House of Representatives – 1970s
Charles Bernard Rangel (1930- )
Democratic representative of New York City, New York, Charles Bernard Rangel, first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1970...
Ronald Vernie Dellums (1935-2018)
Ronald Vernie Dellums was born on November 24, 1935, in Oakland, California to Willa Terry Dellums and Vernie Dellums. His...
Bennett McVey Stewart (1912-1988)
Born in Huntsville, Alabama, on the 6th of August, 1912, Illinois Congressman Bennett McVey Stewart was the son of Bennett...
William Herbert Gray III (1941-2013)
William Herbert Gray III was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on August 20, 1941. His mother, Hazel Yates Gray, was...
George Washington Collins (1925-1972)
Born on March 5, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, George Washington Collins graduated from Waller High School and immediately joined the...
Barbara Jordan (1936-1996)
Barbara Charline Jordan was born in Houston Texas’s Fifth Ward on February 21, 1936. She received her education in public...
Cardiss Collins (1931- )
Cardiss Robertson Collins was born September 24, 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Findley Robertson and Rosa Mae...
Parren James Mitchell (1922-2007)
Parren James Mitchell was a civil rights activist, the first African American elected to Congress from the South since 1898,...
Julian Dixon (1934-2000)
Born in Washington, D.C. on August 8, 1934, Julian Dixon represented part of Los Angeles in the U.S. House of...
