List of Native American politicians

This is a list of Native American politicians in the United States. These are Native Americans who served in the federal, state, or municipal governments.

Native American identity is a complex and contested issue. The Bureau of Indian Affairs defines Native American as having American Indian or Alaska Native ancestry. Legally, being Native American is defined as being enrolled in a federally recognized tribe or Alaskan village. These entities establish their own membership rules, and they vary. Each must be understood independently. Ethnologically, factors such as culture, history, language, religion, and familial kinships can influence Native American identity.[1]

All individuals on this list should have Native American ancestry. Historical figures might predate tribal enrollment practices and may be included based on reliable sources that document ethnological tribal membership. Any contemporary individuals should either be enrolled members of federally recognized tribes, or have cited Native American ancestry and be recognized as Native American by their respective tribes(s). Contemporary individuals who are not enrolled in a tribe but are documented as having tribal descent are listed as being "of descent" from a tribe.

For tribal leaders, please go to that tribe's article.

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Federal offices

Executive branch

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
David W. Anderson			Ojibwe / Choctaw	Republican	9th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
Carl J. Artman		1965-	Iroquois / Oneida	Republican	10th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
Lisa Johnson Billy		1967-	Chickasaw	Republican	Member of the board of trustees of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
Charles Curtis		1860–1936	Kaw/Osage Nation/Potawatomi	Republican	US Senator from Kansas; U.S. Vice President (1929–1933)
Ada Deer		1935-	Menominee	Democratic	6th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
Larry Echo Hawk		1948-	Pawnee Nation	Democratic	11th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
Keith Harper		1965-	Cherokee Nation	Democratic	U.S. representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council
Jack Jackson, Jr.			Navajo	Democratic	Former State Senator for AZ District 2 and Liaison to Secretary Kerry, US Department of State[2]
Donald Laverdure			Crow	Democratic	Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
Peter MacDonald		1927-	Navajo	Republican	Navajo Code Talker, 7th Chairman of the Navajo Nation (1970-1989), member of the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CRP) in 1972
Ely Parker		1828–1895	Seneca Nation of New York	Independent	Commissioner of Indian Affairs in the Grant administration
Tara Sweeney			Iñupiat (Native Village of Barrow)	Republican	13th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
Kimberly Teehee		1966-	Cherokee Nation	Democratic	White House Senior Policy Advisor for Native American Affairs, 2009-2012

Legislative branch

Main article: List of Native Americans in the United States Congress

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Ben Nighthorse Campbell		1933–	Northern Cheyenne	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Colorado (1987-1993), U.S. Senator from Colorado (1993–2005)
				Republican
Brad Carson		1967–	Cherokee Nation	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, 2001-2005
Charles David Carter		1868–1929	Chickasaw Indian	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, 1907-27 (4th District 1907–15, 3rd District 1915–27)
Travis Childers		1958–	Mississippi Choctaw	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Mississippi, 2008–2011
Tom Cole		1949–	Chickasaw Nation	Republican	U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, 2003–present (4th District)
Charles Curtis		1860–1936	1/8 each Kansa/Osage Nation/Potawatomi	Republican	US Senator from Kansas; U.S. Vice President (1929–1933)
Sharice Davids		1980–	Ho-Chunk	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 2019–Present
Deb Haaland		1960–	Laguna Pueblo	Democratic	U.S. Representative from New Mexico 1st District, 2019–Present
William Wirt Hastings		1866–1938	Cherokee Nation	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1915–21, 1923–35
Markwayne Mullin		1977–	Cherokee Nation	Republican	U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, 2013–present (2nd District)
Robert Latham Owen		1856–1947	Cherokee Nation	Democratic	U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, 1907–25; candidate for Democratic Party nomination for president, 1920
Benjamin Reifel		1906–1990	Lakota Rosebud Sioux Tribe	Republican	U.S. Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1961–71.
Will Rogers, Jr.		1911–1993	Cherokee Nation	Democratic	US Representative from California, 1943–44
William Grady Stigler		1891–1952	Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma	Democratic	member of Oklahoma state senate, 1924–32; U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1944–52.
Kimberly Teehee		1966-	Cherokee Nation	Democratic	Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Cherokee Nation's at-large congressional district, 2019 - present (yet to be seated)

Judicial branch

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Michael Burrage		1950-	Choctaw Nation	Democratic	Became US District Judge for the Eastern, Northern, and Western districts of Oklahoma in 1994.[3] Became the Chief Judge of the Eastern District of Oklahoma in 1996, serving until his resignation from the court in 2001.[4]
Philip N. Hogen			Oglala Sioux	Republican	United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota (1981-1991), Commissioner of the National Indian Gaming Commission (2002-2009)
Diane J. Humetewa		1964-	Hopi	Democratic	US Judge for the District of Arizona [5]
Arvo Mikkanen		1961-	Kiowa	Democratic	US Assistant Attorney for United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma since 1994.[6] Later unsuccessful US District Judge nomination[7]
R. Trent Shores			Choctaw Nation	Republican	United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma since 2017.

State offices

Alaska

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Albert P. Adams		1942–2012	Inupiaq	Democratic	State representative 1981–1989, state senator 1989–2001
Billy Akers		1947–	[?]	Republican	State representative 1977–1979
Charles G. Anderson		1929–	Aleut	Republican	State representative 1981–1983
Nels A. Anderson, Jr.		1939–	Yup’ik	Democratic	State representative 1975–1981, state senator 1982–1983
Bill Beltz		1912–1960	Inupiaq	Democratic	Territorial representative 1949–1951, territorial senator 1951–1959, state senator and president of the state senate 1959–1960
Ray Christiansen		1922–1998	Yup’ik	Democratic	State representative 1961–1967, state senator 1967–1973
Joseph Chuckwuk		1948–	Yup’ik	Democratic	State representative 1981–1983
John E. Curtis		[?]	Inupiaq	Republican	State representative 1959–1961
Larry T. Davis		1930–2006	Inupiaq	Democratic	State representative 1975–1977
Chuck Degnan		1941–	Inupiaq	Democratic	State representative 1971–1975
Frank Degnan		1901–1980	[?]	Democratic	Territorial representative 1951–1953
Bryce Edgmon		1961–	Yup'ik	Democratic	State representative 2007–present, speaker of the state house 2017–present
Charles Fagerstrom		1905–1962	Inupiaq	Democratic	Territorial representative 1953–1957, state representative 1959–1961
Frank R. Ferguson		1939–2003	Inupiaq	Democratic	State representative 1971–1975, state senator 1975–1986
				Independent
Neal Foster		1972–	Inupiaq	Democratic	State representative 2009–present
Richard Foster		1946–2009	Inupiaq	Democratic	State representative 1989–2009
Charles Franz		c. 1910–1996	[?]	Democratic	State representative 1959–1961
Phillip Guy		1941–2011	Yup’ik	Democratic	State representative 1973–1981
Willie Hensley		1941–	Inupiaq	Democratic	State representative 1967–1971, state senator 1971–1975 and 1987–1989
Adelheid Herrmann		1953–	Yup’ik	Democratic	State representative 1983–1989
Jimmy Hoffman		c. 1928–[?]	Yup’ik	Republican	State representative 1959–1961
Lyman Hoffman		1950–	Yup’ik	Democratic	State representative 1987–1991 and 1993–1995, state senator 1991–1993 and 1995–present
Andrew Hope		1896–1968	Tlingit	Democratic	Territorial representative 1945–1953 and 1957–1959, state representative 1959–1963
Eben Hopson		1922–1980	Inupiaq	Democratic	Territorial representative 1957–1959, state senator 1959–1967
Jimmy Huntington		1916–1987	Koyukon	Independent	State representative 1975–1977
Percy Ipalook		1906–1990	Inupiaq	Republican	Territorial representative 1949–1951, territorial senator 1951–1955
Brenda Itta		1943–	Inupiaq	Democratic	State representative 1975–1977
Ivan M. Ivan		1945–	Yup’ik	Democratic	State representative 1991–1993 and 1995–1999
George Jacko		1959–	Aleut	Democratic	State representative 1989–1993, state senator 1993–1995
			Dena'ina
			Yup’ik
Arthur D. Johnson		1920–1961	[?]	Republican	State representative 1961
Axel C. Johnson		1911–1985	Yup’ik	Democratic	State representative 1959–1961 and 1963–1967
Frank G. Johnson		1894–1982	Tlingit	Republican	Territorial representative 1947–1955 and 1957–1959
Frank L. Johnson		c. 1904–[?]	Inupiaq	Republican	Territorial representative 1949–1951
Grace A. Johnson		1924–2004	Inupiaq	Republican	State representative 1962–1963
Reggie Joule		1952–	Inupiaq	Democratic	State representative 1997–2012
Sam Kito III		1964–	Tlingit	Democratic	State representative 2014–present
Albert Kookesh		1948–	Tlingit	Democratic	State representative 1997–2005, state senator 2005–2013
Jacob Laktonen		1917–1996	[?]	Republican	State representative 1973–1975
Loren Leman		1950–	Alutiiq	Republican	State representative 1989–1993, state senator 1993–2002, lieutenant governor 2002–2006
Georgianna Lincoln		1943–	Gwich'in	Democratic	State representative 1991–1993, state senator 1993–2005
Don Long		c. 1945–	Inupiaq	Democratic	State representative 1996–1997
Jerry Mackie		1962–	Haida	Democratic	State representative 1991–1997, state senator 1997–2001
				Republican
Eileen MacLean		1949–1996	Inupiaq	Democratic	State representative 1989–1995
Byron Mallott		1943–2020	Tlingit	Democratic	Commissioner of community and regional affairs 1972–1974, lieutenant governor 2014–2018
				Independent
Beverly Masek		1963–	Deg Hit'an	Republican	State representative 1995–2005
Charisse Millett		1964–	Inupiaq	Republican	State representative 2009–present
Martin B. Moore		[?]–	Yup’ik	Democratic	State representative 1971–1973
Carl M. Morgan		1950–	Yup’ik	Republican	State representative 1999–2005
Carl E. Moses		1929–2014	Aleut	Alaskan Independence	State representative 1965–1973 and 1993–2007
				Democratic
				Republican
Benjamin Nageak		1950–	Inupiaq	Democratic	State representative 2013–2017
Alfred Nakak		1947–2000	Inupiaq	Democratic	State representative 1977–1979
Ed Naughton		1930–2002	[?]	Democratic	State representative 1971–1977
Irene Nicholia		1956–	Koyukon	Democratic	State representative 1993–1999
John Nusunginya		1927–1981	Inupiaq	Democratic	State representative 1959–1963
Donny Olson		1953–	Inupiaq	Democratic	State senator 2001–present
Alvin Osterback		1915–2005	[?]	Democratic	State representative 1975–1981
Justin Parish		1980–	Tinglit	Democratic	State representative 2017–present
Moses Paukan		1933–2017	Yup’ik	Democratic	State representative 1968–1971
William Paul		1885–1977	Tlingit	Republican	Territorial representative 1925–1929
Frank Peratrovich		1895–1984	Tlingit	Democratic	Territorial representative 1945–1947, territorial senator 1947–1951 and 1957–1959, delegate and first vice president of constitutional convention 1955–1956, state senator 1959–1967, president of the state senate 1961–1965, state representative 1969–1973
Larry Peterson		1939–	Gwich'in	Democratic	State representative 1973–1975
John Sackett		1944–	Koyukon	Republican	State representative 1967–1971, state senator 1973–1987
Woodie Salmon		1952–	Gwich'in	Democratic	State representative 2005–2011
Mary Sattler		1973–	Yup’ik	Democratic	State representative 1999–2009
Leo Schaeffer		1947–	Inupiaq	Democratic	State representative 1977–1981
Frank See		1915–1998	Tlingit	Democratic	State representative 1965–1969
Martin Seversen		1925–1979	[?]	[?]	State representative 1977
Jake Stalker		1917–c. 2008	Inupiaq	Democratic	State representative 1961–1967
Bill Thomas		1947–	Tlingit	Republican	State representative 2005–2013
Tony Vaska		1948–	Yup’ik	Democratic	State representative 1981–1985
Kay Wallis		1944–	Gwich'in	Democratic	State representative 1985–1991
Tim Wallis		1940–	Gwich'in	Democratic	State representative 1975–1977
Jerry Ward		1948–	[?]	Republican	State representative 1983–1985, state senator 1997–2003
James K. Wells		1906–1979	Inupiaq	Democratic	Territorial representative 1951–1953
John Westdahl		1918–1968	Yup’ik	Democratic	State representative 1967–1968
Dean Westlake		1960–	Inupiaq	Democratic	State representative 2017–present
Alfred Widmark		1904–1989	Tlingit	Republican	State representative 1961–1963
Bill K. Williams		1943–2019	Tlingit	Democratic	State representative 1993–2005
				Republican
Jules W. Wright		1933–	Gwich'in	Republican	State representative 1967–1969
Fred Zharoff		1944–2001	Alutiiq	Democratic	State representative 1979–1985, state senator 1985–1997
Tiffany Zulkosky	1984	Yup’ik	Democratic	State representative 2018-present

Arizona

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Carlyle Begay		[?]	Navajo	Democratic	State senator 2013–2017
				Republican
Jennifer Benally		[?]	[?]	Democratic	State representative 2015–present
Eric Descheenie			Navajo	Democratic	State representative 2017–present
Sally Ann Gonzales		1957–	Pascua Yaqui	Democratic	State representative 1997–2001 and 2011–present
Albert Hale		c. 1951–	Navajo	Democratic	State senator 2004–2011; State representative 2011–present
Victoria Steele		[?]	Seneca	Democratic	State representative 2013–present
Jamescita Peshlakai			Navajo	Democratic	State representative, District 7[8]
Peterson Zah		c. 1937–	Navajo	Democratic	Special Adviser to ASU President on American Indian Affairs

California

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Todd Gloria		1978-	Tlingit-Haida	Democratic	San Diego City Council (2008-2016), State assemblyman (2017-present)
James C. Ramos		1967-	Serrano / Cahuilla	Democratic	San Bernardino Community College Board of Trustees (2005–12), San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors (2012-2018), California State Assemblymember (2018-present)

Colorado

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Ben Nighthorse Campbell		1933–	Northern Cheyenne	Democratic	U.S. Representative from Colorado (1987-1993), U.S. Senator from Colorado (1993–2005)
				Republican

Idaho

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Jeanne Givens			Coeur d'Alene
Larry Echo Hawk		1948	Pawnee Nation	Democratic	Attorney General of Idaho (1991-1995) and former United States Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs (2009-2012)
Paulette Jordan		c. 1980–	Coeur d'Alene	Democratic	State representative (2014-2018) Democratic nominee for Governor in 2018 Democratic nominee for Senate in 2020

Illinois

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Donne E. Trotter		1950–		Democratic	State senator (1993-); State representative (1988-1993)

Kansas

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Ponka-We Victors		1981–	Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma-Tohono O'odham	Democratic	State representative, District 103 (2011-)[9]

Kentucky

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Reginald Meeks		1954–		Democratic	State representative (2000-)

Maine

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Matthew Dana II			Passamaquoddy		State representative (non-voting)
Wayne Mitchell			Penobscot		State representative (non-voting)
Henry John Bear			Maliseet		State representative (non-voting)

Minnesota

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Susan Allen		1963–	Rosebud Lakota	Democratic	State representative (2012-2019)
Jamie Becker-Finn			Ojibwe	Democratic	State representative (2017-)
Peggy Flanagan		1979–	White Earth Band of Ojibwe	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota (2019–present) State representative (2015-2019)
Steve Green		1960-	White Earth Band of Ojibwe	Republican	State representative (2013-)
Mary Kelly Kunesh-Podein		1960-	Standing Rock Lakota	Democratic	State representative (2017-)

Mississippi

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Greenwood Leflore		1800–1865	Mississippi Choctaw		State senator (1841-1844); Principal chief of the Choctaw

Montana

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Denise Juneau		1967–	Mandan and Hidatsaa	Democratic	Superintendent of Public Instruction (2009-2017)
Carolyn Pease-Lopez				Democratic	State representative (2008–)
George Kipp III			Blackfeet Nation	Democratic	State representative (2015-)
G. Bruce Meyers			Chippewa-Cree	Republican	State representative (2015-2017)
Shane Morigeau			Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation	Democratic	State representative (2017-)
Rae Peppers			Northern Cheyenne Tribe	Democratic	State representative (2013–)
Frosty Boss Ribs		1955–	Blackfeet Nation	Democratic	State Representative (2009-2011, 2013-2015)
Jason Small			Northern Cheyenne	Republican	State senator (2017-)
Frank Smith			Assiniboine	Democratic	State representative (1998-2004); State senator (2004-)
Sharon Stewart-Peregoy		1953–		Democratic	State senator (2009–)
Lea Whitford			Blackfeet Nation	Democratic	State senator (2015–)
Susan Webber			Blackfeet Nation	Democratic	State representative (2015-)
Jonathan Windy Boy			Chippewa-Cree	Democratic	State representative (2002-2008); State senator (2008-)

New Mexico

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Ray Begaye		1954-	Navajo	Democratic	State representative, District 4[10] (1999–2013)
Patricia Roybal Caballero				Democratic	State representative (2013-)
Sharon Clahchischilliage			Navajo	Republican	State representative, District 4[11]
Jack Jackson, Sr			Navajo	Democratic	State representative[12]
Sandra D. Jeff			Navajo	Democratic	State representative, District 5[11]
Doreen Wonda Johnson		1953–		Democratic	State representative (2015-)
Derrick Lente			Sandia & Isleta Pueblo	Democratic	State representative, District 26 (2013-)
Georgene Louis				Democratic	State representative, District 26 (2013-)
Lynda Lovejoy			Navajo	Democratic	Public Regulation Commissioner[13]
James Madalena		1948–		Democratic	State representative (1985-)
John Pinto			Navajo	Democratic	State senator, District 3[11]
Nick L. Salazar		1929–		Democratic	State representative, 40th District (1974-)
Benny Shendo				Democratic	State senator (2013-)

North Carolina

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity Tribe	Party	Offices held
Charles Graham				Democratic	State assembly member
David T. McCoy		1952-	Turtle Mountain Chippewa	Democratic	state public official, State Controller, State Budget Director, and Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation

North Dakota

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Richard Marcellais			Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians	Democratic	State senator
Wayne Trottier			Standing Rock Sioux Tribe	Republican	State representative
Ruth Buffalo			Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation	Democratic	State representative

Oklahoma

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Bill Anoatubby		1945-	Chickasaw Nation	Democratic	Lieutenant governor in the administration of Chickasaw Governor Overton James (1979-1987)
Steve Burrage		1952-	Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma	Democratic	State Auditor (2008-2011); State Tax Commissioner (2014-present)
Sean Burrage		1952-	Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma	Democratic	Senate Minority leader (2012-2014; State senator (2006-2014); President of Southeastern Oklahoma State University (2014–present)
Lisa Johnson Billy		1967-	Chickasaw Nation	Republican	State representative, 42nd district[14]
Brian Bingman		1953-	Creek	Republican	State senator (2007-2016); State representative (2005-2007)
Doug Cox				Republican	State representative (2005-)
Brad Carson		1967-	Cherokee people	Democratic	United States House of Representatives (2001–2005), undersecretary of the Army (2014–15) and General Counsel of the Army (2012–2014)
Tom Cole		1949-	Chickasaw Nation	Republican	Congressman
Holmes Colbert		19th-century	Chickasaw Nation
Scott Fetgatter		1968-	Choctaw Nation	Republican	State representative, 16th district
William Fourkiller		1965-	Cherokee people	Democratic	State representative
Enoch Kelly Haney		1940-	Seminole Nation	Democratic	State representative, 28th district
Keith Harper		1940-	Cherokee Nation	Democratic	U.S. representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva
David Holt		1979-	Osage	Republican	Mayor of Oklahoma City (2018-) State senator (2010–2018)
Chuck Hoskin		1952-	Cherokee Nation	Democratic	State representative, 6th district (2007-)
Shane Jett		1974-	Cherokee Nation	Republican	State representative (2004-2010); Presidential Appointee Community Development Advisory Board (2017–present)
Fred Jordan			Cherokee Nation	Republican	State representative (2007-)
Dan Kirby				Republican	State representative
Richard Lerblanc			Muscogee		State senator (2003-)
Ken Lutrell			Cherokee Nation	Democratic	State representative (2007-)
Al McAffrey		1948-	Choctaw	Democratic	State representative[14] (2007-2015)
Mark McBride			Potawatomi	Republican	State representative
Skye McNiel		1978-	Muscogee Creek Nation	Republican	State representative, 29th district[14] (2007-2013)
Jerry McPeak			Muscogee	Democratic	State representative (2005-2016)
Johnston Murray			Chickasaw Nation descent	Democratic	Governor (1951–1955)
Anatasia Pittman			Seminole	Democratic	State representative (2007-)
Seneca Scott				Democratic	State representative
T.W. Shannon		1978-	Chickasaw Nation	Republican	State representative (2007-2015), Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (2013-2014)
Jerry Shoemake			Cherokee Nation	Democratic	State representative (2005-2016)
John Starks			Cherokee Nation	Democratic	State senator (2006-2018)
Kevin Stitt		1972-	Cherokee Nation	Republican	Governor (2019- )
Daniel Sullivan			Choctaw	Republican	State representative (2005-)
Kimberly Teehee			Cherokee Nation	Democratic	White House Senior Policy Advisor for Native American Affairs (2009–2012)
Paul Wesselhoft			Potawatomi	Republican	State representative (2005-)
Cory Williams				Democratic	State representative

Oregon

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Jackie Taylor			Potawatomi	Democratic	State representative (1991–2001)
Tawna Sanchez			Shoshone, Bannock, Ute	Democratic	State representative (2017–)

Pennsylvania

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Barbara Smith			Sac and Fox Nation	Democratic	State representative (2006-)

South Dakota

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Shawn Bordeaux			Rosebud	Democratic	State representative (2015–Present)
Jim Bradford			Oglala Sioux	Democratic	State senator (2009-2017); State representative (2001-2009)
Ed Iron Cloud III			Oglala Sioux	Democratic	State representative (2009-2012)
Troy Heinert			Rosebud	Democratic	State representative (2013-2015), State senator (2015-Present)
Philip N. Hogen			Oglala Sioux	Republican	United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota (1981-1991), Commissioner of the National Indian Gaming Commission (2002-2009)
Tamara St. John			Dakota	Republican	State representative (2019 - )
Steve Livermont			Oglala Sioux	Republican	State representative (2017 - )
Kevin Killer			Oglala Sioux	Democratic	State representative (2009-2017), State senator (2017-Present)
Ben Reifel		1906 – 1990	Brulé Lakota	Republican	Congressman (elected to the Eighty-seventh Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses; January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1971)
Theresa Two Bulls			Oglala Sioux	Democratic	State senator (2005-2009)

Tennessee

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Bryan Terry		1968-	Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma	Republican	State representative (2015-)

Texas

Utah

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
Angela Romero				Democratic	State representative (2013-)

Washington

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
George Adams		1880-1954	Skokomish	Democratic	State representative (1933-1939), (1945-1954)
Don Barlow		1938-2016	Ottawa	Democratic	State representative (2007-2009)
William Bishop		1861-1934	Snohomish	Republican	State senator (1919-1927), (1933-1934), State representative (1899-1903), (1905-1907), (1909-1911), (1917-1919)
Jim Dunn		1942-	Inuit	Republican	State representative (1997-2003), (2005-2009)
Claudia Kauffman		1959-	Nez Perce	Democratic	State senator (2007-2011)
Debra Lekanoff		1971-	Tlingit	Democratic	State representative (2019-)
John McCoy		1943-	Tulalip	Democratic	State senator (2013-), State representative (2003-2013)
Jeff Morris		1964-	Tsimshian	Democratic	State representative (1997-)
Chief George Pierre		1926-2011	Colville	Democratic	State representative (1965-1967)
Jay Rodne		1966-	Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians	Republican	State representative (2004-2019)
Dino Rossi		1959-	Tlingit	Republican	State senator (1997-2003, 2012, 2017); 2004 and 2008 Republican nominee for Governor
Lois Stratton		1927-	Spokane	Democratic	State senator (1985-1993), State representative (1980-1985)
John Tennant		1830-1893	Quapaw		Territorial representative (1858-1860)

Wyoming

Name	Image	Life	Ethnicity or tribe	Party	Offices held
W. Patrick Goggles			Arapaho	Democratic	State representative (2004-2015)
Affie Ellis			Navajo	Republican	State senator (2017-)
Andi Clifford			Arapaho	Democratic	State representative (2019-)

Municipal offices

Idaho

• William (Bill) Weems, (Coeur d'Alene) Plummer City Council [2012-2016] Mayor [2016- ]

Minnesota

• Renee Van Nett, (Leech Lake Ojibwe) Duluth City Council

New Mexico

• April J. Silversmith, Navajo Democrat (Gallup, NM Magistrate Judge[15])
• Carol Bowman Muskett, Navajo Democrat (McKinley County, NM Commissioner District I[16])
• Genevieve Jackson, Navajo Democrat (McKinley County, NM Commissioner District II[17])
• Harriet K. Becenti, Navajo Democrat (McKinley County, NM Clerk[18])
• Thommy Nelson, Navajo Democrat (McKinley County, NM Probate Judge[19])
• Felix Begay, Navajo Democrat (McKinley County, NM Sheriff[20])
• Earnest Becenti, Navajo Democrat (Mckinley County, NM County Treasurer[21])
• GloJean Todacheene, Navajo Democrat (San Juan County, NM Commissioner District I[22])

Oklahoma

• John Tyler Hammons (b. 1988, Cherokee Nation), mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma

Utah

• Willie Grayeyes, Navajo Democrat (San Juan County, UT Commission[23]
• Kenneth Maryboy, Navajo Democrat (San Juan County, UT Commission [24])

Washington

• Christopher Roberts, (b. 1978, Choctaw), (Shoreline City Council [2010-])
• Roxanne Murphy, (Nooksack) Bellingham City Council [2012-2018]
• Debora Juarez, (Blackfeet) Seattle City Council [2016-]

Other offices

• Fleming Begaye Sr. (1921–2019) (Navajo) - Navajo Code Talker, Honorary Chair of the Native American Coalition of the Donald J. Trump for President Campaign, 2016
• Robert McDonald Jones (1808–1872) (Choctaw and Chickasaw)— Tribal Representative to the Confederate Congress, 1863–65. Represented Choctaw and Chickasaw nations.
• Will Rogers (1879–1935, Cherokee), honorary mayor of Beverly Hills, California[25]
• Tasha Cerda first woman and person of either African American and Native American descent to be elected Mayor of Gardena, California (also first person of Native American descent to be elected mayor in the state of California)[26]
• Amber Medina ( Chickasaw ) 2 term Cameron County, Texas Democratic Chair

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External links

• Political Graveyard's list of Native American politicians