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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)

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

  1. ^ a b "Revels, Hiram Rhodes, (1827–1901)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved January 25, 2009.
  2. ^ "First African American Senator". Historical Minutes Essays, 1878–1920. Senate Historical Office. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  3. ^ "Bruce, Blanche Kelso, (1841 - 1898)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved January 25, 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Former Slave Presides over Senate". Historical Minutes Essays, 1878–1920. Senate Historical Office. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Brooke, Edward William, III, (1919–)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved January 25, 2009.
  6. ^ "Scott, Tim, (1965–)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  7. ^ Blake, Aaron; Cillizza, Chris (December 17, 2012). "Nikki Haley appoints Rep. Tim Scott to Senate". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  8. ^ "Rainey, Joseph Hayne, (1832 - 1887)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  9. ^ "Long, Jefferson Franklin, (1836 - 1901)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  10. ^ "De Large, Robert Carlos, (1842 - 1874)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  11. ^ "Elliott, Robert Brown, (1842 - 1884)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  12. ^ "Turner, Benjamin Sterling, (1825 - 1894)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  13. ^ "Walls, Josiah Thomas, (1842 - 1905)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  14. ^ "Cain, Richard Harvey, (1825 - 1887)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  15. ^ "Lynch, John Roy, (1847 - 1939)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  16. ^ "Ransier, Alonzo Jacob, (1834 - 1882)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  17. ^ "Rapier, James Thomas, (1837 - 1883)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  18. ^ "Haralson, Jeremiah, (1846 - 1916)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  19. ^ "Hyman, John Adams, (1840 - 1891)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  20. ^ "Nash, Charles Edmund, (1844 - 1913)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  21. ^ "Smalls, Robert, (1839 - 1915)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  22. ^ "O'Hara, James Edward, (1844 - 1905)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  23. ^ "Cheatham, Henry Plummer, (1857 - 1935)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  24. ^ "Langston, John Mercer, (1829 - 1897)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  25. ^ "Miller, Thomas Ezekiel, (1849 - 1938)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  26. ^ "Murray, George Washington, (1853 - 1926)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  27. ^ "White, George Henry, (1852 - 1918)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  28. ^ "De Priest, Oscar Stanton, (1871 - 1951)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  29. ^ "Franks, Gary A., (1953 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  30. ^ "Watts, Julius Caesar, Jr. (J. C.), (1957 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  31. ^ "Scott, Tim, (1965 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  32. ^ "West, Allen, (1961 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  33. ^ "Hurd, William Ballard, (1977 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  34. ^ "Love, Ludmya Bourdeau (Mia), (1975 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved January 6, 2015.


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