | January 3, 1967 | January 3, 1979 | Republican | 90th (1967–1969) |
[5] | [note 3] | ||
| 91st (1969–1971) | |||||||||
| 92nd (1971–1973) | |||||||||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | |||||||||
| 94th (1975–1977) | |||||||||
| 95th (1977–1979) | |||||||||
| Tim Scott (born 1965) |
South Carolina | January 2, 2013 | Incumbent | Republican | 112th (2011–2013) |
[6][7] | [note 4] | ||
| 113th (2013–2015) | |||||||||
| 114th (2015–2017) | |||||||||
| 115th (2017–2019) | |||||||||
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House[edit]
| Representative | Congressional District | Took office | Left office | Party | Congress | Ref. | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Rainey (1832–1887) |
South Carolina's 1st | December 12, 1870 | March 3, 1879 | Republican | 41st (1869–1871) |
[8] | [note 5] | ||
| THRU | |||||||||
| 45th (1877–1879) | |||||||||
| Jefferson F. Long (1836–1901) |
Georgia's 4th | January 16, 1871 | March 3, 1871 | Republican | 41st (1869–1871) |
[9] | [note 6] | ||
| Robert C. De Large (1842–1874) |
South Carolina's 2nd | March 4, 1871 | January 24, 1873 | Republican | 42nd (1871–1873) |
[10] | [note 7] | ||
| Robert B. Elliott (1842–1884) |
South Carolina's 3rd | March 4, 1871 | November 1, 1874 | Republican | 42nd (1871–1873) |
[11] | [note 8] | ||
| 43rd (1873–1875) | |||||||||
| Benjamin S. Turner (1825–1894) |
Alabama's 1st | March 4, 1871 | March 3, 1873 | Republican | 42nd (1871–1873) |
[12] | [note 9] | ||
| Josiah T. Walls (1842–1905) |
Florida's at-large | March 4, 1871 | January 29, 1873 | Republican | 42nd (1871–1873) |
[13] | [note 10] | ||
| March 4, 1873 | March 3, 1875 | 43rd (1873–1875) | |||||||
| Florida's 2nd | March 4, 1875 | April 19, 1876 | 44th (1875–1877) | ||||||
| Richard H. Cain (1825–1887) |
South Carolina's at-large | March 4, 1873 | March 3, 1875 | Republican | 43rd (1873–1875) |
[14] | [note 11] | ||
| South Carolina's 2nd | March 4, 1877 | March 3, 1879 | 45th (1877–1879) | ||||||
| John R. Lynch (1847–1939) |
Mississippi's 6th | March 4, 1873 | March 3, 1877 | Republican | 43rd (1873–1875) |
[15] | [note 12] | ||
| 44th (1875–1877) | |||||||||
| April 29, 1882 | March 3, 1883 | 47th (1881–1883) | |||||||
| Alonzo J. Ransier (1834–1882) |
South Carolina's 2nd | March 3, 1873 | March 3, 1875 | Republican | 43rd (1873–1875) |
[16] | [note 13] | ||
| James T. Rapier (1837–1883) |
Alabama's 2nd | March 4, 1873 | March 3, 1875 | Republican | 43rd (1873–1875) |
[17] | [note 14] | ||
| Jeremiah Haralson (1846–1916) |
Alabama's 1st | March 4, 1875 | March 3, 1877 | Republican | 44th (1875–1877) |
[18] | [note 15] | ||
| John Adams Hyman (1840–1891) |
North Carolina's 2nd | March 4, 1875 | March 3, 1877 | Republican | 44th (1875–1877) |
[19] | [note 16] | ||
| Charles E. Nash (1844–1913) |
Louisiana's 6th | March 4, 1875 | March 3, 1877 | Republican | 44th (1875–1877) |
[20] | [note 17] | ||
| Robert Smalls (1839–1915) |
South Carolina's 5th | March 4, 1875 | March 3, 1879 | Republican | 44th (1875–1877) |
[21] | [note 18] | ||
| 45th (1877–1879) | |||||||||
| July 19, 1882 | March 3, 1883 | 47th (1881–1883) | |||||||
| South Carolina's 7th | March 18, 1884 | March 3, 1887 | 48th (1883–1885) | ||||||
| 49th (1885–1887) | |||||||||
| James E. O'Hara (1844–1905) |
North Carolina's 2nd | March 4, 1883 | March 3, 1887 | Republican | 48th (1883–1885) |
[22] | [note 19] | ||
| 49th (1885–1887) | |||||||||
| Henry P. Cheatham (1857–1935) |
North Carolina's 2nd | March 4, 1889 | March 3, 1893 | Republican | 51st (1889–1891) |
[23] | [note 20] | ||
| 52nd (1891–1893) | |||||||||
| John Mercer Langston (1829–1897) |
Virginia's 4th | September 23, 1890 | March 3, 1891 | Republican | 51st (1889–1891) |
[24] | [note 21] | ||
| Thomas E. Miller (1849–1938) |
South Carolina's 7th | September 24, 1890 | March 3, 1891 | Republican | 51st (1889–1891) |
[25] | [note 22] | ||
| George W. Murray (1853–1926) |
South Carolina's 7th | March 4, 1893 | March 3, 1895 | Republican | 53rd (1893–1895) |
[26] | [note 23] | ||
| South Carolina's 1st | June 4, 1896 | March 3, 1897 | 54th (1895–1897) | ||||||
| George Henry White (1852–1918) |
North Carolina's 2nd | March 4, 1897 | March 3, 1901 | Republican | 55th (1897–1899) |
[27] | [note 24] | ||
| 56th (1899–1901) | |||||||||
| Oscar Stanton De Priest (1871–1951) |
Illinois's 1st | March 4, 1929 | January 3, 1935 | Republican | 71st (1929–1931) |
[28] | [note 25] | ||
| 72nd (1931–1933) | |||||||||
| 73rd (1933–1935) | |||||||||
| Gary Franks (born 1953) |
Connecticut's 5th | January 3, 1991 | January 3, 1997 | Republican | 102nd (1991–1993) |
[29] | [note 26] | ||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | |||||||||
| 104th (1995–1997) | |||||||||
| J. C. Watts (born 1957) |
Oklahoma's 4th | January 3, 1995 | January 3, 2003 | Republican | 104th (1995–1997) |
[30] | [note 27] | ||
| THRU | |||||||||
| 107th (2001–2003) | |||||||||
| Tim Scott (born 1965) |
South Carolina's 1st | January 3, 2011 | January 2, 2013 | Republican | 112th (2011–2013) |
[31] | [note 28] | ||
| Allen West (born 1961) |
Florida's 22nd | January 3, 2011 | January 3, 2013 | Republican | 112th (2011–2013) |
[32] | [note 29] | ||
| Will Hurd (born 1977) |
Texas's 23rd | January 3, 2015 | Incumbent | Republican | 114th (2015–2017) |
[33] | |||
| 115th (2017–2019) | |||||||||
| Mia Love (born 1975) |
Utah's 4th | January 3, 2015 | Incumbent | Republican | 114th (2015–2017) |
[34] | [note 30] | ||
| 115th (2017–2019) | |||||||||
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "Revels, Hiram Rhodes, (1827–1901)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved January 25, 2009.
- ^ "First African American Senator". Historical Minutes Essays, 1878–1920. Senate Historical Office. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ "Bruce, Blanche Kelso, (1841 - 1898)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved January 25, 2009.
- ^ a b "Former Slave Presides over Senate". Historical Minutes Essays, 1878–1920. Senate Historical Office. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ^ a b "Brooke, Edward William, III, (1919–)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved January 25, 2009.
- ^ "Scott, Tim, (1965–)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
- ^ Blake, Aaron; Cillizza, Chris (December 17, 2012). "Nikki Haley appoints Rep. Tim Scott to Senate". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
- ^ "Rainey, Joseph Hayne, (1832 - 1887)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Long, Jefferson Franklin, (1836 - 1901)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "De Large, Robert Carlos, (1842 - 1874)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Elliott, Robert Brown, (1842 - 1884)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Turner, Benjamin Sterling, (1825 - 1894)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Walls, Josiah Thomas, (1842 - 1905)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Cain, Richard Harvey, (1825 - 1887)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Lynch, John Roy, (1847 - 1939)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Ransier, Alonzo Jacob, (1834 - 1882)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Rapier, James Thomas, (1837 - 1883)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Haralson, Jeremiah, (1846 - 1916)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Hyman, John Adams, (1840 - 1891)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Nash, Charles Edmund, (1844 - 1913)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Smalls, Robert, (1839 - 1915)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "O'Hara, James Edward, (1844 - 1905)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Cheatham, Henry Plummer, (1857 - 1935)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Langston, John Mercer, (1829 - 1897)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Miller, Thomas Ezekiel, (1849 - 1938)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Murray, George Washington, (1853 - 1926)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "White, George Henry, (1852 - 1918)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "De Priest, Oscar Stanton, (1871 - 1951)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Franks, Gary A., (1953 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Watts, Julius Caesar, Jr. (J. C.), (1957 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Scott, Tim, (1965 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "West, Allen, (1961 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Hurd, William Ballard, (1977 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
- ^ "Love, Ludmya Bourdeau (Mia), (1975 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
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