List of African-American United States Senators
List of African-American U.S. Senators
Political parties Democratic Republican

List of African-American United States Senators

Section Title: List of African-American U.S. Senators
Table Section Text: Political parties Democratic Republican

Senator	State	Took office	Left office	Party	Congress	Ref.	Note

-	Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827–1901)	Mississippi	February 25, 1870	March 3, 1871	Republican	41st (1869–1871)

-	Blanche Bruce (1841–1898)	Mississippi	March 4, 1875	March 3, 1881	Republican	44th (1875–1877)

45th (1877–1879)

46th (1879–1881)

-	Edward Brooke (1919–2015)	Massachusetts	January 3, 1967	January 3, 1979	Republican	90th (1967–1969)

91st (1969–1971)

92nd (1971–1973)

93rd (1973–1975)

94th (1975–1977)

95th (1977–1979)

-	Carol Moseley Braun (born 1947)	Illinois	January 3, 1993	January 3, 1999	Democratic	103rd (1993–1995)

104th (1995–1997)

105th (1997–1999)

-	Barack Obama (born 1961)	Illinois	January 3, 2005	November 16, 2008	Democratic	109th (2005–2007)

110th (2007–2009)

-	Roland Burris (born 1937)	Illinois	January 15, 2009	November 29, 2010	Democratic	111th (2009–2011)

-	Tim Scott (born 1965)	South Carolina	January 2, 2013	Incumbent	Republican	112th (2011–2013)

113th (2013–2015)

114th (2015–2017)

115th (2017–2019)

116th (2019–2021)

-	Mo Cowan (born 1969)	Massachusetts	February 1, 2013	July 16, 2013	Democratic	113th (2013–2015)

-	Cory Booker (born 1969)	New Jersey	October 31, 2013	Incumbent	Democratic	113th (2013–2015)

114th (2015–2017)

115th (2017–2019)

116th (2019–2021)

-	Kamala Harris (born 1964)	California	January 3, 2017	Incumbent	Democratic	115th (2017–2019)

116th (2019–2021)

Sentence(s)

On February 25, 1870, Revels from Republican party became the first African American to be seated in the United States Senate.

final_sentence: On February 25, 1870, Revels from Republican party became the first African American to be seated in the United States Senate.