Lisa Blunt Rochester U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester speaking at a campaign event in August 2023 as she began her race to become Delaware's first Black senator. (more) Lisa Blunt Rochester U.S. representative Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lisa-Blunt-Rochester Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lisa-Blunt-Rochester Written by Tracy Grant Tracy Grant is editor-in-chief of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Tracy Grant Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Oct 14, 2024 • Article History Table of Contents Ask the Chatbot a Question Ask the Chatbot a Question In 2017 Lisa Blunt Rochester became the first woman and the first person of color to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Delaware. She was fulfilling a promise 150 years in the making. In 1867 Blunt Rochester’s formerly enslaved great-great-great-grandfather earned the right to vote in Georgia. When Blunt Rochester was sworn in to Congress, she held a scarf that reproduced the document he had marked with an X to assert that right. The Democratic representative is poised with the 2024 election to be elected her state’s first Black senator; she would join the ...(100 of 1099 words)

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