<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="3"> Senator </Th> <Th> State </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> <Th> Party </Th> <Th> Congress </Th> <Th> Ref . </Th> <Th> Note </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hiram Rhodes Revels ( 1827 -- 1901 ) </Td> <Td> Mississippi </Td> <Td> 000000001870 - 02 - 25 - 0000 February 25 , 1870 </Td> <Td> 000000001871 - 03 - 03 - 0000 March 3 , 1871 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 41st ( 1869 -- 1871 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Blanche Bruce ( 1841 -- 1898 ) </Td> <Td> Mississippi </Td> <Td> 000000001875 - 03 - 04 - 0000 March 4 , 1875 </Td> <Td> 000000001881 - 03 - 03 - 0000 March 3 , 1881 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 44th ( 1875 -- 1877 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 45th ( 1877 -- 1879 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 46th ( 1879 -- 1881 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edward Brooke ( 1919 -- 2015 ) </Td> <Td> Massachusetts </Td> <Td> 000000001967 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3 , 1967 </Td> <Td> 000000001979 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3 , 1979 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 90th ( 1967 -- 1969 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 91st ( 1969 -- 1971 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 92nd ( 1971 -- 1973 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 93rd ( 1973 -- 1975 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 94th ( 1975 -- 1977 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 95th ( 1977 -- 1979 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Carol Moseley Braun ( born 1947 ) </Td> <Td> Illinois </Td> <Td> 000000001993 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3 , 1993 </Td> <Td> 000000001999 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3 , 1999 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 103rd ( 1993 -- 1995 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 104th ( 1995 -- 1997 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 105th ( 1997 -- 1999 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Barack Obama ( born 1961 ) </Td> <Td> Illinois </Td> <Td> 000000002005 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3 , 2005 </Td> <Td> 000000002008 - 11 - 16 - 0000 November 16 , 2008 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 109th ( 2005 -- 2007 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 110th ( 2007 -- 2009 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Roland Burris ( born 1937 ) </Td> <Td> Illinois </Td> <Td> 000000002009 - 01 - 15 - 0000 January 15 , 2009 </Td> <Td> 000000002010 - 11 - 29 - 0000 November 29 , 2010 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 111th ( 2009 -- 2011 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tim Scott ( born 1965 ) </Td> <Td> South Carolina </Td> <Td> 000000002013 - 01 - 02 - 0000 January 2 , 2013 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 112th ( 2011 -- 2013 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 113th ( 2013 -- 2015 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 114th ( 2015 -- 2017 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 115th ( 2017 -- 2019 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mo Cowan ( born 1969 ) </Td> <Td> Massachusetts </Td> <Td> 000000002013 - 02 - 01 - 0000 February 1 , 2013 </Td> <Td> 000000002013 - 07 - 16 - 0000 July 16 , 2013 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 113th ( 2013 -- 2015 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cory Booker ( born 1969 ) </Td> <Td> New Jersey </Td> <Td> 000000002013 - 10 - 31 - 0000 October 31 , 2013 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 113th ( 2013 -- 2015 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 114th ( 2015 -- 2017 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 115th ( 2017 -- 2019 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kamala Harris ( born 1964 ) </Td> <Td> California </Td> <Td> 000000002017 - 01 - 03 - 0000 January 3 , 2017 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 115th ( 2017 -- 2019 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
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