List of African-American Republicans facts for kids

1872 Currier and Ives print showing the first African American 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

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.

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David Abner (1826–1902), Republican State Representative from Texas, 1874–1875, vice-president of Republican State Convention 1876
Dinah Abrahamson (1954–2013), author, Republican member of the Nebraska State Central Committee
Ali Alexander (born 1984 or 1986), Social media personality and activist, of African-American and Arab ancestry.
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 (born 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 (1953–2020), health care advocate & founder and president of The Amoore Group, Inc.; former candidate for Republican National Committee co-chairwoman
John D. Anthony (born 1976), member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 75th district (2013–2016)
Caesar Antoine (1836–1921), 13th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
Benjamin W. Arnett (1838 - 1906), elected to Ohio General Assembly 1885
Alexander Asberry (1861–1903), member of the Texas House of Representatives

B

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.

Pearl Bailey (1918–2001), singer, appointed "America's Ambassador of Love" by Richard Nixon.
Anna Simms Banks (1862–1923), first female delegate at the Kentucky's 7th congressional district Convention in Kentucky
Jose Celso Barbosa (1857–1921), medical doctor, sociologist, political leader, one of the first persons of African descent to receive a medical doctor degree in the United States, founder of Republican Party of Puerto Rico
Martin G. Barnes (1948–2012), Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey
Alfred S. Barnett, (1858-1905), Journalist, civil rights activist
Ferdinand Lee Barnett, (1852 -1936), Journalist, lawyer, first African-American assistant State Attorney
Ferdinand L. Barnett, (1834-1932), Member, Nebraska House of Representatives (1926-1928)
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
Tony Barton (born 1961), pastor, member of Kansas House of Representatives 2015–2017
Thomas Beck (1819–?), member of the Texas House of Representatives
Ashley Bell, National Director of African American Engagement Office and the Director of the Small Business Administration's Southeast Region
Walter Blackman, Arizona state representative
J. Kenneth Blackwell (born 1948), former Ohio State Treasurer and Secretary of State; 2006 Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio
Donald Blakey (born 1936), member of the Delaware House of Representatives
Edward David Bland (1848–1927), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Michelle Bernard (born 1963), journalist, author, columnist
Lynette Boggs (born 1963), Las Vegas City Councilwoman, former Clark County, Nevada 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)
Deneen Borelli, (born 1969), conservative author, radio and television personality and columnist
Harrison N. Bouey (1841 - 1909), elected Probate Judge, Edgefield County South Carolina in 1875, elected county sheriff in 1876, but was not allowed to take office
Jesse Freeman Boulden (1820 - 1899), elected Mississippi House of Representatives 1869
Peter Boulware (born 1974), NFL linebacker and Republican candidate for the Florida House of Representatives, District 9.
Neal E. Boyd (1975–2018), opera singer and former candidate for the Missouri House of Representatives
Jennette Bradley (born 1952), former Treasurer of the State of Ohio
Julian Bradley (born 1981), Wisconsin State Senator
Randy Brock (born 1943), State Auditor of Vermont, State Senator of Vermont
Edward Brooke (1919–2015), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, first African American elected by popular vote to the U.S. Senate
Hallie Quinn Brown (1845–1949), an educator, writer and activist
Janice Rogers Brown (born 1949), U.S. Court of Appeals judge, California Supreme Court judge, and civil servant
Jeremiah A. Brown (1841 - 1913), elected to Ohio House of Representatives 1885
Reginald J. Brown (1940–2005), Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) (2001–2005)
Solomon G. Brown (1829 - 1906), served in Washington, D.C. House of Delegates (1872 - 1874)
Tony Brown (born 1933), a journalist, academic, businessman and commentator of the television show Tony Brown's Journal
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 (born 1956), Baptist minister, radio & television host
J. Mark Burns (born 1979), pastor and candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in South Carolina
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
William F. Butler, politician, president of the Negro Republican Party, delegate to Republican National Convention 1872
Yvonne Brown (1952–2012), first female black Republican mayor in Mississippi
Dr. Lisa Noel Babbage, great granddaughter of Charles Babbage, father of the Computer. Educator, author, Congressional Candidate from Georgia 2019.

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Herman Cain

Ben Carson

Herman Cain (1945–2020), businessman, media personality, and 2012 candidate for President of the United States
Lawrence Cain (1844 - 1884), elected to South Carolina House of Representatives 1868 and to South Carolina Senate 1872
Richard H. Cain (1825–1887), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
Daniel Cameron (born 1985), 51st Attorney General of Kentucky
Tony Campbell (born 1965), author, pastor, and 2018 candidate for US Senate in Maryland
Francis Lewis Cardozo (1836–1903), South Carolina Treasurer and South Carolina Secretary of State
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 of Hampton County, South Carolina
Jennifer Carroll (born 1959), Lieutenant Governor of Florida
Ben Carson (born 1951), political commentator, pediatric neurosurgeon, 2016 presidential candidate, and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Donald Trump (2017–2021)
Stefani Carter (born 1978), member of the Texas House of Representatives
Wilt Chamberlain (1936–1999), basketball player, supported Richard Nixon for president in 1968 and 1972, accompanied Nixon to funeral of Martin Luther King Jr.
Juan Chastang (b. 1961/1962), Mobile County, Alabama Commissioner
Ron Christie (born 1969), adviser to Vice-President Dick Cheney
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
Henry P. Cheatham (1857–1935), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
Robert Church Jr. (1885 - 1952), Founder, Lincoln League Memphis, Tennessee, eight times a delegate to the Republican National Convention.
Robert Reed Church (1839 - 1912), Banker, 1900 delegate from Tennessee to the Republican National Convention.
Solomon T. Clanton (1857 - 1918), In 1892, he was an at large delegate from Louisiana to the Republican National Convention
Eldridge Cleaver (1935–1998), author and civil rights leader
Garry Cobb (born 1957), NFL Linebacker, 2014 nominee for New Jersey 1st Congressional District
Abram Colby (1800s), representative in the Georgia House of Representatives
William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. (1920–2017), fourth United States Secretary of Transportation, first African American Supreme Court Clerk
Ward Connerly (born 1939), political activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent
Frank Cousins (born 1958), first African-American sheriff in Massachusetts
Robyn Crittenden, Georgia Secretary of State and first African-American woman to serve as a statewide constitutional officer in Georgia
Jane Powdrell-Culbert (born 1949), member 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

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Frederick Douglass

Randy Daniels (born 1950), Secretary of State of New York, 2006 Gubernatorial candidate
Christopher Darden (born 1956), lawyer, O.J. Simpson trial prosecutor
Stacey Dash (b. 1966/1967), actress and former talk show host and candidate for California's 44th congressional district in the 2018 Congressional Election
Artur Davis (born 1967), Democratic Alabama Congressman, speaker at 2012 Republican National Convention, Republican (2012–2015)
Ruth A. Davis (born 1943), diplomat and 24th Director General of the United States Foreign Service
Richard A. Dawson (1848 - 1906), served in the Arkansas State Senate (1873 - 1874). He was a Republican before 1900, and a Democrat afterwards.
William L. Dawson (politician) (1886 - 1970), served on the Chicago, Illinois City Council as a Republican (1933 - 1939). Switched to Democrat in 1939 and was afterward elected to Congress as a Democrat.
Paris Dennard (born 1982), former White House aide to George W. Bush, CNN and NPR contributor
Timothy DeFoor (born 1961 or 1962), Pennsylvania Auditor General since 2021, first African-American elected to a statewide office in Pennsylvania
William B. Derrick (1843 - 1913), Clergyman, active in civil rights and Republican politics
Diamond and Silk Lynnette Hardaway ("Diamond") and Rochelle Richardson ("Silk"), live-stream video bloggers, political activists, and former Fox Network hosts
Lurita Doan (born 1958), former administrator of the United States General Services Administration
Jessie De Priest (1870–1961), Music teacher, wife of Congressman Oscar Stanton De Priest, her presence at a White House tea given by Lou Henry Hoover June 12, 1929, caused a scandal among southern Democrats.
Oscar Stanton De Priest (1871–1951), U.S. Representative from Illinois
Robert DeLarge (1842–1874), South Carolina congressman
Shamed Dogan (born 1978), Missouri State Representative (2015–present)
Byron Donalds (born 1978), U.S. Representative (FL) and former Florida State representative
Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), abolitionist, editor, orator, author, and statesman
Willie Dove (born 1945), Kansas State Representative
Antoine Dubuclet (1810–1887), State Treasurer of Louisiana
Damon Dunn (born 1976), former football player, politician
Oscar Dunn (1826–1871), 11th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
Edward Duplex (1831–1900), Mayor of Wheatland, California (1888)

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Larry Elder (born 1952), talk radio host and commentator, candidate in the 2021 California gubernatorial recall election
Robert Brown Elliott (1842–1884), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
Clark Ervin (born 1959), first Inspector General of the US Department of Homeland Security
James Evans, Chairman of the Utah Republican Party
Melvin H. Evans (1917–1984), U.S. Representative from, and former Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands
Charles Evers (1922–2020), civil rights leader, Mayor of Fayette, Mississippi

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James Farmer (1920–1999), civil rights leader
Michel Faulkner (born 1957), pastor, defensive lineman for the New York Jets, a 2010 nominee for New York's 15th congressional district
Crystal Bird Fauset (1894–1965), first female African-American state legislator in the United States
William A. Feilds (between c. 1846 and 1852–1898), member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
William Webb Ferguson (1857–1910), first African-American man elected to the Michigan House of Representatives
Ada Fisher (born 1947), Republican National Committee woman for North Carolina
Arthur Fletcher (1924–2005), official in the administrations of Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush; considered the "father of affirmative action"
Timothy Thomas Fortune (1858-1928), orator, author, publisher, civil rights activist, Customs Inspector, Eastern District of Delaware (1874)
Ezola Foster (1938-2018), teacher, political activist, 1986 Republican nominee for 48th District of the California Assembly. She later ran for other offices on the tickets of other parties.
Gary Franks (born 1953), U.S. Representative from Connecticut
Jendayi Frazer (born 1961), former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Ryan Frazier (born 1977), Aurora City Councilman, 2010 nominee for Colorado's 7th congressional district
Samuel B. Fuller (1905–1988), 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 (born 1943), member of the Alaska House of Representatives 1983–1991

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Matthew Gaines (1840–1900), community leader, minister, and Republican Texas State Senator.
James Garner, mayor of the Village of Hempstead, New York, 2004 Congressional candidate
Althea Garrison (born 1940), former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Robert A. George, editorial writer for the New York Post, blogger and pundit
Mifflin Wistar Gibbs (1823–1915), American consul to Madagascar
Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs (1821–1874), Secretary of State of Florida and Florida Superintendent of Public Instruction
John Gibbs, HUD official in the Trump administration, Candidate for congress in Michigan.
James Golden, producer on the Rush Limbaugh radio talk show
Walter A. Gordon (1894–1976) 18th Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
Elisha Winfield Green (c. 1815–1893), Baptist minister, elected vice-president Kentucky Negro Republican Party 1867
James Monroe Gregory (1849–1915), appointed to the board of trustees of the Washington, D.C. public schools in 1886, delegate to the 1892 Republican National Convention
William Henry Grey (1829 - 1888), represented Phillips County, Arkansas at Arkansas Constitutional Convention in 1868, he served in the Arkansas House of Representatives for Phillips County (1868 - 1869), elected to the Arkansas State Senate in 1875, served as Clerk of the First Circuit Court and ex-offico Recorder of Deeds in 1870, in 1872, he became Arkansas Commissioner of Immigration and State Lands.
Rosey Grier (born 1932), former professional football player, Protestant minister, actor and former candidate for Governor of California, 2018
Archibald Grimké (1849–1930), an American lawyer, diplomat, and national vice-president of the NAACP
Elbert Guillory (born 1944), former state senator in Louisiana's 24th district

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George W. Haley (1925–2015), attorney, diplomat, policy adviser, elected to Kansas State Senate 1964, former chief counsel, Federal Transit Administration, former general counsel, U.S. Information Agency, candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas in 1966, candidate for United States Senate from Maryland in 1986, former ambassador to The Gambia
Ken Hamblin (born 1940), radio host, political commentator, author, television personality
A. C. Hamlin (1881–1912), member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
Jenean Hampton (born 1958), 57th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky (2015–2019)
Lionel Hampton (1908–2002), musician, delegate to several Republican National Conventions, vice-chairman New York State Republican Committee
Jeremiah Haralson (1846–1916), U.S. Representative from Alabama
Ineitha Hardaway (born 1971), political commentator
Bill Hardiman (born 1947), Michigan State Senator, 2010 Congressional Candidate
Greg Hardy (born 1988), mixed martial artist, former NFL defensive end
Erika Harold (born 1980), 2003 Miss America, delegate to the 2004 Republican National Convention, 2012 Congressional Candidate
Bruce Harris (born 1951), mayor of Chatham Borough, New Jersey
James H. Harris (1828–1898), member of both the North Carolina House of Representatives and North Carolina Senate
Paul Clinton Harris (born 1964), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Lewis Hayden (1811–1889), elected to the Massachusetts State Legislature
Henry E. Hayne (1840–?), former senator in the South Carolina Senate and Secretary of State of South Carolina
Robert C. Henry (1921–1981) first African-American mayor in Ohio, mayor of Springfield, Ohio
Curtis Hill (born 1961), 43rd Attorney General of Indiana
Mike Hill (born 1958), state representative in the Florida House of Representatives
James Sidney Hinton (1834–1892), state representative in the Indiana House of Representatives
Joseph H. Holland, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Housing and Community Renewal
William H. Holland (1841–1907), member of the Texas House of Representatives
Amy Holmes (born 1973), political commentator and independent social conservative
Lester Holt (born 1959), journalist and news anchor, Republican until 2018, Independent since.
Deborah Honeycutt (born 1947), 2006, 2008, 2010 congressional candidate;
Perry Howard (1835 - 1907), represented Holmes County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives (1872 - 1875) and served on the county board of supervisors.
Perry Wilbon Howard (1877–1961), Attorney from Mississippi and delegate to the RNC from 1912 to 1960
T.R.M. Howard (1908–1976), Mississippi civil rights leader, surgeon, entrepreneur and mentor to Medgar Evers and Fannie Lou Hamer
Wesley Hunt (born 1981), U.S. Representative from Texas
Will Hurd (born 1977), U.S. Representative from Texas, CIA analyst
Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960), folklorist, anthropologist, novelist, short story writer
Lynn Hutchings (born 1960), member of the Wyoming House of Representatives
John Adams Hyman (1840–1891), U.S. Representative from North Carolina

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Niger Innis (born 1968), commentator and activist

J

Alphonso Jackson (born 1945), thirteenth Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Alvin B. Jackson, Former member of the Utah State Senate
Raynard Jackson , political consultant and political analyst for WUSA*9 TV (CBS affiliate) in Washington, DC
Richard E. Jackson (born 1945), Commissioner of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles; first African-American mayor of a city in New York State
Conrad James (born 1974), member of the New Mexico House of Representatives
John E. James (born 1981), U.S. Representative from Michigan and candidate for the U.S. Senate from Michigan in 2018 and 2020
Kay Coles James (born 1949), director for the United States Office of Personnel Management 2001–2005, President of the Heritage Foundation (2018-2021), Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth nominee
Wallace B. Jefferson (born 1963), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
Edward A. Johnson (1860–1944), member of the New York State Assembly
James Weldon Johnson (1871–1944), first Black manager of the NAACP, president of the Colored Republican Club
Peter K. Jones (1834–1895), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Scipio Africanus Jones (1863–1943), Arkansas delegate to the Republican National Convention
Shandy W. Jones (1816-1886), member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1868 - 1870).
Vernon Jones (born 1960), member of the Georgia House of Representatives 1993 to 2001 and since 2017. Originally a Democrat, he switched to Republican in January 2021.
E.W. Jackson, (born 1952), GOP nominee for Lt. Governor of Virginia in 2013, President of STAND and CETF, Marine Corps Veteran, and graduate of Harvard Law School

K

Alveda King, former member of the Georgia House of Representatives

Alan Keyes (born 1950), diplomat, media personality and nominee for the U.S. Senate in Maryland and Illinois
Alveda King (born 1951), minister, political activist, author, niece of Martin Luther King Jr.
Don King (born 1931), boxing promoter, attended 2009 Republican National Convention
Mabel King (1932–1999), television and film actress
Martin Luther King, Sr., (1899–1984), pastor, missionary, civil rights activist
Kimberly Klacik (born 1982), former candidate for congress in Maryland's 7th district.

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Stephen N. Lackey (born 1980), public affairs advisor, social entrepreneur, fundraiser
Charles Henry Langston (1817 - 1890), Republican Presidential Elector from Kansas 1872 for Ulysses S. Grant
John Mercer Langston (1829 - 1897), member, United States House of Representatives from 4th District of Virginia (1890 - 1891)
Harry LaRosiliere (born 1962), Mayor of Plano, Texas
Jim Lawrence (born 1971), member of NH House of Representatives (2002–2008), 2014 candidate for 2nd NH Congressional District
George Logan (born 1969), former member of Connecticut State Senate
W. H. Logan (born first half of 1850's), Arkansas Justice of the Peace, served in Arkansas State Senate, District 15 (1889 - 1890)
Jefferson Franklin Long (1836–1901), U.S. Representative from Georgia
Nic Lott (born 1979), Chairman for the Mississippi Young Republicans and Mississippi College Republicans
Bruce LeVell, businessman, and executive director of National Diversity Coalition for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign
William H. Lewis (1868–1949), United States Assistant Attorney General
C.N. Love (died 1946), Journalist, active in the Black-and tan faction of the Republican Party in Houston, Texas.
Mia Love (born 1975), U.S. Representative for Utah's 4th congressional district (2015–2019)
Samuel R. Lowery (1830–1900), lawyer
John Roy Lynch (1847–1939), U.S. Representative from Mississippi
Ernest Lyon (1860–1938), Methodist clergyman, former United States Ambassador to Liberia, and founder of the Maryland Industrial and Agricultural Institute for Colored Youths

M

Angela McGlowan

Leo Mackay Jr. (born 1961), deputy secretary of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Omarosa Manigault Newman (born 1974), Assistant to President Donald Trump January 3, 2017 to January 20, 2018. Democrat prior to 2015, Republican 2015 to 2019, Independent since 2019.
Kenneth Mapp (born 1955) governor of the United States Virgin Islands (2015–2019) (elected as an Independent)
Lenny McAllister (born 1972), political analyst, community activist, television and radio host, author, 2013 Congressional candidate
Edward P. McCabe (1850–1920), Treasurer of Logan County, Oklahoma
William Madison McDonald (1866–1950), State Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas
Angela McGlowan (born 1970), political analyst and 2010 Congressional candidate
James Meredith (born 1933), civil rights leader
Michael the Black Man (b. Maurice Woodside 1980), musician, operator of several websites, campaigned for President Trump holding a Blacks for Trump sign
Leon P. Miller (1899–1980) first African-American judge in West Virginia
Thomas Ezekiel Miller (1849–1938), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
Arthur Wergs Mitchell (1883-1968), active in Republican politics in Chicago, Illinois until 1932, when he switched to Democrat and represented Illinois In the United States House of Representatives (1935-1943).
Charles Lewis Mitchell (1829 - 1912), member of the Massachusetts State Legislature (1866 - 1867)
Robert J. Moore (1844–?), member of the Texas House of Representatives
Walthall M. Moore (1886–1960), first African American to serve in the Missouri state legislature
Clement G. Morgan (1859–1929), Boston attorney, civil rights activist, and city official
Eric Motley (born 1972), former Deputy Associate Director, Office of Presidential Personnel in Bush Administration
George Washington Murray (1853–1926), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
E. Frederic Morrow (1909–1994), 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.
Deroy Murdock (born 1963), columnist.

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Sophia A. Nelson (born 1967), lawyer, author, political commentator
Constance Berry Newman (born 1935), U.S. diplomat; former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; member of International Republican Institute
William Nickerson Jr. (1879–1945), businessman, publisher, candidate for presidential elector on the Republican ticket of Dewey-Bricker in 1944

O

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

P

Colin Powell, 65th Secretary of State

Rod Paige (born 1933), seventh U.S. Secretary of Education
Barrington D. Parker (1915–1993) judge of the District Court for the District of Columbia
Sherman Parker (1971–2008), Missouri state representative, ran for U.S. House of Representatives
Star Parker (born 1956), author, political commentator, 2010 Congressional candidate
Lynne Patton (born 1972), Regional Director, Housing & Urban Development, 2016 RNC Keynote Speaker
Patrick Penn member, Kansas House of Representatives, elected 2020, took office January 11, 2021
Edward J. Perkins (born 1928), first African-American U.S. ambassador to South Africa
Jesse Lee Peterson (born 1949), civil rights activist and founder of Brotherhood of New Destiny
Joseph C. Phillips (born 1962), actor, columnist and commentator
Pio Pico (1801–1894), last governor of Mexican California. Formed the Republican Party in California.
Samuel Pierce (1922–2000), Housing and Urban Development Secretary
Katrina Pierson (born 1976), Communications Consultant, National Spokesperson Donald Trump 2016 Presidential Campaign, Senior Advisor 2020 Re-Election
P. B. S. Pinchback (1837–1921), twenty-fourth governor of Louisiana; first African-American governor of a U.S. state
Colin Powell (1937 - 2021), 65th United States Secretary of State
Michael Powell (born 1963), 24th Chairman of the FCC
Joe Profit (born 1949), former Atlanta Falcons player; candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in Georgia
Pierre-Richard Prosper (born 1963), Bush Administration war crimes official

R

Condoleezza Rice, 66th Secretary of State

Mark Robinson, 35th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina

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
Oliver Randolph (1882–1951), second African American elected to the New Jersey Legislature
Tony Randolph (born 1966), member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, District 35
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 (born 1954), 66th United States Secretary of State
Herneitha Richardson, political commentator
Matthew Ricketts (1858–1917), member of the Nebraska House of Representatives
Adelbert H. Roberts (1860-1937), Member Illinois House of Representatives (1918-1922), Member, Illinois Senate (1924 - 1934)
Frederick Madison Roberts (1879–1952), first African-American in the California State Assembly
Shack Roberts Meshack Roberts was elected to the State Legislature of Texas from the 5th District in 1873 and for two later terms, the last from the 10th District.
Jack E. Robinson III (1960–2017), party nominee for U.S. House, U.S. Senate, and Secretary of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts
Mark Robinson (born 1968), Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina since 2021
Joe Rogers (1964–2013), Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, youngest Lieutenant Governor in Colorado history
Carson Ross (born 1946), Mayor of Blue Springs, Missouri, former 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
George Lewis Ruffin (1834–1886), attorney, judge, Massachusetts state legislator, and Boston city councilman
Boyd Rutherford (born 1957), Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, 2015–present

S

Michael Steele, 64th Chairman of the Republican National Committee

Dwayne Sawyer (born 1966), State Auditor of Indiana
Darrell C. Scott, pastor, co-founder of National Diversity Coalition for Trump
Emmett Jay Scott (1872–1957), educator, journalist, author, active in Republican politics, public relations adviser to every Republican National Convention from 1928 to 1948
Paul H. Scott (born 1982), Michigan State Representative
Tim Scott (born 1965), 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 (born 1944), congressional Candidate
Winsome Sears (born 1964), member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 2004 Congressional Candidate and Lieutenant Governor-elect.
Tara Setmayer (born 1975), former Communications Director for Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in the U.S. House of Representatives (2006–2013) and current CNN Political Commentator (2014–present)
T. W. Shannon (born 1978), Former speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
Roscoe Simmons (1881–1951), journalist, orator, and political activist
John Andrew Singleton, (1895-1970), Member, Nebraska House of Representatives (1926-1928), afterward became a Democrat
Millard F. Singleton, (1859-1930), Justice of the Peace, 8th Ward, Omaha, Nebraska (1895), Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention 1892
Robert Smalls (1839–1915), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
John J. Smith (1820–1906), abolitionist and Massachusetts state representative
Joshua I. Smith (born 1941), appointed commissioner of Minority Business Development by President George H. W. Bush
Robert Lloyd Smith (1861–1942), member of the Texas House of Representatives
Thomas S. Smith (1917–2002), member of the New Jersey General Assembly
John H. Smythe (1844 1908), United States Ambassador to Liberia (1878 1881) and (1882 - 1885)
Clay Smothers (1935–2004), member of the Texas House of Representatives
DeForest "Buster" Soaries (born 1951), former New Jersey Secretary of State
Thomas Sowell (born 1930), economist, writer and commentator
Angela Stanton-King (born 1977), Former congressional candidate in Georgia's 5th district
Michael Steele (born 1958), 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 (born 1946), author
James H. Stewart (1859–1924), member of the Texas House of Representatives
McCants Stewart (1877–1919), lawyer
Thomas Stith III (born 1963), member of the city council of Durham, North Carolina, 2004 Candidate for Lieutenant Governor, 2007 mayoral candidate for Durham, North Carolina, Chief of Staff to Governor Pat McCrory
Louis Wade Sullivan (born 1933), Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Carol M. Swain (born 1954), author and professor at Vanderbilt University
Lynn Swann (born 1952), NFL player and former Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate

T

Clarence Thomas, Associate Supreme Court Justice

Willie Talton, representative in the Georgia General Assembly
Enrique Tarrio, (b.1984 or 1985), Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, identifies as Afro-Cuban, candidate in 2020 Republican primary for Florida's 27th Congressional district, but withdrew, Florida state director of Latinos for Trump
Noel C. Taylor (1924–1999), mayor of Roanoke, Virginia (1975–1992)
Arthur Teele (1946–2005), assistant Secretary of Transportation
Leo Terrell (Born 1955), American civil rights attorney and talk radio host
Mary Church Terrell (1863 - 1954), Member, District of Columbia Board of Education (1895 - 1906), she was President of the Women's Republican League during Warren G. Harding's 1920 presidential campaign, she was a charter member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Robert Heberton Terrell (1857 - 1925), in 1902, he was appointed Justice of the Peace for Washington, D.C., in 1911, he was appointed to the Municipal Court of Washington, D.C.
Clarence Thomas (born 1948), associate justice of the United States Supreme Court
John W. E. Thomas (1847 - 1899), member, Illinois House of Representatives 2nd District (1877 - 1879), 3rd District (1882 - 1886)
Thurman Thomas (born 1966), Buffalo Bill, Republican activist, supported and campaigned for 2010 New York Republican Gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino
Larry Thompson (born 1945), United States Deputy Attorney General
Benjamin S. Turner (1825–1894), Alabama Congressman
Scott Turner (born 1972), member of the Texas House of Representatives

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Sheryl Underwood (born 1963), comedian, actress, television host
James L. Usry (1922–2002), mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey
Jill Upson (born 1966), West Virginia House of Delegates

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William T. Vernon (1877–1941), Register of the Treasury under President Theodore Roosevelt
Joy Villa (born 1986), singer, songwriter, actress, YouTuber, has expressed an interest in running for Congress as a Republican

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

Dale Wainwright (born 1961), former associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court
Edward G. Walker (1830 -1901), served as a Republican in the Massachusetts State Legislature (1866 - 1867), later joined the Democratic Party, and still later the Negro Party.
Herschel Walker (born 1962), football player, bobsledder, sprinter, and mixed martial artist, active in several Republican campaigns, addressed 2020 Republican National Convention in support of President Trump
George Wallace, Georgia state senator during the Reconstruction era, expelled on September 12, 1868, due to his race
Josiah T. Walls (1842–1905), Former U.S. Representative from Florida, and one of the first African-Americans to serve in the U.S. House
Booker T. Washington (1856–1915), educator and activist
Maurice Washington (born 1956), Nevada state senator
J. C. Watts (born 1957), U.S. Representative from Oklahoma
Ida B. Wells (1862–1931), civil rights advocate and co-founder of the NAACP
Cindy Werner (born 1959), State Ambassador - Frederick Douglass Foundation-WI, former school board trustee, 2022 Lt. Governor candidate - WI
Allen West (born 1961), Texas Republican Party Chairman and former U.S. Representative from Florida
John Francis Wheaton (1866–1922), a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
George Henry White (1852–1918), former U.S. representative from North Carolina
James White (born 1964), a current member of the Texas House of Representatives
James T. White (1837 - 1892), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives and Arkansas Senate in the late 1860s.
Ruben B. White served in the Arkansas Senate (1873 - 1874)
J. Ernest Wilkins Sr. (1894–1959), former Assistant Secretary of Labor under President Eisenhower
Armstrong Williams (born 1962), radio and television commentator
Benjamin Franklin Williams (1819–1886), member of the Texas House of Representatives
Michael L. Williams (born 1953), Texas Railroad Commissioner
Butler R. Wilson (1861–1939), Boston civil rights activist
David S. Wilson (born 1981), member of the Alaska Senate (2017–present)
Jackie Winters (1937–2019), member of the Oregon State Senate
LaMetta Wynn (born 1933), mayor of Clinton, Iowa (1995–2007)

[[Sam] Wherry]] (born 1950), Journalist, Midsouth USA Senior Marketing Research Analyst, Systematic TheologianLittle Rock, Arkansas (1966–2022)

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

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