Black Members of the United States Congress: 1870-2005
| dc.contributor.author | Amer, Mildred L. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-17T19:48:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-11-17T19:48:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005-08-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | [From Summary] A record number of 43 black or African-American Members serve in the 109th Congress; 42 in the House of Representatives, one in the Senate. There have been 117 black Members of Congress: 112 elected to the House and five to the Senate. The majority of the black Members (90) have been Democrats; the rest (27) have been Republicans. | |
| dc.description.legacydownloads | Black_Members_of_the_United_States_CongressRL30378.pdf: 619 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020. | |
| dc.identifier.other | 149829 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1813/76222 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.rights | No Copyright - United States | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | |
| dc.subject | black | |
| dc.subject | African-American | |
| dc.subject | member | |
| dc.subject | serve | |
| dc.subject | congress | |
| dc.subject | House | |
| dc.subject | Senate | |
| dc.subject | elect | |
| dc.subject | majority | |
| dc.subject | Democrat | |
| dc.subject | Republican | |
| dc.title | Black Members of the United States Congress: 1870-2005 | |
| dc.type | article | |
| dc.type | government record | |
| local.authorAffiliation | Amer, Mildred L.: Congressional Research Service |
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