List of African-American Republicans
First African American Senator and Representatives: Sen. Hiram Revels (R-MI), Rep. Benjamin S. Turner (R-AL), Robert DeLarge (R-SC), Josiah Walls (R-FL), Jefferson Long (R-GA), Joseph Rainey and Robert B. Elliott (R-SC), 1872
The following is a list of African-American Republicans, past and present. This list is limited to black Americans who have worked in a direct, professional capacity in politics.
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- Claude Allen, former White House Domestic Policy Advisor
- Renee Amoore, health care advocate & founder and president of The Amoore Group, Inc.; former candidate for Republican National Committee Co-Chairwoman
- Caesar Antoine, 13th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
B
- J. Kenneth Blackwell, former Secretary of State of Ohio, former gubernatorial candidate
- Michelle Bernard, journalist, author, columnist
- 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
- Randy Brock, former State Auditor of Vermont, current State Senator of Vermont
- Stephen Broden, conservative commentator, Life Always board member (a pro-life organization) and evangelical pastor, 2010 Congressional candidate
- Edward Brooke, former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, first African American elected by popular vote to the U.S. Senate
- 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
C
Herman Cain
- 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
- Norris Wright Cuney, Chairman of the Texas Republican Party (1886-1896)
D
- Randy Daniels, former Secretary of State of New York, 2006 Gubernatorial candidate
- Artur Davis, former Democratic Alabama Congressman, speaker at 2012 Republican National Convention, potential Republican candidate
- Oscar Stanton de Priest, former U.S. Representative from Illinois
- Robert DeLarge, South Carolina congressman
- Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, editor, orator, author, and statesman
- Oscar Dunn, 11th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
- Edward Duplex, Mayor of Wheatland, California (1888)
E
- Larry Elder, talk radio host and commentator
- Robert Brown Elliott, former U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- Melvin H. Evans, former U.S. Representative from, and former Governor of, the U.S. Virgin Islands
F
- 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
- Virginia Fuller, 2010 and 2012 Congressional Candidate
G
- James Garner (politician), former mayor of the Village of Hempstead, New York, 2004 Congressional candidate
- Robert A. George (pundit), editorial writer for the New York Post, blogger and pundit
- James Golden (radio personality), producer on the Rush Limbaugh radio talk show
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- Ken Hamblin, Radio host, political commentator, author, television personality
- Jeremiah Haralson, former U.S. Representative from Alabama
- Bill Hardiman, former Michigan State Senator, 2010 Congressional Candidate
- Erika Harold, 2003 Miss America, delegate to the 2004 Republican National Convention, 2012 Congressional Candidate
- Ted Hayes, activist for the homeless
- Amy Holmes, CNN political commentator and independent social conservative
- Deborah Honeycutt, 2006, 2008, 2010 congressional candidate;
- T.R.M. Howard, Mississippi civil rights leader, surgeon, entrepreneur and mentor to Medgar Evers and Fannie Lou Hamer
- Zora Neale Hurston, Folklorist, anthropologist, novelist, short story writer
- John Adams Hyman, former U.S. Representative from North Carolina
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- Alphonso Jackson, thirteenth Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Raynard Jackson, political consultant and political analyst for WUSA*9 TV (CBS affiliate) in Washington, DC
- Dr. Mildred Fay Jefferson, first African-American woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School; pro-life movement leader; Republican candidate for U.S. House and U.S. Senate[4]
- Wallace B. Jefferson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
- James Weldon Johnson, first Black manager of the NAACP, president of the Colored Republican Club
- E.W. Jackson, GOP nominee for Lt. Governor of Virginia in 2013, President of STAND and CETF, Marine Corps Veteran, former Small Business Owner, graduate of Harvard Law School
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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
- Alveda King, minister, political activist, author, niece of Martin Luther King Jr.
- Martin Luther King, Sr., Reverend, missionary, civil rights leader, father of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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- Stephen N. Lackey, fundraiser, philanthropist
- John Mercer Langston, former U.S. Representative from Virginia
- Jefferson Franklin Long, former U.S. Representative from Georgia
- Mia Love, mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, 2012 Congressional candidate
- John Roy Lynch, former U.S. Representative from Mississippi
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- Lenny McAllister, political analyst, community activist, and author
- Angela McGlowan, political analyst, 2010 Congressional candidate
- James Meredith, civil rights leader
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller, former U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- Eric Motley, former Deputy Associate Director, Office of Presidential Personnel in Bush Administration
- 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
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- Charles Edmund Nash, former U.S Representative from Louisiana
- Sophia A. Nelson, Lawyer, author, political commentator
- Constance Berry Newman, U.S. diplomat; former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; member of International Republican Institute
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Colin Powell, 65th Secretary of State
- Rod Paige, seventh U.S. Secretary of Education
- Sherman Parker, Missouri state representative, ran for U.S. House of Representatives
- Vernon Parker, mayor of Paradise Valley, Arizona, 2010 Congressional candidate
- Star Parker, author, political commentator, 2010 Congressional candidate
- Edward J. Perkins, first African-American U.S. ambassador to South Africa
- Jesse Lee Peterson, civil rights activist, founder of Brotherhood of New Destiny
- Joseph C. Phillips, actor, columnist, commentator
- 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
R
Condoleezza Rice, 66th Secretary of State
- 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 party nominee for U.S. House, U.S. Senate, and Secretary of the Commonwealth in 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 (changed parties after Goldwater nomination).
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Michael Steele, 64th Chairman of the Republican National Committee
- Paul H. Scott, Michigan State Representative
- Tim Scott. U.S. Senator from South Carolina (Appointed 2013) and former Representative, South Carolina's 1st Congressional District
- Marvin Scott. Congressional Candidate
- Winsome Sears. Former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 2004 Congressional Candidate
- Robert Smalls, South Carolina
- Joshua I. Smith, appointed commissioner of Minority Business Development by President George H. W. Bush
- Princella Smith, 2010 Congressional Candidate, She PAC member
- 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 in 2006 and former elected chairman of the Republican National Committee (2009-2010)
- Shelby Steele, author
- Thomas Stith, III, former member of the city council of Durham, North Carolina, 2004 Candidate for Lieutenant Governor, 2007 mayoral candidate for Durham, North Carolina
- Lynn Swann, former NFL player, former Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate
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Clarence Thomas, Associate Supreme Court Justice
- Noel C. Taylor, mayor of Roanoke, Virginia from 1975 to 1992[6]
- Clarence Thomas, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court
- Thurman Thomas, former Buffalo Bill, Republican activist, supported and campaigned for 2010 New York Republican Gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino
- Sojourner Truth, abolitionist speaker and suffrage advocate
- Harriet Tubman, abolitionist speaker and suffrage advocate
- Benjamin S. Turner, Alabama Congressman
- David Tyree, former New York Giant, anti-same-sex marriage advocate
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- William T. Vernon, Register of the Treasury under President Theodore Roosevelt[7]
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Allen West, former Congressman from Florida's 22nd District
- Dale Wainwright, Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
- Tara Wall, journalist, commentator, media strategist
- Eric Wallace (entrepreneur), pastor, entrepreneur, serves on the African American Advisory Board for the Republican National Committee
- 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, former U.S. Representative from Florida
- 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
- Barb Davis White, 2010 Congressional Candidate
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- William F. Yardley, anti-segregation advocate, first African American candidate for governor of Tennessee (1876)
External links
- Republicans for Black Empowerment
- Hip Hop Republican
- The First Blacks in Congress Were All Republicans, NBRA
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