Hon. Terri Sewell

Alabama, 7th District

Congresswoman Terri Sewell is the first Black woman elected to Congress from Alabama, serving in her sixth term representing the 7th district. Congresswoman Sewell sits on the House Ways and Means Committee, the Steering and Policy Committee, and serves as Chief Deputy Whip. She is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and the New Democrat Coalition; Co-Chair of the Voting Rights Caucus; Vice-Chair of the HBCU Caucus; and Co-Chair of the Rural Caucus. Sewell is a fierce advocate for job creation and economic opportunity. Representing Alabama’s Civil Rights District, she is a champion for advancing the legacy of the Foot Soldiers who marched for justice. She is the chief sponsor of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act which passed the House in August. Sewell was the first Black woman partner in the Birmingham office of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, and one of Alabama’s only Black public finance lawyers. She was the first Black valedictorian of Selma High School and a graduate of Princeton University, Oxford University, and Harvard Law School. A life member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, she is the daughter of the late Coach Andrew Sewell and Nancy Gardner Sewell, Selma’s first Black City Councilwoman.