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Name

1st elected

state

Dis trict

Party

Notes

Black Members of the House of Representatives. Basic list from Encarta. (Feb. 2007) Pink from Wikipedia. Purple from Nov 2008 update. Blue nonvoting. Green deceased. Orange -resinged. Also checked the Congressional Black Caucus site. Compiled Feb. 5, 2008 for What Do I Know? Updated Dec. 1, 2008. Total appears to be 40 out of 435 voting seats or 9%. Blacks are 12.9% of the US population. There are no Black US Senators. 1

Conyers, John, Jr. *

1965-

MI

14th

Dem

2

Rangel, Charles B*

1971-

NY

15th

Dem

3

Towns, Edolphus *

1983-

NY

10th

Dem

4

John Lewis*

1987-

GA 5th

Dem

5

Payne, Donald M. *

1989-

NJ

Dem

6

Norton, Eleanor Holmes *

1991-

DC

7

Jefferson, William J. ***

1991-

LA

2nd

Dem

8

Waters, Maxine *

1991-

CA

35th

Dem

9

Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. *

1993-

GA

2nd

Dem

10 Brown, Corrine *

1993-

FL

3rd

Dem

11 Clyburn, James E. *

1993-

SC

6th

Dem

12 Hastings, Alcee L. *

1993-

FL

23rd

Dem

13 Johnson, Eddie Bernice *

1993-

TX

30th

Dem

14 Rush, Bobby L.*

1993-

IL

1st

Dem

15 Scott, Robert C. *

1993-

VA

3rd

Dem

16 Thompson, Bennie G. *

1993-

MS

2nd

Dem

17 Watt, Melvin *

1993-

NC

12th

Dem

18 Wynn, Albert R.

19932008

MD

4th

Dem

19 Fattah, Chaka *

1995-

PA

2nd

Dem

10th

Dem

Non-Voting

resigned after losing 2008 primary

1st elected

state

Dis trict

Party

20 Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.*

1995-

IL

2nd

Dem

21 Jackson-Lee, Sheila *

1995-

TX

18th

Dem

22 Cummings, Elijah *

1996-

MD

7th

Dem

23 Millender-McDonald, Juanita

19962007

CA

37th

Dem

24 Kilpatrick, Carolyn Cheeks *

1997-

MI

15th

Dem

25 Julia Carson ** (replaced by grandson André Carson)

1997-

IN

7th

Dem

Died Dec. 15, 2007

26 Christian-Christensen, Donna**

1997-

VI

Dem

Non-Voting

27 Davis, Danny K.*

1997-

IL

7th

Dem

28 Lee, Barbara *

1998-

CA

9th

Dem

29 Meeks, Gregory *

1998-

NY

6th

Dem

30 Jones, Stephanie Tubbs **

1999-

OH

11th

Dem

31 Clay, William Lacy *

2001-

MO

1st

Dem

32 Watson, Diane E.*

2001-

CA

32nd

Dem

33 Davis, Artur *

2003-

AL

7th

Dem

34 Meek, Kendrick *

2003-

FL

17th

Dem

35 Scott, David *

2003-

GA

13th

Dem

36 G.K. Butterfield *

2004-

NC

1st

Dem

37 Emanuel Cleaver*

2005-

MO

5th

Dem

38 Al Green *

2005-

TX

9th

Dem

39 Gwen Moore *

2005-

WI

4th

Dem

40 Ellison, Keith *

2007-

MN

5th

Dem

41 Clarke, Yvette *

2007-

NY

11th

Dem

42 Johnson, Hank *

2007-

GA

4th

Dem

Name

Notes

died April 27,2007

Deceased

1st elected

state

Dis trict

Party

43 Laura Richardson *

2007-

CA

37th

Dem

44 Andre Carson *(replaced grandmother Julia Carson)

2008-

IN

7th

Dem

began 3/08

45 Donna Edwards*

2008-

MD

4th

Dem

elected June 7 special election

46 Martha Fudge* (begins 11/19/08 fill Tubbs seat)

2008-

OH

11th

Dem

Replaced Tubbs

Name

Notes

46 - 2 At Large = 44 - 3 deceased = 41 1 resigned 41-1 = 40 ** I could not confirm reelection of Virgin Islands non-voting rep ***Louisiana District 2 primary postponed to Nov. 4 due to Hurricane Gustav. Final election on Dec. 6. Jefferson, who was indicted, won the Democratic primary and is favored to be reelected.