Explore the votes of Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first African-American man elected to the Senate
After a nomination process that culminated in a public FBI investigation, Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed largely along party lines 50-48.
Visualize the 117th Senate and its members, and compare it with past congresses
Joseph Rainey (R-SC), born into slavery, was the first African-American elected to the House of Representatives.
In 1971, Congress and President Nixon declared a national 'war on cancer', which established funding for 15 new cancer research centers.