List of African-American Republicans

The following is a list of Black Republicans, past and present.

This list is limited to Black Americans who have worked in a direct, professional capacity in politics.

1872 Currier and Ives print showing the first Black 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
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.
Herman Cain
Ben Carson
Frederick Douglass
Alveda King , former member of the Georgia House of Representatives
Angela McGlowan
Colin Powell , 65th Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice , 66th Secretary of State
Michael Steele , 64th Chairman of the Republican National Committee
Clarence Thomas , Associate Supreme Court Justice
Allen West , former Congressman from Florida's 22nd District