In 1972 Barbara Jordan was elected to Congress from this state
[DOC] [TLE] Barbara Jordan - Civil Rights Activist, U.S. Representative ... [PAR]  [DOC] [TLE] Barbara Jordan - Civil Rights Activist, U.S. Representative ... [PAR] Jul 8, 2014 ... Born on February 21, 1936, in Houston, Texas, Barbara Jordan was a lawyer and educator who was a congresswoman from 1972 to 1978the first African-American congresswoman to come from the deep South and the first woman ever elected to the Texas Senate (1966).