Education Policy
African American Service on Congressional Education Committees
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Term on Committee |
Congress |
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Education Committee (Active 1883-1947) |
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Henry P. Cheatham |
1889-1893 |
51st-52nd Congresses |
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John M. Langston |
1890-1891 |
51st Congress |
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George W. Murray |
1893-1897 |
53rd-54th Congresses |
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Education and the Workforce Committee |
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William L. Clay, Sr. |
1997-2001 |
105th-106th (Ranking Minority Member ) |
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Chaka Fattah |
1997-2001 |
105th-106th Congresses |
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Harold E. Ford, Jr. |
1997-2003 |
105th-107th Congresses |
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Major R. Owens |
1997-2007 |
105th-109th Congresses |
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Donald M. Payne |
1997-2007 |
105th-109th Congresses |
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Robert C. “Bobby” Scott |
1997-2003 |
105th-107th Congresses |
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Danny K. Davis |
2003-2007 |
108th-109th Congresses |
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Denise L. Majette |
2003-2005 |
108th Congress |
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Education and Education Opportunities Committee |
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William L. Clay, Sr. |
1995-1997 |
104th Congress (Ranking Minority Member) |
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Chaka Fattah |
1995-1997 |
104th Congress |
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Harold E. Ford, Jr. |
1995-1997 |
104th Congress |
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Major R. Owens |
1995-1997 |
104th Congress |
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Donald M. Payne |
1995-1997 |
104th Congress |
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Robert C. “Bobby” Scott |
1995-1997 |
104th Congress |
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Education and Labor Committee |
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Robert B. Elliot |
1871-1875 |
42nd-43rd Congresses |
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James T. Rapier |
1873-1875 |
43rd Congress |
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Charles E. Nash |
1875-1877 |
44th Congress |
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John R. Lynch |
1882-1883 |
47th Congress |
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Adam Clayton Powell |
1947-1967 and 1969-1971 |
80th-89th Congresses (Committee Chair, 87th-89th Congress 1961-1966) and 91st Congress |
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Augustus F. Hawkins |
1963-1991 |
88th-101st (Committee Chair, 98th-101st Congresses, 1984-1991) |
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William L. Clay, Sr. |
1969-1995 |
91st-103rd Congresses |
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George W. Collins |
1969-1971 |
91st Congress |
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Louis Stokes |
1969-1971 |
91st Congress |
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Shirley A. Chisholm |
1971-1977 |
92nd-94th Congresses |
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Harold E. Washington, Sr. |
1981-1985 |
97th-98th Congresses |
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Charles A. Hayes |
1983-1993 |
98th-102nd Congresses |
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Major R. Owens |
1983-1995 |
98th-103rd Congresses |
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Mervyn M. Dymally |
1985-1987 |
99th Congress |
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Alton R. Waldon |
1985-1987 |
99th Congress |
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Craig A. Washington |
1990-1993 |
101st-102nd Congresses |
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Kweisi Mfume |
1989-1991 |
101st Congress |
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Donald M. Payne |
1989-1995 |
101st-103rd Congresses |
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William J. Jefferson |
1991-1993 |
103rd Congress |
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Robert C. “Bobby” Scott |
1993-1995 |
103rd Congress |
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Yvette D. Clarke |
2007-Present |
110th-Present Congresses |
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Danny K. Davis |
2007-2009 |
110th Congress |
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Marcia L. Fudge |
2009-Present |
111th-Present Congresses |