List of Native Americans in the United States Congress
This is a list of Native Americans with documented tribal ancestry or affiliation in the U.S. Congress.
All entries on this list are related to Native American tribes based in the contiguous United States. No Alaska Natives have ever served in Congress. There are Native Hawaiians who have served in Congress, but they are not listed here because they are distinct from North American Natives.
The only two current members of Congress on this list are Tom Cole and Markwayne Mullin, both of whom are Republicans from Oklahoma.
All entries on this list are men. No Native American woman with documented tribal ancestry has ever served in Congress.
Senate
Picture | Senator (lifespan) |
Tribal Ancestry | State | Party | Term start | Term end | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hiram Revels (1827–1901) |
Lumbee | Mississippi | Republican | February 23, 1870 | March 4, 1871 | Resigned to become the President of Alcorn State University | |
Robert Owen (1856–1947) |
Cherokee | Oklahoma | Democratic | December 11, 1907 | March 4, 1925 | Retired | |
Charles Curtis (1860–1936) |
Kaw, Osage, Potawatomi |
Kansas | Republican | January 29, 1907 | January 3, 1913 | Lost reelection | |
March 4, 1915 | March 4, 1929 | Served as President pro tempore and Majority Leader Resigned after being elected Vice President | |||||
Paul Husting (1866–1917) |
Métis | Wisconsin | Democratic | March 4, 1915 | October 21, 1917 | Died in office | |
Ben Campbell (born 1933) |
Northern Cheyenne | Colorado | Democratic (1993–1995) | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 2005 | Retired | |
Republican (1995-2005) |
House of Representatives
Picture | Representative (lifespan) |
Tribal Ancestry | State | Party | Term start | Term end | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Floyd (1783–1837) |
Powhatan | Virginia | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 | March 4, 1829 | Later served as Governor of Virginia Retired | |
Richard H. Cain (1825–1887) |
Cherokee | South Carolina | Republican | March 4, 1873 | March 4, 1875 | Retired | |
March 4, 1877 | March 4, 1879 | ||||||
John Mercer Langston (1829–1897) |
Pamunkey | Virginia | Republican | September 23, 1890 | March 3, 1891 | Lost Reelection | |
Charles Curtis (1860–1936) |
Kaw, Osage, Potawatomi |
Kansas | Republican | March 4, 1893 | January 28, 1907 | Retired to become U.S. Senator from Kansas | |
Charles Carter (1868–1929) |
Chickasaw | Oklahoma | Democratic | November 16, 1907 | March 4, 1927 | Lost renomination | |
William Hastings (1866–1938) |
Cherokee | Oklahoma | Democratic | March 4, 1915 | March 4, 1921 | Lost reelection | |
March 4, 1923 | January 3, 1935 | Retired | |||||
Will Rogers Jr. (1911–1993) |
Cherokee | California | Democratic | January 3, 1943 | May 23, 1944 | Resigned to join the U.S. Army | |
William Stigler (1891–1952) |
Choctaw | Oklahoma | Democratic | March 28, 1944 | August 21, 1952 | Died in office | |
Ben Reifel (1906–1990) |
Rosebud Sioux | South Dakota | Republican | January 3, 1961 | January 3, 1971 | Retired | |
Floyd Hicks (1915–1992) |
Paiute, Shoshone |
Washington | Democratic | January 3, 1965 | January 3, 1977 | Retired | |
Clem McSpadden (1925–2008) |
Cherokee | Oklahoma | Democratic | January 3, 1973 | January 3, 1975 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the nomination to the Oklahoma gubernatorial election, 1974 | |
Ben Campbell (born 1933) |
Northern Cheyenne | Colorado | Democratic | January 3, 1987 | January 3, 1993 | Retired to run successfully for the United States Senate election in Colorado, 1992 | |
Brad Carson (born 1967) |
Cherokee | Oklahoma | Democratic | January 3, 2001 | January 3, 2005 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 2004 | |
Tom Cole (born 1949) |
Chickasaw | Oklahoma | Republican | January 3, 2003 | present | ||
Travis Childers (born 1958) |
Chickasaw, Choctaw |
Mississippi | Democratic | May 13, 2008 | January 3, 2011 | Lost reelection | |
Markwayne Mullin (born 1977) |
Cherokee | Oklahoma | Republican | January 3, 2013 | present |
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