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	Lumbee	Mississippi	Republican	1869–1871	Resigned to become first president of Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College
	Matthew Quay	Abenaki or Lenape	Pennsylvania	Republican	1887–1899, 1901–1904	Died in office
	Robert Latham Owen	Cherokee	Oklahoma	Democratic	1907–1925	Died in office
	Charles Curtis	Kaw, Osage, and Potawatomi	Kansas	Republican	1915–1929, 1907–1913	Resigned after being elected Vice President of the United States
	Paul O. Husting	Métis people (United States)	Wisconsin	Democratic	1915–1917	Died in office
	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Northern Cheyenne	Colorado	Republican	1993–2005	Elected as a Democrat. Retired

House of Representatives

Picture	Representative	Tribal Ancestry	State	Party	Term	Reason for leaving
	John Floyd	Powhatan	Virginia	Democratic-Republican	1817–1829	Retired
	Charles Curtis	Kaw, Osage, and Potawatomi	Kansas	Republican	1893–1907	Retired to successfully run for United States Senate election in Kansas, 1906
	Charles D. Carter	Choctaw	Oklahoma	Democratic	1907–1927	Lost renomination
	William Wirt Hastings	Cherokee	Oklahoma	Democratic	1915–1921, 1923–1935	Defeated & Retired
	Will Rogers, Jr.	Cherokee	California	Democratic	1943–1944	Resigned to join United States Army
	William G. Stigler	Choctaw	Oklahoma	Democratic	1943–1952	Died in office
	Ben Reifel	Rosebud Sioux	South Dakota	Republican	1961–1971	Retired
	Floyd Hicks	Paiute and Shoshone	Washington	Democratic	1965–1976	Retired
	Clem McSpadden	Cherokee	Oklahoma	Democratic	1973–1975	Retired to unsuccessfully run for Governor election in Oklahoma, 1974
	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Northern Cheyenne	Colorado	Democratic	1987–1993	Retired to successfully run for United States Senate election in Colorado, 1992
	Brad Carson	Cherokee	Oklahoma	Democratic	2001–2005	Retired to unsuccessfully run for United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 2004
	Tom Cole	Chickasaw	Oklahoma	Republican	2003–present
	Travis Childers	Chickasaw and Choctaw	Mississippi	Democratic	2008–2011	Lost reelection
	Markwayne Mullin	Cherokee	Oklahoma	Republican	2013–present

Notes

Sources

• Stubben,Jerry D.(2006). "". Native Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook"