U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate
The following U.S. representatives have chaired the Congressional Black Caucus:
♦ 1971–1972: Charles Diggs (MI–13)
♦ 1972–1974: Louis Stokes (OH–21)
♦ 1974–1976: Charles Rangel (NY–19)
♦ 1976–1977: Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (CA–28)
♦ 1977–1979: Parren Mitchell (MD–7)
♦ 1979–1981: Cardiss Collins (IL–7)
♦ 1981–1983: Walter Fauntroy (DC at-large)
♦ 1983–1985: Julian C. Dixon (CA–28)
♦ 1985–1987: Mickey Leland (TX–18)
♦ 1987–1989: Mervyn M. Dymally (CA–31)
♦ 1989–1991: Ron Dellums (CA–8)
♦ 1991–1993: Edolphus Towns (NY–11)
♦ 1993–1995: Kweisi Mfume (MD–7)
♦ 1995–1997: Donald Payne (NJ–10)
♦ 1997–1999: Maxine Waters (CA–35)
♦ 1999–2001: Jim Clyburn (SC–6)
♦ 2001–2003: Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX–30)
♦ 2003–2005: Elijah Cummings (MD–7)
♦ 2005–2007: Mel Watt (NC–12)
♦ 2007–2009: Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI–13)
♦ 2009–2011: Barbara Lee (CA–9)
♦ 2011–2013: Emanuel Cleaver (MO–5)
♦ 2013–2015: Marcia Fudge (OH–11)
♦ 2015–2017: G. K. Butterfield (NC–1)
♦ 2017–2019: Cedric Richmond (LA–2)
♦ 2019–2021: Karen Bass (CA–37)
♦ 2021–present: Joyce Beatty (OH–3)
Members by Seniority
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Delegate
D-District of Columbia, Serving since 1991
Maxine Waters
Representative
D-California-43, Serving since 1991
Sanford D. Bishop
Representative
D-Georgia-02, Serving since 1993
James E. Clyburn
Asst. Democratic Leader, Representative
D-SC-06, Serving since 1993
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Representative
D-TX-30, Serving since 1993
Bobby L. Rush
Representative
D-IL-01 Serving since 1993
Bobby Scott
Representative
D-VA-03 Serving since 1993
Bennie Thompson
Representative
D-MS-02 Serving since 1993
Sheila Jackson Lee
Representative
D-TX-18 Serving since 1995
Danny K. Davis
Representative
D-IL-07 Serving since 1997
Gregory W. Meeks
Representative
D-NY-05 Serving since 1998
Barbara Lee
Representative
D-California-13 Serving since 1998
David Scott
Representative
D-GA-13 Serving since 2003
G. K. Butterfield
Representative
D-NC-01 Serving since 2004
Emanuel Cleaver, II
Representative
D-MO-05 Serving since 2005
Al Green
Representative
D-TX-09 Serving since 2005
Gwen Moore
Representative
D-WI-04 Serving since 2005
Yvette D. Clarke
Representative
D-NY-09 Serving since 2007
Hank Johnson
Representative
D-GA-04, Serving since 2007
André Carson
Representative
D-IN-07, Serving since 2007
Karen Bass
Representative
D-California-37, Serving since 2011
Terri Sewell
Representative
D-AL-07, Serving since 2011
Frederica S. Wilson
Representative
D-FL-24, Serving since 2011
Donald M. Payne, Jr.
Representative
D-NJ-10, Serving since 2012
Joyce Beatty
Representative
D-OH-03, Serving since 2012
Hakeem Jeffries
Representative
D-NY-08, Serving since 2013
Marc Veasey
Representative
D-TX-33, Serving since 2013
Robin Kelly
Representative
D-IL-02, Serving since 2013
Cory Booker
Senator
D-NJ, Serving since 2013
Alma Adams
Representative
D-NC-12, Serving since 2014
Brenda Lawrence
Representative
D-MI-14, Serving since 2015
Stacey Plaskett
Delegate
D-VI, Serving since 2015
Dwight Evans
Representative
D-PA-02, Serving since 2016
A. Donald McEachin
Representative
D-VA-04, Serving since 2017
Anthony Brown
Representative
D-MD-04, Serving since 2017
Val Butler Demings
Representative
D-FL-10, Serving since 2017
Al Lawson
Representative
D-FL-05, Serving since 2017
A. Donald McEachin
Representative
D-DE, Serving since 2017
Steven Horsford
Representative
D-NV-04, Serving since 2018
Colin Allred
Representative
D-TX-32, Serving since 2018
Antonio Delgado
Representative
D-NY-19, Serving since 2018
Jahana Hayes
Representative
D-CT-05, Serving since 2018
Lucy McBath
Representative
D-GA-06, Serving since 2018
Joe Neguse
Representative
D-CO-02, Serving since 2018
Ilhan Omar
Representative
D-MN-05, Serving since 2018
Ayanna Pressley
Representative
D-MA-07, Serving since 2018
Lauren Underwood
Representative
D-IL-14, Serving since 2018
Kweisi Mfume
Representative
D-MD-07, Serving since 2020
Cori Bush
Representative
D-MO-01, Serving since 2021
Jamaal Bowman
Representative
D-NY-16, Serving since 2021
Ritchie Torres
Representative
D-NY-15, Serving since 2021
Marilyn Strickland
Representative
D-WA-10, Serving since 2021
Raphael Warnock
Senator
State of Georgia, Serving since 2021
Mondaire Jones
Representative
D-NY-17, Serving since 2021
Troy Carter
Representative
D-LA-02, Serving since 2021
