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.
Only two Native Americans served in the 115th Congress: Tom Cole (serving since 2003) and Markwayne Mullin (serving since 2013), both of whom are Republican Representatives from Oklahoma. On November 6, 2018, Democrats Sharice Davids of Kansas and Deb Haaland of New Mexico were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and the 116th Congress, which commenced on January 3, 2019, has four Native Americans. Davids and Haaland are the first two Native American women with documented tribal ancestry to serve in Congress.
Source: Wikipedia (List of Native Americans in the United States Congress)
Senate
| Picture | Senator (lifespan) |
Tribal Ancestry | State | Party | Term start | Term end |
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Hiram Revels (1827–1901) |
Lumbee | Mississippi | Republican | February 23, 1870 | March 4, 1871 |
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Robert Owen (1856–1947) |
Cherokee | Oklahoma | Democratic | December 11, 1907 | March 4, 1925 |
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Charles Curtis (1860–1936) |
Kaw, Osage, Potawatomi |
Kansas | Republican | January 29, 1907 | January 3, 1913 |
| March 4, 1915 | March 4, 1929 | |||||
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Ben Campbell (born 1933) |
Northern Cheyenne | Colorado | Democratic (1993–1995) | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 2005 |
| Republican (1995-2005) |
House of Representatives
| Picture | Representative (lifespan) |
Tribal Ancestry | State | Party | Term start | Term end |
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John Floyd (1783–1837) |
Powhatan | Virginia | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 | March 4, 1829 |
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Richard H. Cain (1825–1887) |
Cherokee | South Carolina | Republican | March 4, 1873 | March 4, 1875 |
| March 4, 1877 | March 4, 1879 | |||||
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John Mercer Langston (1829–1897) |
Pamunkey | Virginia | Republican | September 23, 1890 | March 3, 1891 |
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Charles Curtis (1860–1936) |
Kaw, Osage, Potawatomi |
Kansas | Republican | March 4, 1893 | January 28, 1907 |
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Charles Carter (1868–1929) |
Chickasaw | Oklahoma | Democratic | November 16, 1907 | March 4, 1927 |
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William Hastings (1866–1938) |
Cherokee | Oklahoma | Democratic | March 4, 1915 | March 4, 1921 |
| March 4, 1923 | January 3, 1935 | |||||
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Will Rogers Jr. (1911–1993) |
Cherokee | California | Democratic | January 3, 1943 | May 23, 1944 |
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William Stigler (1891–1952) |
Choctaw | Oklahoma | Democratic | March 28, 1944 | August 21, 1952 |
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Ben Reifel (1906–1990) |
Rosebud Sioux | South Dakota | Republican | January 3, 1961 | January 3, 1971 |
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Floyd Hicks (1915–1992) |
Paiute, Shoshone |
Washington | Democratic | January 3, 1965 | January 3, 1977 |
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Clem McSpadden (1925–2008) |
Cherokee | Oklahoma | Democratic | January 3, 1973 | January 3, 1975 |
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Ben Campbell (born 1933) |
Northern Cheyenne | Colorado | Democratic | January 3, 1987 | January 3, 1993 |
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Brad Carson (born 1967) |
Cherokee | Oklahoma | Democratic | January 3, 2001 | January 3, 2005 |
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Tom Cole (born 1949) |
Chickasaw | Oklahoma | Republican | January 3, 2003 | present |
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Travis Childers (born 1958) |
Chickasaw, Mississippi Choctaw |
Mississippi | Democratic | May 13, 2008 | January 3, 2011 |
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Markwayne Mullin (born 1977) |
Cherokee | Oklahoma | Republican | January 3, 2013 | present |
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Sharice Davids (born 1980) |
Ho-Chunk | Kansas | Democratic | January 3, 2019 | present |
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Deb Haaland (born 1960) |
Laguna Pueblo | New Mexico | Democratic | January 3, 2019 | present |
Source: Wikipedia (List of Native Americans in the United States Congress)
