Top 10 African-American Politicians

1 Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He was the first African-American president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.

2 Condoleezza Rice

3 Colin Powell Colin Luther Powell was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer.

4 John Lewis

5 Kamala Harris Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20th, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th and current vice president of the United States. She is the first female vice president, as well as the first African American and first Asian American vice president in American history.

6 Robert Smalls

7 Michael Steele

8 Shirley Chisholm

9 John James

10 Jesse Jackson

The Newcomers

? Hakeem Jeffries

? Deval Patrick

The Contenders

11 Barbara Jordan

12 Ron Dellums

13 Stacey Abrams

14 Cory Booker

15 Ayanna Pressley

16 Emanuel Cleaver

17 Elijah Cummings

18 Maxine Waters

19 Hiram Rhodes Revels

20 Carol Moseley Braun

21 P. B. S. Pinchback

22 Joseph Rainey

23 Bobby Rush

24 Ilhan Omar

25 Edward Brooke