House of Representatives – 2000s
Laura Richardson (1962- )
Laura Richardson was the Democratic representative for California’s 37th congressional district. She served from 2007 to 2012. Richardson was born...
Keith M. Ellison (1963- )
Keith Ellison is an American politician and lawyer, who is currently the Attorney General-elect of Minnesota. Ellison was born on August 4, 1963 in...
Kendrick Meek (1966- )
Kendrick Meek, former highway patrolman, Florida state representative, and state senator, served in the United States House of Representatives as a Democratic representative from Florida’s 17th District...
Frederica Wilson (1942- )
Democratic Florida Congresswoman Frederica Wilson was born on November 5, 1942, in Miami, Florida, to Beulah Finley and Thirlee Smith....
Marc Veasey (1971- )
Marc Allison Veasey has served as the representative for the 33rd Congressional District of Texas since assuming that office on...
Terri Sewell (1965- )
Terrycina “Terri” Sewell, the current U.S. Representative for Alabama’s 7th district, was born January 1, 1965 in Huntsville, Alabama to...
Denise L. Majette (1955- )
Denise Majette, former member of Congress, attorney, judge, and politician, was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 18, 1955...
Alexander “Al” Green (1947 – )
Alexander “Al” Green, Congressional representative of the 9th District of Houston, Texas and long time civil rights advocate, was born...
Andre Carson (1974- )
Andre Carson, an African American politician and only the second Muslim to be elected to the U.S. Congress, was born...
