This is a list of Native Americans in the U.S. Congress.
Senate
Picture | Senator | Tribal Ancestry | State | Party | Term | Reason for leaving |
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Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827-1901) [1] |
Lumbee | Mississippi | Republican | 1869–1871 | Resigned to become first president of Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College | |
Matthew Quay (1833-1904) |
Abenaki or Lenape | Pennsylvania | Republican | 1887–1899, 1901–1904 | Died in office | |
Robert Latham Owen (1856-1947) |
Cherokee | Oklahoma | Democratic | 1907–1925 | Died in office | |
Charles Curtis (1860-1936) |
Kaw, Osage, and Potawatomi | Kansas | Republican | 1915–1929 1907–1913 |
Resigned after being elected Vice President of the United States | |
Paul O. Husting (1866-1917) |
Métis people (United States) | Wisconsin | Democratic | 1915–1917 | Died in office | |
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (b. 1933) |
Northern Cheyenne | Colorado | Republican | 1993–2005 | Elected as a Democrat. Retired |
House of Representatives
Picture | Representative | Tribal Ancestry | State | Party | Term | Reason for leaving |
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John Floyd (1783-1837) |
Powhatan | Virginia | Democratic-Republican | 1817–1829 | Retired | |
Charles Curtis (1860-1936) |
Kaw, Osage, and Potawatomi | Kansas | Republican | 1893–1907 | Retired to successfully run for the United States Senate in 1906 | |
Charles D. Carter (1868-1929) |
Chickasaw | Oklahoma | Democratic | 1907–1927 | Lost renomination | |
William Wirt Hastings (1866-1938) |
Cherokee | Oklahoma | Democratic | 1915–1921 1923–1935 |
Defeated & Retired | |
Will Rogers, Jr. (1911-1993) |
Cherokee | California | Democratic | 1943–1944 | Resigned to join the United States Army | |
William G. Stigler (1891-1952) |
Choctaw | Oklahoma | Democratic | 1944–1952 | Died in office | |
Ben Reifel (1906-1990) |
Rosebud Sioux | South Dakota | Republican | 1961–1971 | Retired | |
Floyd Hicks (1915-1992) |
Paiute and Shoshone | Washington | Democratic | 1965–1977 | Retired | |
Clem McSpadden (1925-2008) |
Cherokee | Oklahoma | Democratic | 1973–1975 | Retired to unsuccessfully run for Governor of Oklahoma in 1974 | |
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (b. 1933) |
Northern Cheyenne | Colorado | Democratic | 1987–1993 | Retired to successfully run for the United States Senate in 1992 | |
Brad Carson (b. 1967) |
Cherokee | Oklahoma | Democratic | 2001–2005 | Retired to unsuccessfully run for the United States Senate in 2004 | |
Tom Cole (b. 1949) |
Chickasaw | Oklahoma | Republican | 2003–present | ||
Travis Childers (b. 1958) |
Chickasaw and Choctaw | Mississippi | Democratic | 2008–2011 | Lost reelection | |
Markwayne Mullin (b. 1977) |
Cherokee | Oklahoma | Republican | 2013–present |
Notes
- ^ for the predecessors and successors of each Native American Representative's/Delegate's district or Senator with their date of birth and death, click on the U.S. representative/delegate or senator, for the number of congresses, click on the congress.
Sources
- Stubben,Jerry D.(2006). "[1]". Native Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook"