Black American history still in the making: A new political force
(cqpolitics.com) February is Black History Month, and CQPolitics.com yesterday asked readers to identify the state that has elected more African-Americans in its history. (The correct answer is Illinois, which has had 16 black members of Congress).
As a follow-up, CQPolitics.com today lists all 25 states  half the total in the country  that have elected at least one African-American to Congress. The information was derived from a 2005 report of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) and an analysis of the 2006 election results, which produced three new African-American House members.
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African-Americans in Congress, by state
• Illinois: 16
Current members: Sen. Barack Obama and Reps. Bobby L. Rush, Jesse L. Jackson Jr. and Danny K. Davis
• California: 10
Current members: Reps. Maxine Waters, Juanita Millender-McDonald, Barbara Lee and Diane Watson
• New York: 9
Current members: Reps. Charles B. Rangel, Edolphus Towns, Gregory W. Meeks and Yvette D. Clarke
• South Carolina: 9
Current member: Rep. James E. Clyburn
• Georgia: 8
Current members: Reps. John Lewis, Sanford D. Bishop Jr., David Scott and Hank Johnson
• North Carolina: 8
Current members: Reps. Melvin Watt and G.K. Butterfield
• Texas: 6
Current members: Reps. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Sheila Jackson-Lee and Al Green
• Alabama: 5
Current member: Rep. Artur Davis
• Florida: 5
Current members: Reps. Alcee L. Hastings, Corrine Brown and Kendrick B. Meek
• Michigan: 5
Current members: Reps. John Conyers Jr. and Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
• Mississippi: 5
Current member: Rep. Bennie Thompson
• Maryland: 4
Current members: Reps. Albert R. Wynn and Elijah E. Cummings
• Missouri: 4
Current members: Reps. William Lacy Clay and Emanuel Cleaver II
• Pennsylvania: 4
Current member: Rep. Chaka Fattah
• Louisiana: 3
Current member: Rep. William J. Jefferson
• Indiana: 2
Current member: Rep. Julia Carson
• Ohio: 2
Current member: Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones
• Tennessee: 2
• Virginia: 2
Current member: Rep. Robert C. Scott
• Connecticut: 1
• Massachusetts: 1
• Minnesota: 1
Current member: Rep. Keith Ellison
• New Jersey: 1
Current member: Rep. Donald M. Payne
• Oklahoma: 1
• Wisconsin: 1
Current member: Rep. Gwen Moore
The 25 states that have never elected an African-American to Congress are: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. (source)
