List of Asian Americans in the United States Congress

Map of congressional districts currently represented by Asian Americans.
  State currently has an Asian Senator
  State has in the past had an Asian Senator

This is a list of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the U.S. Congress. As of 2016, there are 10 representatives and 1 senator of Asian-American descent who are incumbent in Congress. Since 1957, 30 representatives and 7 senators of Asian-American descent have been elected to office. Among 3 states, Hawaii was the first state to send an Asian-American to the Senate (1959) and Nevada is the newest state to elect a senator of similar descent (2001); while among 10 states, California was the first state to elect an Asian-American to the House (1957) and New York is the newest (2013). 1 Asian-American woman has been elected to the Senate (who is currently incumbent and represents Hawaii), and 9 have been elected to the House from 4 states (of whom 5 are currently incumbent).

Senate

Picture Senator Ethnicity State Party Term Notes
Hiram Fong
(1906-2004)
[1] 		Chinese Hawaii Republican 1959–1977 Retired
Daniel Inouye
(1924-2012)
[2] 		Japanese Hawaii Democrat 1963–2012 Died in office
Samuel I. Hayakawa
(1906-1992)
 Japanese California Republican 1977–1983 Retired
Spark Matsunaga
(1916-1990)
 Japanese Hawaii Democrat 1977–1990 Died in office
Daniel Akaka
(b. 1924)
[3] 		Native Hawaiian, Chinese Hawaii Democrat 1990–2013 Retired
John Ensign
(b. 1958)
 Filipino, White Nevada Republican 2001–2011 Resigned
Mazie Hirono
(b. 1947)
[4] 		Japanese Hawaii Democrat 2013–present
Tammy Duckworth
(b. 1968)
 Thai Chinese, White IllinoisDemocrat 2017– Senator-elect
Kamala Harris
(b. 1965)
 Indian, African American CaliforniaDemocrat 2017– Senator-elect

House of Representatives

Picture Representative Ethnicity State Party Term Notes
Dalip Singh Saund
(1899-1973)
[5] 		Indian California Democratic 1957–1963 Defeated
Daniel Inouye
(1924-2012)
[2] 		Japanese Hawaii Democratic 1959–1963 Retired to successfully run for United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1962
Spark Matsunaga
(1916-1990)
 Japanese Hawaii Democratic 1963–1977 Retired to successfully run for United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1976
Patsy Mink
(1927-2002)
[6] 		Japanese Hawaii Democratic 1965–1977
1990–2002 		Retired to unsuccessfully run for United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1976 & Died in Office
Norman Mineta
(b. 1931)
 Japanese California Democratic 1975–1995 Retired
Daniel Akaka
(b. 1924)
[3] 		Native Hawaiian, Chinese Hawaii Democratic 1977–1990 Retired to successfully run for United States Senate special election in Hawaii, 1990
Bob Matsui
(1941-2005)
 Japanese California Democratic 1979–2005 Died in Office
Mervyn M. Dymally
(1926-2012)
[7] 		Indian, African American California Democratic 1981–1993 Retired
Patricia Saiki
(b. 1930)
 Japanese Hawaii Republican 1987–1991 Retired to unsuccessfully run for United States Senate special election in Hawaii, 1990
Jay Kim
(b. 1939)
[8] 		Korean California Republican 1993–1999 Lost renomination
Robert C. Scott
(b. 1947)
[9] 		Filipino, African American Virginia Democratic 1993–present
John Ensign
(b. 1958)
 Filipino, White Nevada Republican 1995–1999 Retired to unsuccessfully run for United States Senate election in Nevada, 1998 was elected United States Senate election in Nevada, 2000
David Wu
(b. 1955)
[10] 		Taiwanese Oregon Democratic 1999–2011 Resigned
Mike Honda
(b. 1941)
 Japanese California Democratic 2001–2017
Bobby Jindal
(b. 1971)
 Indian Louisiana Republican 2005–2008 Resigned to successfully run for Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2007
Doris Matsui
(b. 1944)
 Japanese California Democratic 2005–present
Mazie Hirono
(b. 1947)
[11] 		Japanese Hawaii Democratic 2007–2013 Retired to successfully run for the United States Senate election in Hawaii, 2012
Steve Austria
(b. 1958)
 Filipino, White Ohio Republican 2009–2013 Retired
Anh "Joseph" Cao
(b. 1967)
[12] 		Vietnamese Louisiana Republican 2009–2011 Defeated
Judy Chu
(b. 1953)
[13] 		Chinese California Democratic 2009–present
Charles Djou
(b. 1970)
[14] 		Thai, Chinese Hawaii Republican 2010–2011 Defeated
Colleen Hanabusa
(b. 1951)
 Japanese Hawaii Democratic 2011–2015
2016–present 		Retired to unsuccessfully run for the United States Senate special election in Hawaii, 2014
Hansen Clarke
(b. 1957)
[15] 		Bangladeshi, African American Michigan Democratic 2011–2013 Lost renomination
Ami Bera
(b. 1965)
 Indian California Democratic 2013–present
Tammy Duckworth
(b. 1968)
[16] 		Thai Chinese, White Illinois Democratic 2013–2017
Tulsi Gabbard
(b. 1981)
[17] 		Samoan, White Hawaii Democratic 2013–present First Hindu member of Congress
Grace Meng
(b. 1975)
 Chinese New York Democratic 2013–present
Mark Takano
(b. 1960)
[18] 		Japanese California Democratic 2013–present
Ted Lieu
(b. 1969)
 Taiwanese California Democratic 2015–present
Mark Takai
(1967-2016)
 Japanese Hawaii Democratic 2015–2016 Died in office
Ro Khanna
(b. 1976)
 Indian California Democratic 2017– Congressman-elect
Stephanie Murphy
(b. 1978)
 Vietnamese Florida Democratic 2017– Congresswoman-elect
Raja Krishnamoorthi
(b.1973)		 Indian Illinois Democratic 2017- Congressman-elect
Pramila Jayapal
(b.1965)		 Indian Washington Democratic 2017- Congresswoman-elect

Delegates in the House (non-voting members)

Picture Delegate Territory Party Term Notes
Robert William Wilcox
(1855-1903)
[19] 		Territory of Hawaii Hawaiian Independent Party 1900–1903 Defeated
Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole
(1871-1922)
 Territory of Hawaii Republican 1903–1922 Died in Office
Antonio Borja Won Pat
(1908-1987)
 Guam Democratic 1973–1985 Defeated
Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia
(b. 1937)
 American Samoa Democratic 1981–1988 Resigned
Vincente T. Blaz
(1928-2014)
 Guam Republican 1985–1993 Defeated
Eni Faleomavaega
(b. 1943)
 American Samoa Democratic 1989–2015 Defeated
Robert A. Underwood
(b. 1948)
 Guam Democratic 1993–2003 Retired to unsuccessfully run for Governor of Guam
Gregorio Sablan
(b. 1955)
 Northern Mariana Islands Democratic 2009–Present
Amata Coleman Radewagen
(b. 1947)
 American Samoa Republican 2015–Present

Resident Commissioners in the House (non-voting members)

Northern Mariana Islands

Resident Representative Party Term Notes
Edward De Leon Guerrero Pangelinan
(b. 1945)
 Democratic 1978–1984
Froilan C. Tenorio
(b. 1939)
 Democratic 1984–1990 Defeated
Juan N. Babauta
(b. 1953)
 Republican 1991–2003 Retired to successfully run for Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
Pete A. Tenorio
(b. 1941)
 Republican 2002–2009 Office replaced by Delegate; defeated in election to new office

Resident Commissioners in the House (non-voting members)

Philippines

Resident Commissioners were representatives from the Philippines, then an American territory.[20][21][22] They were U.S. nationals and not citizens of the United States.[23]

Era of Insular Government
Congress Resident Commissioner 1 Resident Commissioner 2
60th (1907–1909) Benito Legarda y Tuason Pablo Ocampo[24]
61st (1909–1911)
Manuel L. Quezon (N)
62nd (1911–1913)
63rd (1913–1915) Manuel Earnshaw
64th (1915–1917)
65th (1917–1919) Jaime C. De Veyra (N) Teodoro R. Yangco
66th (1919–1921)
Isauro Gabaldon (N)
67th (1921–1923)
68th (1923–1925) Pedro Guevara (N)
69th (1925–1927)
70th (1927–1929)
71st (1929–1931) Camilo Osías (N)
72nd (1931–1933)
73rd (1933–1935)
74th (1935–1937) Francisco A. Delgado (N)
Commonwealth era
Congress Resident Commissioner 1
74th (1935–1937) Quintin Paredes (N)
75th (1937–1939)
Joaquín Miguel Elizalde
76th (1939–1941)
77th (1941–1943)
78th (1943–1945)
Carlos Peña Romulo (L)
79th (1945–1947)

Notes

  1. ↑ First Asian Pacific American elected to the Senate and first American of Chinese ancestry elected to Congress, for the predecessors and successors of each Asian Pacific American Representative's/Delegate's district or Senator with their date of birth and death, click on the U.S. representative/delegate or senator, for the number of congresses, click on the congress.
  2. 1 2 First Japanese American elected to Congress.
  3. 1 2 First Native Hawaiian elected to Congress.
  4. ↑ First Asian American woman and first Buddhist elected to the Senate.
  5. ↑ First person of Indian ancestry elected to Congress, for the predecessors and successors of each Asian Pacific American Representative's/Delegate's district, click on the U.S. representative/delegate, for the number of congresses, click on the congress.
  6. ↑ First Asian American woman elected to Congress.
  7. ↑ First Indo-Trinidadian elected to Congress.
  8. ↑ First person of Korean ancestry elected to Congress.
  9. ↑ First American born Filipino and Multiracial American elected to Congress.
  10. ↑ First Taiwanese American elected to Congress.
  11. ↑ One of the first two Buddhists elected to Congress
  12. ↑ First person of Vietnamese ancestry elected to Congress.
  13. ↑ First Chinese American woman elected to Congress
  14. ↑ First Thai American elected to Congress
  15. ↑ First person of Bangladeshi ancestry elected to Congress
  16. ↑ First disabled woman and first Thai American woman elected to Congress
  17. ↑ First Hindu, and woman of Pacific Islander ancestry elected to Congress
  18. ↑ First openly gay person of color elected to Congress
  19. ↑ for the predecessors and successors of each Asian Pacific American Representative's/Delegate's district, click on the U.S. representative/delegate, for the number of congresses, click on the congress.
  20. ↑ "Map Layer Info". National Atlas of the United States. United States Department of the Interior. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012. The Philippines became a territory of the United States after the Spanish–American War.
  21. ↑ Berhow, Mark (2012). American Defenses of Corregidor and Manila Bay 1898-1945. Osprey Publishing. p. 6. ISBN 9781782004356. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  22. ↑ Pyong Gap, Min, ed. (2005). Asian Americans: Contemporary Trends and Issues. Pine Forge Press. p. 183. ISBN 9781412905565. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  23. ↑ M. Licudine v. D. Winter, JR 1086, p. 5 (U.S. District Court for D.C. 2008) (“"[f]rom the time the United States obtained dominion over the Philippines in 1899 until it granted independence to the islands in 1946, [the United States] Congress classified natives of the Philippines as Philippine citizens, as non-citizen United States nationals, and as aliens, but never as United States citizens."”).
  24. ↑ "OCAMPO, Pablo, (1853 - 1925)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved 9 July 2013.

References

See also

  1. ↑ "Rise of the Wahine Documentary Film".
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.