What is the composition of the 111th Congress?

Answer 1

http://www.thisnation.com/congress-facts.html

Racial Composition of the 111th Congress

U.S. House

U.S. Senate

White

332

81

Black

41

1

Jewish

30

14

Hispanic

25

2

Asian

5

2

Native American

1

Black Congressmen/Senators


House

• Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (Democrat, GA)
• Corrine Brown (Democrat, FL)
• G. K. Butterfield (Democrat, NC)
• André Carson (Democrat, IN)
• Donna M. Christensen (Democrat, VI)
• Yvette Diane Clarke (Democrat, NY)
• William L. Clay, Jr. (Democrat, MO)
• Emanuel Cleaver II (Democrat, MO)
• James E. Clyburn (Democrat, SC)
• John Conyers, Jr. (Democrat, MI)
• Elijah E. Cummings (Democrat, MD)
• Artur Davis (Democrat, AL)
• Danny K. Davis (Democrat, IL)
• Donna F. Edwards (Democrat, MD)
• Keith Ellison (Democrat, MN)
• Chaka Fattah (Democrat, PA)
• Marcia L. Fudge (Democrat, OH)
• Al Green (Democrat, TX)
• Alcee Hastings (Democrat, FL)
• Sheila Jackson Lee (Democrat, TX)
• Jesse Jackson, Jr. (Democrat, IL)
• Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democrat, TX)
• Hank Johnson (Democrat, GA)
• Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (Democrat, MI)
• Barbara Lee (Democrat, CA)
• John Lewis (Democrat, GA)
• Kendrick B. Meek (Democrat, FL)
• Gregory W. Meeks (Democrat, NY)
• Gwendolynne S. (Gwen) Moore (Democrat, WI)
• Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democrat, DC)
• Donald M. Payne (Democrat, NJ)
• Charles B. Rangel (Democrat, NY)
• Laura Richardson (Democrat, CA)
• Bobby L. Rush (Democrat, IL)
• David Scott (Democrat, GA)
• Robert C. Scott (Democrat, VA)
• Bennie Thompson (Democrat, MS)
• Edolphus Towns (Democrat, NY)
• Maxine Waters (Democrat, CA)
• Diane Edith Watson (Democrat, CA)
• Melvin L. Watt (Democrat, NC)

SENATE

Roland Burris (Dem

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Answer 2

256 Democrats

178 Republicans