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angrychair

(8,733 posts) Thu Jan 3, 2019, 05:25 PM Jan 2019

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Congress: then and now. a tale of two Parties II

Part II

Number of African Americans on US House:

1933:
1 Democrat
1 Republican

2019:
54 Democrats
1 Republican

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Congress: then and now. a tale of two Parties II (Original Post) angrychair Jan 2019 OP

Just to make it a bit more apples vs. apples.... Staph Jan 2019 #1

Awesome angrychair Jan 2019 #2

that is stark Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #3

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jan 2019 #4

Staph

(6,253 posts)

1. Just to make it a bit more apples vs. apples....

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Thu Jan 3, 2019, 06:10 PM

Jan 2019

Total African Americans in the U. S. House:

1989:
22 Democrats
0 Republicans

2019:
54 Democrats
1 Republican

(Thanks to Wikipedia!)

angrychair

(8,733 posts)

2. Awesome

Reply to Staph (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 3, 2019, 07:49 PM

Jan 2019

Thanks!

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,447 posts)

3. that is stark

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Thu Jan 3, 2019, 11:27 PM

Jan 2019

tblue37

(65,490 posts)

4. K&R for visibility. nt

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Thu Jan 3, 2019, 11:29 PM

Jan 2019

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