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List of African-American Republicans

The following is a list of black Republicans, past and present. This list is limited to black Americans who have worked in a direct, professional capacity in politics.

1872 Currier and Ives print showing the first black U.S. senator and representatives: Sen. Hiram Revels (R-MS), Rep. Benjamin S. Turner (R-AL), Robert DeLarge (R-SC), Josiah Walls (R-FL), Jefferson Long (R-GA), Joseph Rainey and Robert B. Elliott (R-SC), 1872

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Walter Blackman is the first black Republican elected to the Arizona Legislature.
Edward Brooke was the first African-American popularly elected to the United States Senate. Hiram Revels was the first black U.S. senator; however, he was elected to office by a legislature.

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Herman Cain
Ben Carson

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Frederick Douglass

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Alveda King, former member of the Georgia House of Representatives

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Angela McGlowan

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  • James E. O'Hara (1844–1905), congressman from North Carolina
  • Edwin R. Overall (1835–1902), abolitionist, civil rights activist, civil servant, politician, candidate for Nebraska Legislature 1880, 1882, 1890
  • Burgess Owens (born 1951), U.S. congressman (Utah, district 4) and former NFL player
  • Candace Owens (born 1989), political commentator
  • Jesse Owens (1913–1980), athlete

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Colin Powell, 65th Secretary of State

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Condoleezza Rice, 66th Secretary of State

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Michael Steele, 64th chairman of the Republican National Committee

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Clarence Thomas, Associate Supreme Court Justice

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Allen West, former congressman from Florida's 22nd District

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  • William F. Yardley (1844–1924), anti-segregation advocate, first African-American candidate for governor of Tennessee (1876)
  • James H. Young (1860–1921), politician

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