Robert L. Planton
this republican was first black perosn elected to the U.S. senate.
WHO...and that was a man by the name of Robert L. Planton
Hiram Rhodes Revels- On February 25, 1870, he was elected the first black member of the Senate, becoming also the first black member of the Congress.
The first black congresswoman that was elected from the deep south was Barbara Jordan. She was re-elected and she was the first woman that was elected to the Texas Senate.
Shirley Chisolm
Edward W Brooke
Edward William Brooke
Texas
Tammy Baldwin who is from Wisconsin is most known for being the first openly gay person elected to the Senate. Tammy Baldwin was elected to the Senate in 2012.
What was Blanche k. Bruce the fiesta african american yo do
Carol Mosley Braun, a democrat from Illinois, was the first black female senator. She was in office from 1993-1999.
Shirley Chisholm