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.

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.

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
	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
	Robert Owen (1856–1947)	Cherokee	Oklahoma	Democratic	December 11, 1907	March 4, 1925	Retired
	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 1974 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
	Ben Campbell (born 1933)	Northern Cheyenne	Colorado	Democratic	January 3, 1987	January 3, 1993	Retired to run successfully for the 1992 United States Senate election in Colorado
	Brad Carson (born 1967)	Cherokee	Oklahoma	Democratic	January 3, 2001	January 3, 2005	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 2004 United States Senate election in Oklahoma
	Tom Cole (born 1949)	Chickasaw	Oklahoma	Republican	January 3, 2003	present
	Travis Childers (born 1958)	Chickasaw, Mississippi Choctaw	Mississippi	Democratic	May 13, 2008	January 3, 2011	Lost reelection
	Markwayne Mullin (born 1977)	Cherokee	Oklahoma	Republican	January 3, 2013	present
	Sharice Davids (born 1980)	Ho-Chunk	Kansas	Democratic	January 3, 2019	present
	Deb Haaland (born 1960)	Laguna Pueblo	New Mexico	Democratic	January 3, 2019	present

References

• Stubben, Jerry D. (2006). Native Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-57607-262-2.