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)

Cowan was the eighth African-American U.S. Senator and the second from Massachusetts, following Edward Brooke.

final_sentence: Cowan was the eighth African-American U.S. Senator and the second from Massachusetts, following Edward Brooke.