Currently ONE: Barack Obama In history: FIVE, including Barack Obama United States Senate == {| ! Senator ! Party ! State ! Term | Hiram Rhodes Revels Republican Mississippi 1870-1871 Blanche Kelso Bruce Republican Mississippi 1875-1881 == ! Senator ! Party ! State ! Term | Edward William Brooke Republican Massachusetts 1967-1979 Carol Moseley Braun Democrat Illinois 1993-1999 Barack Obama Democrat Illinois 2005-present |}
There have been a total of 9 African -American Senators. Two served during Reconstruction, representing Mississippi. In more recent times, three have represented the state of Illinois.
2 Senators serve for each state, so there are a total of 50*2=100 members in the Senate
a continuous body
That is not true. Each state in the US Senate has two senators.
The Senate is coloured Red, and the House Of Representatives, Green.
No. "At the time of Arizona's push for statehood, there were other territories that had just recently gained statehood, or, like Arizona, were seeking it. This caused many politicians to be concerned about what has been termed "the free coinage of Western senators". Every time a new state is created, two new senators are "coined," or given seats in the senate."
there are 38 senators in the Michigan Senate
There are 2 Senators for each state. Therefore there are 100 Senators in the US Senate.
100 senators
Tennessee has two senators in the U.S. Senate and 33 in the State Senate.
The Senate of the Philippines is composed of 24 senators.
There are presently 41 Republican senators in the United States Senate.
The U.S. Senate includes 100 Senators - 2 from each of the 50 states.
100 senators
There are 59 State Senators in the Illinois Senate and two US Senators from Illinois in the US Senate.
The first Senate to convene after the US Constitution was ratified had two senators from each of the 13 states. The first senate had 26 senators.
The US Senate has 100 senators, two for each of the fifty states.
There are 33 - 1 for each district.