Roll Call: Black Members of Congress
Jennifer McClellan
Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan represents Virginia's 4th Congressional District in the 118th U.S. House of Representatives. Before coming to Congress, McClellan worked as regulatory counsel for Verizon Communications and served in the Virginia State Senate and the...
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was elected to the 117th Congress, and represents Florida's 20th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives (January 11, 2022-Present). She serves on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House...
Troy Carter
Congressman Troy Carter has represented Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2021 (117th Congress-Present). Carter currently serves on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the House Homeland Security...
Shontel M. Brown
Congressman Shontel Brown join Congress in 2021 to represent Ohio's 11th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives (117th Congress-Present). Brown serves on the House Oversight and Reform Committee and the House Agriculture Committee as well as the...
Jamaal Bowman
Congressman Jamaal Bowman represents New York's 16th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Bowman serves on the House Committee on Education and Workforce and the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology where he is the ranking member of the...
Colin Allred
Congressman Colin Allred has represented the 32nd Congressional District of Texas since 2019 (116th Congress-Present). Allred serves on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Allred's top priorities in...
Ayanna Pressley
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley represents Massachusetts' 7th Congressional District. She is the first woman of color to be elected to Congress from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Pressley has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019 (116th...
Ilhan Omar
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has represented Minnesota's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019 (116th Congress-Present). Omar was the first African refugee to become a Member of Congress, the first woman of color to represent...
Joseph Neguse
Congressman Joe Neguse represents Colorado's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Neguse was first elected in November 2018, becoming the first African American member of Congress from Colorado. He is a member of the House Judiciary...
Lucy McBath
Congresswoman Lucy McBath has represented Georgia's 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019 (116th Congress-Present). McBath serves on the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Education and the Workforce. She is also vice...
Jahana Hayes
Congresswoman Jahana Hayes represents the 5th Congressional District of Connecticut. Hayes was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2018, making her the first African American woman and the first African American Democrat ever to represent the...
Kwanza Hall
Congressman Kwanza Hall represented Georgia's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives during the 116th Congress (2020-2021). Hall won a special election to fill this vacancy following the death of Congressman John R. Lewis. Before joining...
Antonio Delgado
Congressman Antonio Delgado represented New York's 19th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2019 to 2022 (116th-117th Congresses). Delgado received the Chamber of Commerce Spirit of Enterprise Award and the Jefferson-Hamilton Award for his...
Byron Donalds
Congressman Byron Donalds has represented Florida's 19th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2021 (117th Congress-Present). He serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the House Committee on Financial Services....
Mondaire Jones
Congressman Mondaire Jones represented New York's 17th District in the U.S House of Representatives during the 117th Congress (2021-2023). Jones served on the House Judiciary, Education and Labor, and Ethics committees and as Freshman Representative to Leadership,...
Lauren Underwood
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood has served Illinois' 14th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019 (116th Congress-Present). She was the first woman, the first person of color, and the first millennial to represent her community in...
Emilia Strong Sykes
Congresswoman Emilia Strong Sykes represents Ohio's 13th Congressional District in the 118th U.S. House of Representatives (January 3, 2023-Present) and is the first Black person elected to represent the district in Congress. Before Congress, Sykes served as the State...
Summer Lee
Congresswoman Summer Lee represents Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District in the 118th Congress (January 3, 2023-Present). She is the first Black woman ever elected to Congress from Western Pennsylvania. Before Congress, Lee worked as a labor organizer and served...
Sydney Kamlager-Dove
Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove represents California's 37th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 118th Congress (January 3, 2023-Present). Kamlager-Dove has spent her career advocating for communities and families. She served on the...