Robert Smalls, 1839-1915. Captain of the transport ship USS Planter. After the war he became a member of the US House of Representatives from South Carolina.
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The first black, female Representative in the United States was Shirley Chisolm of New York. She served for 14 years, beginning in 1969. Four years later, in 1973, three other women joined her. They were Yvonne Burke, Barbara Jordan, and Cardiss Collins.
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No, she died in 2005, after serving a number of years in the House of Representatives. She was the first black woman ever elected to congress.eyyytrrrrrrrrrrriiiiii5uuttjyhhdgggggggfhghjrtrrryyyywwry4444444444444355555555557ytngs
The General Assembly has a 50 member Senate and a 203 member House of Representatives.
There are currently 41 black representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. There is one black senator. For a full list, see related links.
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In 1870, Joseph Rainey (1832-1887) of South Carolina became the first black member of the US House of Representatives.
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Robert Smalls, 1839-1915. Captain of the transport ship USS Planter. After the war he became a member of the US House of Representatives from South Carolina.
I think it was Carol Moseley-Braun.
Gryffindor. Sirius Black (Padfoot) was the only member of the Black family to be placed in a house that wasn't Slytherin.
The U.S. House of Representatives includes 9 representatives from Tennessee. As of February 2017 they are Phil Roe, Jimmy Duncan, Chuck Fleischmann, Scott DesJarlais, Jim Cooper, Diane Black, Marsha Blackburn, David Kustoff and Steve Cohen.
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