List of African-American Republicans

First African American 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

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

A

• Dinah Abrahamson (1954–2013), Author, Republican member of the Nebraska State Central Committee
• Archie Alexander (1888–1958), governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands
• Walter G. Alexander (1880–1953), first African-American to serve in the New Jersey Legislature
• Aris T. Allen (1910–1991), chair of the Maryland Republican Party
• Claude Allen (b. 1960), White House Domestic Policy Advisor
• Ethel D. Allen (1929–1981), Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, first African-American elected to Philadelphia City Council
• Richard Allen (1830–1909), member of the Texas House of Representatives
• James W. Ames (1864–1944), representative in the Michigan House of Representatives
• Renee Amoore (b. 1953), health care advocate & founder and president of The Amoore Group, Inc.; former candidate for Republican National Committee Co-Chairwoman
• John D. Anthony (b. 1976), member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 75th district, 2013–present
• Caesar Antoine (1836–1921), 13th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
• Robin Armstrong (b. 1969), vice chairman of the Republican Party of Texas (2006–2010)
• Alexander Asberry (1861–1903), member of the Texas House of Representatives

B

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.

• Anna Simms Banks (1862–1923), first female delegate at the Kentucky's 7th congressional district Convention in Kentucky
• Martin G. Barnes (1948–2012), Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey
• Houston A.P. Bassett (1857–1920), member of the Texas House of Representatives
• Andrea Barthwell (b. 1953/1954), former Deputy Director for Demand Reduction at the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
• J. Kenneth Blackwell (b. 1948), Secretary of State of Ohio, former gubernatorial candidate
• Donald Blakey (b. 1936), member of the Delaware House of Representatives
• Kirt Bennett (1967–2010), political activist in Louisiana
• Michelle Bernard (b. 1963), journalist, author, columnist
• Lynette Boggs (b. 1963), Las Vegas City Councilwoman, former Clark County, NV commissioner, former candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives
• Claude M. Bolton, Jr. (1945–2015), United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (2002–2008)
• Peter Boulware (b. 1974), NFL linebacker and Republican candidate for the Florida House of Representatives, District 9.
• Jennette Bradley (b. 1952), Treasurer of the State of Ohio
• Randy Brock (b. 1943), State Auditor of Vermont, current State Senator of Vermont
• Stephen Broden (b. 1952), conservative commentator, Life Always board member (a pro-life organization) and evangelical pastor, 2010 Congressional candidate
• Edward Brooke (1919–2015), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, first African American elected by popular vote to the U.S. Senate
• Cora Brown (1914–1972), first African-American female elected to a U.S. state senate
• Hallie Quinn Brown (1845–1949), an educator, writer and activist
• Janice Rogers Brown (b. 1949), a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals
• Reginald J. Brown (1940–2005), Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) (2001–2005)
• Blanche Bruce (1841–1898), U.S. Senator from Mississippi, first African American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate
• C.L. Bryant (b. 1956), Baptist minister, radio & television host
• Nannie Helen Burroughs (1878–1961), educator, activist and feminist
• Walter Moses Burton (1840–1913), member of the Texas State Senate
• William Owen Bush (1832–1907), member of the Washington State Legislature
• Keith Butler (b. 1955/1956), Republican national committeeman from Michigan, former councilman for Detroit, minister and former U.S. Senatorial candidate

C

Herman Cain

• Herman Cain (b. 1945), businessman, media personality, and former candidate for President of the United States in 2012.
• Richard H. Cain (1825–1887), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
• Francis Lewis Cardozo (1836–1903), state treasurer
• Archibald Carey, Jr. (1908–1981), appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower as chair of his committee to reduce racial discrimination
• Selwyn Carrol (1928–2010), member of the Alaska House of Representatives 1973–1975, county auditor for Hampton County, South Carolina^[1][2][3]
• Jennifer Carroll (b. 1959), Lieutenant Governor of Florida^[4]
• Ben Carson (b. 1951), political commentator and pediatric neurosurgeon
• Stefani Carter (b. 1978), member of the Texas House of Representatives
• George Washington Carver (c.1860–1943), inventor
• Juan Chastang (b. 1961/1962), Mobile County, Alabama Commissioner
• Ron Christie (b. 1969), adviser to Vice-President Dick Cheney.^[5]
• Octavius Valentine Catto (1839–1871), civil rights activist and African American baseball pioneer
• Julius Caesar Chappelle (1852–1904), legislator (1883–1886), Massachusetts House of Representatives ^[6]
• Henry P. Cheatham (1857–1935), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
• Eldridge Cleaver (1935–1998), author and civil rights leader
• Garry Cobb (b. 1957), NFL Linebacker, 2014 nominee for NJ 1st Congressional District
• Walter L. Cohen (1860–1930), Leader of the Black and Tan Republicans
• Abram Colby (1800s), representative in the Georgia House of Representatives
• William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. (b. 1920), fourth United States Secretary of Transportation, first African American Supreme Court Clerk^[7]
• Ward Connerly (b. 1939), political activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent
• Frank Cousins (b. 1958), first African-American sheriff in Massachusetts
• Jane Powdrell-Culbert (b. 1949), current member (2003 -) of the New Mexico House of Representatives
• Norris Wright Cuney (1846–1898), Chairman of the Texas Republican Party (1886–1896)
• Green Currin (1842/1844-1918), member of the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature

D

Frederick Douglass

• Randy Daniels, Secretary of State of New York, 2006 Gubernatorial candidate
• Artur Davis, Democratic Alabama Congressman, speaker at 2012 Republican National Convention, potential Republican candidate
• Ruth A. Davis, diplomat and 24th Director General of the United States Foreign Service
• Tommy Davis Reverend,Current Chaplain, CEO, writer, and member of the Rochester New York Republican Committee.
• Lurita Doan, former administrator of the United States General Services Administration
• Oscar Stanton de Priest, U.S. Representative from Illinois
• Robert DeLarge, South Carolina congressman
• Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, editor, orator, author, and statesman
• Antoine Dubuclet, State Treasurer of Louisiana
• Damon Dunn, former football player & politician
• Oscar Dunn, 11th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
• Edward Duplex, Mayor of Wheatland, California (1888)

E

• Larry Elder, talk radio host and commentator
• Robert Brown Elliott, U.S. Representative from South Carolina
• Clark Ervin, first Inspector General of the US Department of Homeland Security
• James Evans, Chairman of the Utah Republican Party
• Melvin H. Evans, U.S. Representative from, and former Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands

F

• James L. Farmer, Jr., civil rights leader
• Michel Faulkner, pastor, defensive lineman for the New York Jets, a 2010 nominee for New York's 15th congressional district
• Crystal Bird Fauset, first female African-American state legislator in the United States
• William A. Feilds, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
• Ada Fisher, Republican National Committeewoman for North Carolina
• Arthur Fletcher, official in the administrations of Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush; considered the "father of affirmative action"
• Darius Foster, Alabama State politician
• Curtis Foster, Republican committeeman for the 28th Ward and chair of the Illinois Black Republican Council; founder of Foster & Foster Inc.
• Gary Franks, U.S. Representative from Connecticut
• Jendayi Frazer, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
• Ryan Frazier, Aurora City Councilman, 2010 nominee for Colorado's 7th congressional district
• Samuel B. Fuller, founder and president of the Fuller Products Company, publisher of the New York Age and Pittsburgh Courier, head of the South Side Chicago NAACP, president of the National Negro Business League, and a prominent black Republican
• Virginia Fuller, 2010 and 2012 Congressional Candidate
• Walt Furnace (1943–), member of the Alaska House of Representatives 1983–1991^[8][9]

G

• Matthew Gaines, community leader, minister, and Republican Texas State Senator.
• James Garner, mayor of the Village of Hempstead, New York, 2004 Congressional candidate
• Althea Garrison, former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Robert A. George, editorial writer for the New York Post, blogger and pundit
• Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, American consul to Madagascar
• Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, Secretary of State of Florida and Florida Superintendent of Public Instruction
• Ron Givens, member of the Texas House of Representatives
• James Golden, producer on the Rush Limbaugh radio talk show
• Elbert Guillory, current state senator in Louisiana's 24th district

H

• Hasan Harnett, North Carolina Republican State Chairman
• Ken Hamblin, Radio host, political commentator, author, television personality
• A. C. Hamlin, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
• Jeremiah Haralson, U.S. Representative from Alabama
• Bill Hardiman, Michigan State Senator, 2010 Congressional Candidate
• Erika Harold, 2003 Miss America, delegate to the 2004 Republican National Convention, 2012 Congressional Candidate
• Bruce Harris, mayor of Chatham Borough, New Jersey
• James H. Harris, member of both the North Carolina House of Representatives and North Carolina Senate
• Paul Clinton Harris, member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• Lewis Hayden, elected to the Massachusetts State Legislature
• Ted Hayes, activist for the homeless
• Henry E. Hayne, former senator in the South Carolina Senate and Secretary of State of South Carolina
• Mike Hill, state representative in the Florida House of Representatives
• William H. Holland, member of the Texas House of Representatives
• Amy Holmes, CNN political commentator and independent social conservative
• Deborah Honeycutt, 2006, 2008, 2010 congressional candidate;
• T.R.M. Howard, Mississippi civil rights leader, surgeon, entrepreneur and mentor to Medgar Evers and Fannie Lou Hamer
• Will Hurd, U.S. Representative from Texas, CIA analyst
• Zora Neale Hurston, Folklorist, anthropologist, novelist, short story writer
• Lynn Hutchings, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives
• John Adams Hyman, U.S. Representative from North Carolina

I

• Niger Innis, commentator and activist

J

• Alphonso Jackson, thirteenth Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
• George B. Jackson,
• Raynard Jackson, political consultant and political analyst for WUSA*9 TV (CBS affiliate) in Washington, DC
• Richard E. Jackson, first African-American mayor in New York State
• Conrad James, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives
• Kay Coles James, director for the United States Office of Personnel Management 2001–2005
• Dr. Mildred Fay Jefferson, first African-American woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School; pro-life movement leader; Republican candidate for U.S. House and U.S. Senate^[10]
• Wallace B. Jefferson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
• Edward A. Johnson, member of the New York State Assembly
• James Weldon Johnson, first Black manager of the NAACP, president of the Colored Republican Club
• Peter K. Jones, member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• Scipio Africanus Jones, Arkansas delegate to the Republican National Convention
• E.W. Jackson, GOP nominee for Lt. Governor of Virginia in 2013, President of STAND and CETF, Marine Corps Veteran, former Small Business Owner, graduate of Harvard Law School

K

Alveda King, former member of the Georgia House of Representatives

• Alan Keyes, member of the Republican party and nominee for the U.S. Senate
• Alveda King, minister, political activist, author, niece of Martin Luther King Jr.

L

• Stephen N. Lackey, fundraiser, philanthropist
• Charles Henry Langston,
• John Mercer Langston, U.S. Representative from Virginia
• Jim Lawrence, member of NH House of Representatives (2002–2008), 2014 candidate for 2nd NH Congressional District
• Jefferson Franklin Long, U.S. Representative from Georgia
• Nic Lott, Chairman for the Mississippi Young Republicans and Mississippi College Republicans
• William H. Lewis, United States Assistant Attorney General
• Mia Love, U.S. Representative from Utah, mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, first African American woman Republican elected to Congress
• John Roy Lynch, U.S. Representative from Mississippi

M

• Leo Mackay, Jr., deputy secretary of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
• Lenny McAllister, political analyst, community activist, television and radio host, author, 2013 Congressional candidate
• Edward P. McCabe, Treasurer of Logan County, Oklahoma
• William Madison McDonald, State Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas
• Angela McGlowan, political analyst, 2010 Congressional candidate
• James Meredith, civil rights leader
• Ron Miller, Communications director for the Calvert County Republican Central Committee
• Thomas Ezekiel Miller, U.S. Representative from South Carolina
• Robert J. Moore, member of the Texas House of Representatives
• Walthall M. Moore, first African American to serve in the Missouri state legislature
• Eric Motley, former Deputy Associate Director, Office of Presidential Personnel in Bush Administration
• George Washington Murray, U.S. Representative from South Carolina
• E. Frederic Morrow, first African-American to hold an executive position at the White House. He served under President Dwight D. Eisenhower as Administrative Officer for Special Projects from 1955 to 1961.

N

• Charles Edmund Nash, U.S Representative from Louisiana
• Sophia A. Nelson, Lawyer, author, political commentator
• Constance Berry Newman, U.S. diplomat; former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; member of International Republican Institute

O

• James E. O'Hara, Congressman from North Carolina

P

Colin Powell, 65th Secretary of State

• Rod Paige, seventh U.S. Secretary of Education
• Sherman Parker, Missouri state representative, ran for U.S. House of Representatives
• Vernon Parker, mayor of Paradise Valley, Arizona, 2010 Congressional candidate
• Star Parker, author, political commentator, 2010 Congressional candidate
• Edward J. Perkins, first African-American U.S. ambassador to South Africa
• Jesse Lee Peterson, civil rights activist, founder of Brotherhood of New Destiny
• Joseph C. Phillips, actor, columnist, commentator
• Pio Pico, last governor of Mexican California. Formed the Republican Party in California.^[11]
• Samuel Pierce, Housing and Urban Development Secretary
• P. B. S. Pinchback, twenty-fourth governor of Louisiana; first African-American governor of a U.S. state
• Colin Powell, 65th United States Secretary of State
• Michael Powell, 24th Chairman of the FCC
• Pierre-Richard Prosper, Bush Administration war crimes official

R

Condoleezza Rice, 66th Secretary of State

• Joseph H. Rainey (1832–1887), U.S. Representative from South Carolina, first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives
• Benjamin F. Randolph (1820–1868), State Senator in the South Carolina State Senate
• James T. Rapier (1837–1883), U.S. Representative from Alabama
• Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827–1901), U.S. Senator from Mississippi, first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate
• Condoleezza Rice (b. 1954), 66th United States Secretary of State
• Matthew Ricketts (1858–1917), member of the Nebraska House of Representatives
• Frederick Madison Roberts (1879–1952), first African-American in the California State Assembly
• Jack E. Robinson III (b. 1960), party nominee for U.S. House, U.S. Senate, and Secretary of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts
• Vernon Robinson (b. 1955), candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina
• Joe Rogers (1964–2013), Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, youngest Lieutenant Governor in Colorado history
• Carson Ross (b. 1946), Mayor of Blue Springs, MO, Fmr. Missouri State Rep
• Jackie Robinson (1919–1972), baseball player (changed parties after Goldwater nomination).
• George Thompson Ruby (1841–1882), member of the Texas State Senate

S

Michael Steele, 64th Chairman of the Republican National Committee

• Dwayne Sawyer, State Auditor of Indiana
• Paul H. Scott, Michigan State Representative
• Tim Scott, U.S. Senator from South Carolina, first African-American senator to win election in the South since Reconstruction and former Representative South Carolina's 1st Congressional District
• Marvin Scott. congressional Candidate
• Winsome Sears. member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 2004 Congressional Candidate
• T.W. Shannon, current Oklahoma’s Speaker of the House
• Robert Smalls, South Carolina
• Joshua I. Smith, appointed commissioner of Minority Business Development by President George H. W. Bush
• Princella Smith, 2010 Congressional Candidate, She PAC member
• Robert Lloyd Smith, member of the Texas House of Representatives
• Thomas S. Smith, member of the New Jersey General Assembly
• Clay Smothers, member of the Texas House of Representatives
• DeForest "Buster" Soaries, former New Jersey Secretary of State
• Thomas Sowell, economist, writer and commentator
• Michael S. Steele, political commentator, former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, former candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2006 and former elected chairman of the Republican National Committee (2009–2010)
• Shelby Steele, author
• James H. Stewart, member of the Texas House of Representatives
• McCants Stewart, lawyer
• Thomas Stith, III, member of the city council of Durham, North Carolina, 2004 Candidate for Lieutenant Governor, 2007 mayoral candidate for Durham, North Carolina
• Louis Wade Sullivan, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Lynn Swann, NFL player, former Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate

T

Clarence Thomas, Associate Supreme Court Justice

Sojourner Truth

• Willie Talton, representative in the Georgia General Assembly
• Noel C. Taylor, mayor of Roanoke, Virginia from 1975 to 1992^[12]
• Arthur Teele, Assistant Secretary of Transportation
• Clarence Thomas, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court
• Thurman Thomas, Buffalo Bill, Republican activist, supported and campaigned for 2010 New York Republican Gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino
• Larry Thompson, United States Deputy Attorney General
• Sojourner Truth, abolitionist speaker and suffrage advocate
• Harriet Tubman, abolitionist speaker and suffrage advocate
• Benjamin S. Turner, Alabama Congressman
• Scott Turner, current representative (2012 -) in the Texas House of Representatives

U

• James L. Usry, mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey

V

• William T. Vernon, Register of the Treasury under President Theodore Roosevelt^[13]

W

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

• Dale Wainwright, Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
• Tara Wall, journalist, commentator, media strategist
• Josiah Walls, U.S. Representative from Florida, and one of the first African-Americans to serve in the U.S. House
• Booker T. Washington, educator and activist
• Maurice Washington, Nevada State Senator
• J. C. Watts, U.S. Representative from Oklahoma
• Ida B. Wells, civil rights advocate, co-founder of the NAACP
• Allen West, former U.S. Representative from Florida
• J. Ernest Wilkins, Sr., Assistant Secretary of Labor under President Eisenhower^[14]
• James White, member of the Texas House of Representatives
• Armstrong Williams, radio and television commentator
• Benjamin Franklin Williams, member of the Texas House of Representatives
• Michael L. Williams, Texas Railroad Commissioner
• Jeffrey L. Williams, President of the Republicans For Black Empowerment in Washington, D.C., commentator, educator
• Jackie Winters, member of the Oregon State Senate
• John Francis Wheaton, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• George Henry White, U.S. representative from North Carolina
• LaMetta Wynn, mayor of Clinton, Iowa from 1995 to 2007

Y

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

See also

• Negro Republican Party
• Black conservatism
• Lists of African Americans
• List of Latino Republicans
• Hip Hop Republican
• National Black Republican Association

References

External links

• Republicans for Black Empowerment
• Hip Hop Republican
• The First Blacks in Congress Were All Republicans, NBRA