Why has there not been a black Senator elected in the south since Reconstruction?

Question

Isn't it worrying people don't know the difference between a Senator and a Representative, or which states are in the south?

Answer 1

Racism, but to be fair to the southern states, there have been only three black senators elected from all of the non southern states since the Reconstruction: Brooke of Massachusettes, Mosley Braun of Illinois and Barack Obama of Illinois.

sweetpea: The question was about Senators in the south, not Representatives from all of the states.

jim sock, the Reconstruction era went to 1877

jayg: Chisholm was a member of the House, not the Senate

Answer 2

The question was too hard TK. They DO NOT know the difference between Senators and Representatives. One3 answer said, "Does Barack Obama ring a bell?" I have to ask, Does the Mason Dixon line ring a bell? Funny isn't it? They like to think they are so clever and fast on their feet and cannot even tell that Illinois is in the North.
Also the Two Senators that come up were elected by the State House. Not by the people. Sort of like GWB in 2000.
I would guess that you are getting at racism. Probably a lot to do with it. But also, money. It takes a lot to get elected. Plus, sometimes a person gets elected on what they promise to do. History shows us that the black candidates only promise for the black people. And, like it or not, they do not vote. Or they vote party line.

Answer 3

Two African-Americans were elected to the Senate during the post-Civil War occupation of the South. The first was Hiram Rhoades Revels, a Mississippi state senator who was selected in 1870 to fill the seat vacated by Jefferson Davis, who'd left to become president of the defunct Confederacy.

The first African-American to serve a full Senate term was also from Mississippi: Blanche K. Bruce. A sheriff, tax collector, and education official from the Delta, Bruce was elected by the legislature in 1874.

Answer 4

Mississippi
On February 25, 1870, Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first black member of the Senate.

Answer 5

There are a few on this list that will disagree with you.
Representative Party State Term
Oscar De Priest Republican Illinois 1929-1935
Arthur W. Mitchell Democrat Illinois 1935-1943
William L. Dawson Democrat Illinois 1943-1970
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Democrat New York 1945-1967, 1967-1971
Charles Diggs Democrat Michigan 1955-1980
Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. Democrat Pennsylvania 1958-1979
Augustus F. Hawkins Democrat California 1963-1991
John Conyers, Jr. Democrat Michigan 1965-present
William L. Clay, Sr. Democrat Missouri 1969-2001
Louis Stokes Democrat Ohio 1969-1999
Shirley Chisholm Democrat New York 1969-1983
George W. Collins Democrat Illinois 1970-1972
Ronald V. Dellums Democrat California 1971-1998
Ralph Metcalfe Democrat Illinois 1971-1978
Parren Mitchell Democrat Maryland 1971-1987
Charles B. Rangel Democrat New York 1971-present
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Democrat California 1973-1979
Cardiss Collins Democrat Illinois 1973-1997
Barbara Jordan Democrat Texas 1973-1979
Andrew Young Democrat Georgia 1973-1977
Harold Ford, Sr. Democrat Tennessee 1975-1997
Julian C. Dixon Democrat California 1979-2000
William H. Gray, III Democrat Pennsylvania 1979-1991
Mickey Leland Democrat Texas 1979-1989
Bennett M. Stewart Democrat Illinois 1979-1981
George W. Crockett Democrat Michigan 1980-1991
Mervyn M. Dymally Democrat California 1981-1993
Gus Savage Democrat Illinois 1981-1993
Harold Washington Democrat Illinois 1981-1983
Katie Hall Democrat Indiana 1982-1985
Major Owens Democrat New York 1983-2007
Edolphus Towns Democrat New York 1983-present
Alan Wheat Democrat Missouri 1983-1995
Charles Hayes Democrat Illinois 1983-1993
Alton R. Waldon, Jr. Democrat New York 1986-1987
Mike Espy Democrat Mississippi 1987-1993
Floyd Flake Democrat New York 1987-1998
John Lewis Democrat Georgia 1987-present
Kweisi Mfume Democrat Maryland 1987-1996
Donald M. Payne Democrat New Jersey 1989-present
Craig A. Washington Democrat Texas 1989-1995
Barbara-Rose Collins Democrat Michigan 1991-1997
Gary Franks Republican Connecticut 1991-1997
William J. Jefferson Democrat Louisiana 1991-present
Maxine Waters Democrat California 1991-present
Lucien E. Blackwell Democrat Pennsylvania 1991-1995
Eva Clayton Democrat North Carolina 1992-2003
Sanford Bishop Democrat Georgia 1993-present
Corrine Brown Democrat Florida 1993-present
Jim Clyburn Democrat South Carolina 1993-present
Cleo Fields Democrat Louisiana 1993-1997
Alcee Hastings Democrat Florida 1993-present
Earl Hilliard Democrat Alabama 1993-2003
Eddie Bernice Johnson Democrat Texas 1993-present
Cynthia McKinney Democrat Georgia 1993-2003, 2005-2007
Carrie Meek Democrat Florida 1993-2003
Mel Reynolds Democrat Illinois 1993-1995
Bobby Rush Democrat Illinois 1993-present
Robert C. Scott Democrat Virginia 1993-present
Walter Tucker Democrat California 1993-1995
Mel Watt Democrat North Carolina 1993-present
Albert Wynn Democrat Maryland 1993-present
Bennie Thompson Democrat Mississippi 1993-present
Chaka Fattah Democrat Pennsylvania 1995-present
Sheila Jackson Lee Democrat Texas 1995-present
J.C. Watts, Jr. Republican Oklahoma 1995-2003
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democrat Illinois 1995-present
Juanita Millender-McDonald Democrat California 1996-present
Elijah Cummings Democrat Maryland 1996-present
Julia Carson Democrat Indiana 1997-present
Danny K. Davis Democrat Illinois 1997-present
Harold Ford, Jr. Democrat Tennessee 1997-2007
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick Democrat Michigan 1997-present
Gregory W. Meeks Democrat New York 1998-present
Barbara Lee Democrat California 1998-present
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Democrat Ohio 1999-present
William Lacy Clay, Jr. Democrat Missouri 2001-present
Diane Watson Democrat California 2001-present
Frank Ballance Democrat North Carolina 2003-2004
Artur Davis Democrat Alabama 2003-present
Denise Majette Democrat Georgia 2003-2005
Kendrick Meek Democrat Florida 2003-present
David Scott Democrat Georgia 2003-present
G.K. Butterfield Democrat North Carolina 2004-present
Emanuel Cleaver Democrat Missouri 2005-present
Al Green Democrat Texas 2005-present
Gwen Moore Democrat Wisconsin 2005-present
Yvette Clarke Democrat New York 2007-present
Keith Ellison Democrat Minnesota 2007-present
Hank Johnson Democrat Georgia 2007-present

[edit] Non-voting members
Delegate Party State Term
Walter E. Fauntroy Democrat District of Columbia 1971-1990
Melvin H. Evans Republican Virgin Islands 1979-1980
Eleanor Holmes Norton Democrat District of Columbia 1991-present
Victor O. Frazer Democrat Virgin Islands 1995-1996
Donna Christian-Christensen Democrat Virgin Islands 1997-present

Answer 6

There have been several US Representatives...several elected THEN and many since then. However, I cannot recall an black Senators save Barak Hussein Obama who is from Illinois, I think.
It requires a ton of money and a ton of minority votes.
Even black Supreme Court judges like Associate Supreme Court Justice Thomas must weather a storm of criticism before, during and after thier confirmations.
Justice Thomas, although seated years ago, STILL puts up with extreme predjudice from college red and white supremist radicals.

Answer 7

first of all sorry people dont know what the south is. second of all most blacks are democrats now. from the new deal when many became democrats to the late 70's most were excluded because the democrats were racists still are actually. now that hte south is rebublican mostly the problem is that most blacks are liberal and unelectable. other causes are affirmative action. if a black went to harvard it is the equivalent of a white going to an ok school like wake forrest. most white people resent this when the step behind the curtain; plus they are unsure of the canidate's crudentials.

Answer 8

There have been black Senators elected. Shirley Chisholm of Georgia, to name one.

Answer 9

1) minority only making up 13% of America.
2) how many have ran?
3) how many have been 100% black.

How many from the north? Remember Obamais only half black, he is also half white. Not a black senator IMO.

Answer 10

There have been quite a few. Hirem Revels and Blanche Bruce both of Mississippi served in the late 1800's. There have been a few more whose names slip me at the moment.