First Black Female Republican Elected To Congress Backs Scalise After Representative elect mia love (utah), the first black republican woman elected to congress, voiced her support sunday for house majority whip steve scalise (r la.), who has come under fire after. Mia love will become the first black republican congresswoman in american history after squeaking out a victory in utah's 4th congressional district. love defeated democrat doug owens after a hard fought race that saw her campaigning with former presidential candidate mitt romney, among other things. as the votes came in tuesday the race was.
First Black Female Republican Joins Congress The Dispatch Shirley chisholm and the 9 other trailblazing black women in congress. these political pioneers broke racial and gender barriers during their time as members of the u.s. house of representatives. Shirley anita chisholm ( ˈtʃɪzəm chiz əm; née st. hill; november 30, 1924 – january 1, 2005) was an american politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the united states congress. [1] chisholm represented new york's 12th congressional district, a district centered in bedford–stuyvesant, brooklyn [a] for. Published 12:14 pm pdt, january 6, 2015. salt lake city (ap) — mia love of utah became the first black female republican in congress when she was sworn in tuesday along with 57 other freshmen members of the u.s. house. love, the 39 year old former mayor of saratoga springs, was elected in november, when republicans captured the senate and. Women of color have served in congress for almost six decades. the first ever to do so was democratic hawaii rep. patsy takemoto mink, an asian american woman who was elected in 1964. the first black woman in congress, democratic rep. shirley chisholm of new york, was elected in 1968.