Terri Sewell

Votes Cast

50

Yea Rate

42.0%

Bills Sponsored

10

Missed Votes

2.0%

Terri Sewell represents Alabama's 7th District, a Democrat and first Black woman from Alabama in Congress, serving on Ways and Means and holding historic subcommittee leadership.

Terrycina Andrea Sewell is the U.S. representative for Alabama's 7th Congressional District and in January 2025 became the first Black woman to serve in Ways and Means Committee subcommittee leadership in the committee's history when she was selected as Ranking Member of the Oversight Subcommittee. A Selma native, Sewell earned degrees from Princeton, won a Rhodes-type scholarship to Oxford (the first Black woman from Alabama to achieve this honor), and graduated from Harvard Law School. She practiced as a securities and public-finance attorney in Birmingham before her 2010 election to Congress, making her the first Black woman ever elected to Congress from Alabama. Sewell serves on Ways and Means, Oversight, Trade, and Social Security subcommittees, and on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. She has been the leading voice on voting rights legislation, including the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and advocates for expanded health care access and economic development in Alabama's rural Black Belt region.