- Updated: Jan. 07, 2025, 9:21 a.m.
- |Published: Jan. 07, 2025, 6:39 a.m.
- https://www.al.com/news/2025/01/alabama-sends-two-black-lawmakers-to-congress-for-the-first-time-after-historic-election.html
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 01: U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) takes selfie with U.S. Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Brenda Lawrence (D-MI) as they wait for the start of U.S. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol’s House Chamber March 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein-Pool

Alabama has elected 190 members to the U.S. House for over 205 years, but it achieved a first last week: Two Black residents from Alabama took the oath of office to serve in the U.S. House at the same time.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham; and U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Mobile; were sworn in as members of the 119th U.S. Congress, a historical moment recognized during the Congressional Black Caucus swearing-in event Friday in Washington, D.C.




