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Charles Coles Diggs, Jr.

Rep. Charles Coles Diggs, Jr.

D-MI-13 1971-1972

Louis Stokes

Rep. Louis Stokes

D-OH-21 1972-1974

Charles B. Rangel

Rep. Charles B. Rangel

D-NY-19 1974-1976

Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

Rep. Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

D-CA-28 1976-1977

Parren James Mitchell

Rep. Parren James Mitchell

D-MD-07 1977-1979

Cardiss Collins

Rep. Cardiss Collins

D-IL-07 1979-1981

Walter Edward Fauntroy

Del. Walter Edward Fauntroy

Julian Carey Dixon

Rep. Julian Carey Dixon

D-CA-28 1983-1985

Mickey Leland

Rep. Mickey Leland

D-TX-18 1985-1987

Mervyn Malcolm Dymally

Rep. Mervyn Malcolm Dymally

D-CA-31 1987-1989

Ronald V. Dellums

Rep. Ronald V. Dellums

D-CA-08 1989-1991

Edolphus Towns

Rep. Edolphus Towns

D-NY-11 1991-1993

Kweisi Mfume

Rep. Kweisi Mfume

D-MD-07 1993-1995

Donald M. Payne

Rep. Donald M. Payne

D-NJ-10 1995-1997

Maxine Waters

Rep. Maxine Waters

D-CA-43 1997-1999

James E. Clyburn

Rep. James E. Clyburn

D-SC-06 1999-2001

Eddie Bernice Johnson

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson

D-TX-30 2001-2003

Elijah E. Cummings

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings

D-MD-07 2003-2005

Melvin L. Watt

Rep. Melvin L. Watt

D-NC-12 2005-2007

Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick

Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick

D-MI-13 2007-2009

Barbara Lee

Rep. Barbara Lee

D-CA-13 2009-2011

Emanuel Cleaver, II

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, II

D-MO-05 2011-2013

Marcia L. Fudge

Rep. Marcia L. Fudge

D-OH-11 2013-2015

G.K. Butterfield

Rep. G.K. Butterfield

D-NC-01 2015-2017

Cedric L. Richmond

Rep. Cedric L. Richmond

D-LA-02 2017-2019

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