1992 - African Americans Elected from NC

November 3, 1992 - Watt and Clayton are elected to Congress.

• Charlotte’s Mel Watt is elected to the United States House of Representatives.
• He and Eva Clayton of Warrenton become the first blacks elected to Congress from North Carolina since Reconstruction.
• Earlier in his career, attorney Mel Watt had organized Harvey Gantt’s campaigns and served in the North Carolina state legislature.