Terrycina Andrea "Terri" Sewell (; born January 1, 1965) is an American lawyer and politician.
A member of the Democratic Party, she has served as the U.S.
Representative since 2011 for Alabama's 7th congressional district, which includes most of the Black Belt, as well as most of the predominantly black portions of Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, and Montgomery.
Alongside U.S.
Senator Doug Jones, Sewell is one of two Democrats in Alabama’s congressional delegation.
A native of Selma, Sewell is a graduate of Princeton University, Harvard Law School, and Oxford University.
Before entering politics, she was a securities lawyer for Davis Polk & Wardwell.
She is the first African-American woman to have been elected to Congress from Alabama, and, along with Republican Martha Roby, was one of the first women elected to Congress from Alabama in a regular election.