List of Native Americans in the United States Congress
House of Representatives

List of Native Americans in the United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: None

Picture	Representative (lifespan)	Tribal Ancestry	State	Party	Term start	Term end	Notes

John Floyd	John Floyd (1783–1837)	Powhatan	Virginia	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817	March 4, 1829	Later served as Governor of Virginia Retired

Richard H. Cain	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	John Mercer Langston (1829–1897)	Pamunkey	Virginia	Republican	September 23, 1890	March 3, 1891	Lost Reelection

Charles Curtis	Charles Curtis (1860–1936)	Kaw, Osage, Potawatomi	Kansas	Republican	March 4, 1893	January 28, 1907	Retired to become U.S. Senator from Kansas

Charles D. Carter	Charles Carter (1868–1929)	Chickasaw	Oklahoma	Democratic	November 16, 1907	March 4, 1927	Lost renomination

William Wirt Hastings	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.	Will Rogers Jr. (1911–1993)	Cherokee	California	Democratic	January 3, 1943	May 23, 1944	Resigned to join the U.S. Army

William G. Stigler	William Stigler (1891–1952)	Choctaw	Oklahoma	Democratic	March 28, 1944	August 21, 1952	Died in office

Ben Reife	Ben Reifel (1906–1990)	Rosebud Sioux	South Dakota	Republican	January 3, 1961	January 3, 1971	Retired

Floyd Hicks	Floyd Hicks (1915–1992)	Paiute, Shoshone	Washington	Democratic	January 3, 1965	January 3, 1977	Retired

Clem McSpadden	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 Nighthorse Campbell	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	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	Tom Cole (born 1949)	Chickasaw	Oklahoma	Republican	January 3, 2003	present

Travis Childers	Travis Childers (born 1958)	Chickasaw, Mississippi Choctaw	Mississippi	Democratic	May 13, 2008	January 3, 2011	Lost reelection

Markwayne Mullin	Markwayne Mullin (born 1977)	Cherokee	Oklahoma	Republican	January 3, 2013	present

Sharice Davids	Sharice Davids (born 1980)	Ho-Chunk	Kansas	Democratic	January 3, 2019	present

Deb Haaland	Deb Haaland (born 1960)	Laguna Pueblo	New Mexico	Democratic	January 3, 2019	present

Sentence(s)

The one of the two Native Americans served in the Congress were Tom Cole serving since 2003 and Markwayne Mullin serving since 2013, Both were the Republican Representatives from Oklahoma.

final_sentence: The one of the two Native Americans served in the Congress were Tom Cole serving since 2003 and Markwayne Mullin serving since 2013, Both were the Republican Representatives from Oklahoma.