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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Curtis |  |
1860–1936 | 1/8 each Kansa/Osage Nation/Potawatomi | Republican | US Senator from Kansas; U.S. Vice President (1929–1933) |
| Keith Harper |  |
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] | ||
| Ely Parker |  |
1828–1895 | Seneca Nation of New York | Commissioner of Indian Affairs in the Grant administration | |
| Kimberly Teehee |  |
Cherokee Nation | Democratic | White House Senior Policy Advisor for Native American Affairs |
Legislative branch
| 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. |
Judicial branch
| Name | Image | Life | Ethnicity or tribe |
Party | Offices held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Burrage | Choctaw | 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] | ||
| Diane J. Humetewa |  |
Hopi | Democratic | US Judge for the District of Arizona [5] | |
| Arvo Mikkanen | 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] |
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 | |
| Diane E. Benson | 1954- | Tlingit | Democratic | ||
| 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 | File:Alaska State Legislature's Representative Neal Foster.jpg | 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 |
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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 Panigeo 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 | c. 1928–[?] | 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 | c. 1982– | 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 |
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] | |
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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 | U.S. Representative from Colorado (1987-1993), U.S. Senator from Colorado (1993–2005) | ||
| Joseph Salazar | Democratic | State representative (2013-2019) |
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 |
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-) |
| 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 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 | 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 | Choctaw | Republican | State representative | ||
| William Fourkiller | 1965- | 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 | Osage | Republican | Mayor of Oklahoma City (2018-) State senator (2010–2018) | ||
| Chuck Hoskin |  |
1952- | Cherokee Nation | Democratic | State representative, 6th district (2007-) |
| 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 | Choctaw | Democratic | State representative[14] (2007-) | ||
| 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-) | ||
| Johnston Murray |  |
Chickasaw Nation | Democratic | Governor (1951–1955) | |
| Anatasia Pittman | Seminole | Democratic | State representative (2007-) | ||
| Seneca Scott | Democratic | State representative | |||
| T.W. Shannon | Chickasaw Nation | Republican | State representative (2007-) | ||
| Jerry Shoemake | Cherokee Nation | Democratic | State representative (2005-) | ||
| John Starks | Cherokee Nation | State senator (2006-) | |||
| Kevin Stitt | 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 | |||
| Shane Jett | Cherokee Nation | Republican | State representative (2004-2010); Presidential Appointee Community Development Advisory Board (2017–present) |
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
- 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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