List of Native American politicians
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This is a list of Native American politicians
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- Scott BigHorse House District #36, Oklahoma House of Representatives, elected Nov. 7th 2006.
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell, former United States Senator, Northern Cheyenne Indian, represented Colorado.
- Tom Cole, current U.S. Representative for Oklahoma's 4th district and an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation. He is currently the only Native American serving in the United States Congress.
- Charles Curtis, former U.S. Vice President and Senator, 1/8 Kansa/Osage Nation Indian, represented Kansas.
- Brad Carson, former Congressman, Cherokee Indian, represented Oklahoma.
- Hiram Rhodes Revels, former U.S. Senator, African American and Lumbee Indian, first black in the Senate, represented Mississippi.
- Larry EchoHawk, former Idaho Attorney General, Pawnee Indian
- Ely Parker, held senior posts in the Grant administration, Seneca
- Will Rogers, Jr., son of Will Rogers, Cherokee
- Benjamin William Arnett (1838-1906) — member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1886; first black state legislator elected to represent a majority white constituency, also of Native American descent
- Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett (1833-1908) — Pequot Indian-African ancestry. First black American to be appointed a diplomat to a foreign country.
- Philip C. Bellfy (b. 1946) —Chippewa Indian.
- Elias Cornelius Boudinot (1835-1890) — Tribal Representative to Confederate Congress, 1862-65, Cherokee
- Samuel Benton Callahan (1833-1911) — Justice of Oklahoma Supreme Court, 1891. Creek Indian
- Charles David Carter (1868-1929) — U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, 1907-27 (4th District 1907-15, 3rd District 1915-27). Choctaw Indian ancestry.
- Alexander Dimitry (1805-1883) — also known as Tobias Guarneriius — U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1859-61. Greek and Alabama Indian ancestry.
- William Eggers III (b. 1939) — member of Montana House of Representatives. Crow Indian
- John Alexander Giannetti, Jr. (b. 1964) — member of Maryland Senate 21st District, 2003-, American Indian-European-American ancestry.
- William Wirt Hastings (1866-1938) — U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1915-21, 1923-35; defeated, 1920. Cherokee Indian ancestry.
- William L. Hensley (b. 1941) — Alaska House of Representatives. Alaska Native ancestry.
- Robert McDonald Jones (1808-1872) — Tribal Representative to Confederate Congress, 1863-65. Represented Choctaw and Chickasaw nations in Confederate Congress.
- Carol Juneau (b. 1945) — Montana House of Representatives, 1999-; American Indian ancestry.
- Greenwood Leflore (1800-1865) — Member of Mississippi Senate, 1841. Choctaw Indian ancestry.
- Michael James Lowrey (b. 1953) — Irish and Cherokee Indian ancestry. Member, American Civil Liberties Union; National Organization for Women.
- Clem Rogers McSpadden (b. 1925) — Member of Oklahoma state legislature; U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1973-75. Cherokee Indian ancestry.
- Robert Latham Owen (1856-1947) — U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920. Scotch-Irish and Cherokee Indian ancestry.
- Matthew Stanley Quay (1833-1904) — member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1865-67; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1887-99, 1901-04; died in office 1904. American Indian ancestry.
- Lisa Marie Raine (b. 1969) — delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1996; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 2000. Shoshone Indian ancestry.
- Benjamin Reifel (1906-1990) — U.S. Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1961-71. German and Sioux Indian ancestry.
- David Laughing Horse Robinson (b. 1955) — candidate for Governor of California, 2003. Kawaiisu Indian ancestry.
- William Spotted Crow — Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1948. American Indian ancestry.
- William Grady Stigler (1891-1952) — member of Oklahoma state senate, 1924-32; U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1944-52. Choctaw Indian ancestry.
- Bluford Wilson (d. 1909) — U.S. District Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1869-74. Cherokee Indian ancestry.
