List of Native Americans in the United States Congress

This is a list of Native Americans in the U.S. Congress.

Senate

Picture Senator Tribal Ancestry State Party Term Reason for leaving
Hiram Rhodes Revels
(1827-1901)
[1] 		Lumbee MississippiRepublican 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 Defeated & Died in office
Robert Latham Owen
(1856–1947)
 Cherokee OklahomaDemocratic 1907–1925 Died in office
Charles Curtis
(1860–1936)
Kaw, Osage, and Potawatomi KansasRepublican 1907–1913
1915–1929 		Defeated & Resigned after being elected Vice President of the United States
Paul O. Husting
(1866–1917)
 Metis WisconsinDemocratic 1915–1917 Died in office
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
(b. 1933)
 Northern Cheyenne Colorado Republican 1993–2005 Retired

House of Representatives

Picture Representative Tribal Ancestry State Party Term Reason for leaving
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

  1. ↑ 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

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