REP. CEDRIC L. RICHMOND (D-LA)
Cedric Levon Richmond (born September 13, 1973) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been the U.S. Representative for Louisiana’s 2nd congressional district since 2011. His district includes most of New Orleans.
From 2017 to 2019, Richmond served as Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus. He is the only Louisiana Democrat serving in either chamber of Congress. He had previously served several terms as State Representative from New Orleans to the Louisiana State House, from 2000 to 2011. In 2019, he was named the first national co-chairman of the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign.
Richmond was born in New Orleans in 1973 and raised in New Orleans East, where he attended public schools. His father died when he was seven years old. His mother was a public school teacher and small business owner. Richmond graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School. He received a B.A. degree from Morehouse College, and a J.D. degree from Tulane School of Law. He also completed an executive program at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. While at Morehouse, Richmond played college baseball as a pitcher for the Morehouse Maroon Tigers in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
