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Members of The United States Congress

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Name Original chapter Notability References
Edward Brooke Beta Senator from Massachusetts; Attorney General of Massachusetts; Chairman Emeritus of World Policy Council; 1967 Spingarn Medal and 2004 Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal recipient
Roland Burris Beta Eta Senator from Illinois–appointed to fill the seat vacated by President Barack Obama; First Black Illinois Attorney General
Emanuel Cleaver Eta Gamma Representative from Missouri; Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
Danny K. Davis Gamma Delta Representative from Illinois
William Dawson Theta Representative from Illinois
Ron Dellums Delta Omicron Representative from California; Co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus; Mayor of Oakland
Julian C. Dixon Gamma Xi Representative from California
Chaka Fattah Zeta Omicron Lambda Representative from Pennsylvania
Floyd H. Flake Zeta Gamma Lambda Representative from Illinois; President of Wilberforce University
Harold Ford, Sr. Beta Omicron Representative from Tennessee; Legislator of Tennessee
William H. Gray Rho Representative from Pennsylvania; House Majority Whip and House Democratic Whip; CEO of the United Negro College Fund
Al Green Beta Nu Representative from Texas
Earl F. Hilliard Alpha Rho Representative from Alabama; Legislator of Alabama
Gregory W. Meeks Zeta Zeta Lambda Representative from New York; New York State Assembly
Ralph Metcalfe Nu Xi Representative from Illinois; Co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus; 1932 and 1936 Olympian
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Alpha Gamma Lambda Representative from New York
Charles B. Rangel Alpha Gamma Lambda Representative from New York; Co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus; First Black to chair the Committee on Ways and Means; New York State Assembly Representative
David Scott Beta Nu Representative from Georgia
Robert C. Scott Sigma Representative from Virginia
Bennett M. Stewart Xi Lambda Representative from Illinois

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