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.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Federal offices

Executive branch
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
David W. AndersonChoctaw/OjibweRepublican9th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
Gavin ClarksonChoctawRepublicanDeputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs in 2017
Carl J. Artman1965–Iroquois (Oneida)Republican10th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
Charles Curtis1860–1936Kaw/Osage/PotawatomiRepublicanU.S. Vice President (1929–1933)
Ada Deer1935–MenomineeDemocratic6th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
Deb Haaland1960–Laguna PuebloDemocratic54th United States Secretary of the Interior (nominee)
Larry Echo Hawk1948–PawneeDemocratic11th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
Keith Harper1965–CherokeeDemocraticU.S. representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council, 2014–2017
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)
Jeannie HovlandSantee SiouxRepublicanCommissioner of the Administration for Native Americans and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Affairs
Jack Jackson, Jr.NavajoDemocraticLiaison to Secretary John Kerry, US Department of State[2]
Neal McCaleb1935ChickasawRepublican8th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
Arvo Mikkanen 1961– Kiowa Democratic US Assistant Attorney for United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma since 1994.[3] Later unsuccessful US District Judge nomination[4]
Ely Parker1828–1895Tonawanda SenecaIndependentCommissioner of Indian Affairs in the Grant administration
Ben Reifel1906–1990Lakota Rosebud SiouxRepublicanChair of the National Capital Planning Commission, Interim Commissioner of Indian Affairs
R. Trent Shores Choctaw Nation Republican United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma since 2017.
Tara SweeneyIñupiatRepublican13th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
Ross Swimmer1943–CherokeeRepublicanSpecial Trustee for American Indians at the U.S. Department of the Interior
Kimberly Teehee1966–CherokeeDemocraticWhite House Senior Policy Advisor for Native American Affairs, 2009–2012
Wilma Victor1919–1987Choctaw NationRepublicanSpecial assistant to Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton, 1971–1975
Kevin K. Washburn1967–ChickasawDemocratic12th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, 2012–2016

Legislative branch
Main article: List of Native Americans in the United States Congress
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Ben Nighthorse Campbell1933–Northern CheyenneDemocraticU.S. Representative from Colorado (1987–1993), U.S. Senator from Colorado (1993–2005)
Republican
Brad Carson1967–Cherokee NationDemocraticU.S. Representative from Oklahoma, 2001–2005
Charles David Carter1868–1929Chickasaw IndianDemocraticU.S. Representative from Oklahoma, 1907–27 (4th District 1907–15, 3rd District 1915–27)
Travis Childers1958–Mississippi ChoctawDemocraticU.S. Representative from Mississippi, 2008–2011
Tom Cole1949–Chickasaw NationRepublicanU.S. Representative from Oklahoma, 2003–present (4th District)
Charles Curtis1860–1936Kaw/Osage/PotawatomiRepublicanU.S. Representative from Kansas, 1893–1907 (4th District 1893–99, 1st District 1899–1907),
US Senator from Kansas 1907–13, 1915–29, first Native American elected to the Senate.
Sharice Davids1980–Ho–ChunkDemocraticU.S. Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 2019–Present
Deb Haaland1960–Laguna PuebloDemocraticU.S. Representative from New Mexico 1st District, 2019–Present
William Wirt Hastings1866–1938Cherokee NationDemocraticU.S. Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1915–21, 1923–35
Yvette Herrell1964–Cherokee NationRepublicanU.S. Representative from New Mexico, 2021–present (2nd District)
Markwayne Mullin1977–Cherokee NationRepublicanU.S. Representative from Oklahoma, 2013–present (2nd District)
Robert Latham Owen1856–1947Cherokee NationDemocraticU.S. Senator from Oklahoma, 1907–25; candidate for Democratic Party nomination for president, 1920
Benjamin Reifel1906–1990Lakota Rosebud SiouxRepublicanU.S. Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1961–71.
Hiram Revels1827–1901LumbeeRepublicanU.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1870–71; first Native American to serve in the Senate.
Will Rogers, Jr.1911–1993Cherokee NationDemocraticUS Representative from California, 1943–44
William Grady Stigler1891–1952Choctaw NationDemocraticmember of Oklahoma state senate, 1924–32; U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1944–52.
Kimberly Teehee1966–Cherokee NationDemocraticDelegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Cherokee Nation's at–large congressional district, 2019 – present (appointed by chief, yet to be seated)

Judicial branch
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Michael Burrage1950–Choctaw NationDemocraticBecame US District Judge for the Eastern, Northern, and Western districts of Oklahoma in 1994.[5] Became the Chief Judge of the Eastern District of Oklahoma in 1996, serving until his resignation from the court in 2001.[6]
Diane J. Humetewa1964–HopiDemocraticUS Judge for the District of Arizona [7]
Ada E. Brown1974–Choctaw NationRepublicanFederal Judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. [8]

State offices

Alaska
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Albert P. Adams1942–2012InupiaqDemocraticState representative 1981–1989, state senator 1989–2001
Billy Akers1947–[?]RepublicanState representative 1977–1979
Charles G. Anderson1929–AleutRepublicanState representative 1981–1983
Nels A. Anderson, Jr.1939–Yup’ikDemocraticState representative 1975–1981, state senator 1982–1983
Bill Beltz1912–1960InupiaqDemocraticTerritorial representative 1949–1951, territorial senator 1951–1959, state senator and president of the state senate 1959–1960
Ray Christiansen1922–1998Yup’ikDemocraticState representative 1961–1967, state senator 1967–1973
Joseph Chuckwuk1948–Yup’ikDemocraticState representative 1981–1983
John E. Curtis[?]InupiaqRepublicanState representative 1959–1961
Larry T. Davis1930–2006InupiaqDemocraticState representative 1975–1977
Chuck Degnan1941–InupiaqDemocraticState representative 1971–1975
Frank Degnan1901–1980[?]DemocraticTerritorial representative 1951–1953
Bryce Edgmon1961–Yup'ikDemocraticState representative 2007–present, speaker of the state house 2017–2021
Charles Fagerstrom1905–1962InupiaqDemocraticTerritorial representative 1953–1957, state representative 1959–1961
Frank R. Ferguson1939–2003InupiaqDemocraticState representative 1971–1975, state senator 1975–1986
Independent
Neal Foster1972–InupiaqDemocraticState representative 2009–present
Richard Foster1946–2009InupiaqDemocraticState representative 1989–2009
Charles Franzc. 1910–1996[?]DemocraticState representative 1959–1961
Phillip Guy1941–2011Yup’ikDemocraticState representative 1973–1981
Willie Hensley1941–InupiaqDemocraticState representative 1967–1971, state senator 1971–1975 and 1987–1989
Adelheid Herrmann1953–Yup’ikDemocraticState representative 1983–1989
Jimmy Hoffmanc. 1928–[?]Yup’ikRepublicanState representative 1959–1961
Lyman Hoffman1950–Yup’ikDemocraticState representative 1987–1991 and 1993–1995, state senator 1991–1993 and 1995–present
Andrew Hope1896–1968TlingitDemocraticTerritorial representative 1945–1953 and 1957–1959, state representative 1959–1963
Eben Hopson1922–1980InupiaqDemocraticTerritorial representative 1957–1959, state senator 1959–1967
Jimmy Huntington1916–1987KoyukonIndependentState representative 1975–1977
Percy Ipalook1906–1990InupiaqRepublicanTerritorial representative 1949–1951, territorial senator 1951–1955
Brenda Itta1943–InupiaqDemocraticState representative 1975–1977
Ivan M. Ivan1945–Yup’ikDemocraticState representative 1991–1993 and 1995–1999
George Jacko1959–AleutDemocraticState representative 1989–1993, state senator 1993–1995
Dena'ina
Yup’ik
Arthur D. Johnson1920–1961[?]RepublicanState representative 1961
Axel C. Johnson1911–1985Yup’ikDemocraticState representative 1959–1961 and 1963–1967
Frank G. Johnson1894–1982TlingitRepublicanTerritorial representative 1947–1955 and 1957–1959
Frank L. Johnsonc. 1904–[?]InupiaqRepublicanTerritorial representative 1949–1951
Grace A. Johnson1924–2004InupiaqRepublicanState representative 1962–1963
Reggie Joule1952–InupiaqDemocraticState representative 1997–2012
Sam Kito III1964–TlingitDemocraticState representative 2014–2019
Albert Kookesh1948–TlingitDemocraticState representative 1997–2005, state senator 2005–2013
Jacob Laktonen1917–1996[?]RepublicanState representative 1973–1975
Loren Leman1950–AlutiiqRepublicanState representative 1989–1993, state senator 1993–2002, lieutenant governor 2002–2006
Georgianna Lincoln1943–Gwich'inDemocraticState representative 1991–1993, state senator 1993–2005
Don Longc. 1945–InupiaqDemocraticState representative 1996–1997
Jerry Mackie1962–HaidaDemocraticState representative 1991–1997, state senator 1997–2001
Republican
Eileen MacLean1949–1996InupiaqDemocraticState representative 1989–1995
Byron Mallott1943–2020TlingitDemocraticCommissioner of community and regional affairs 1972–1974, lieutenant governor 2014–2018
Independent
Beverly Masek1963–Deg Hit'anRepublicanState representative 1995–2005
Charisse Millett1964–InupiaqRepublicanState representative 2009–2019
Martin B. Moore[?]–Yup’ikDemocraticState representative 1971–1973
Carl M. Morgan1950–Yup’ikRepublicanState representative 1999–2005
Carl E. Moses1929–2014AleutAlaskan IndependenceState representative 1965–1973 and 1993–2007
Democratic
Republican
Benjamin Nageak1950–InupiaqDemocraticState representative 2013–2017
Alfred Nakak1947–2000InupiaqDemocraticState representative 1977–1979
Ed Naughton1930–2002[?]DemocraticState representative 1971–1977
Irene Nicholia1956–KoyukonDemocraticState representative 1993–1999
John Nusunginya1927–1981InupiaqDemocraticState representative 1959–1963
Donny Olson1953–InupiaqDemocraticState senator 2001–present
Alvin Osterback1915–2005[?]DemocraticState representative 1975–1981
Justin Parish1980–TinglitDemocraticState representative 2017–2019
Josiah PatkotakInupiaq[9]IndependentState representative (2020-present)
Moses Paukan1933–2017Yup’ikDemocraticState representative 1968–1971
William Paul1885–1977TlingitRepublicanTerritorial representative 1925–1929
Frank Peratrovich1895–1984TlingitDemocraticTerritorial 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 Peterson1939–Gwich'inDemocraticState representative 1973–1975
John Sackett1944–KoyukonRepublicanState representative 1967–1971, state senator 1973–1987
Woodie Salmon1952–Gwich'inDemocraticState representative 2005–2011
Mary Sattler1973–Yup’ikDemocraticState representative 1999–2009
Leo Schaeffer1947–InupiaqDemocraticState representative 1977–1981
Frank See1915–1998TlingitDemocraticState representative 1965–1969
Martin Seversen1925–1979[?][?]State representative 1977
Jake Stalker1917–c. 2008InupiaqDemocraticState representative 1961–1967
Bill Thomas1947–TlingitRepublicanState representative 2005–2013
Tony Vaska1948–Yup’ikDemocraticState representative 1981–1985
Kay Wallis1944–Gwich'inDemocraticState representative 1985–1991
Tim Wallis1940–Gwich'inDemocraticState representative 1975–1977
Jerry Ward1948–[?]RepublicanState representative 1983–1985, state senator 1997–2003
James K. Wells1906–1979InupiaqDemocraticTerritorial representative 1951–1953
John Westdahl1918–1968Yup’ikDemocraticState representative 1967–1968
Dean Westlake1960–InupiaqDemocraticState representative 2017
Alfred Widmark1904–1989TlingitRepublicanState representative 1961–1963
Bill K. Williams1943–2019TlingitDemocraticState representative 1993–2005
Republican
Jules W. Wright1933–Gwich'inRepublicanState representative 1967–1969
Fred Zharoff1944–2001AlutiiqDemocraticState representative 1979–1985, state senator 1985–1997
Tiffany Zulkosky1984–Yup’ikDemocraticState representative 2018–present

Arizona
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Carlyle Begay[?]NavajoDemocraticState senator 2013–2017
Republican
Jennifer D. Benally[?]Navajo[10]DemocraticState representative 2015–2017
Wenona BenallyNavajoDemocraticState representative 2017-2019
Domingo DeGraziaCherokeeDemocraticState representative 2019-present[11]
Eric DescheenieNavajoDemocraticState representative 2017–2019
Sally Ann Gonzales1957–Pascua YaquiDemocraticState representative 1997–2001 and 2011–2019
Albert Hale1950–2021NavajoDemocraticState senator 2004–2011; State representative 2011–2021
Jack Jackson, Jr.NavajoDemocraticState Senator for AZ District 2, 2011–2013, State representative 2003–2005
Jennifer JermaineWhite Earth OjibweDemocraticState representative for the 18th district (2019-present)[11]
Myron LizerNavajo / ComancheRepublican10th Vice President of the Navajo Nation
Jonathan Nez1975–NavajoDemocratic9th President of the Navajo Nation
Victoria Steele[?]SenecaDemocraticState representative 2013–2016, State senator 2019–present
Arlando TellerNavajoDemocraticState representative 2019–present[11]
Myron TsosieNavajoDemocraticState representative 2019–present[11]
Jamescita PeshlakaiNavajoDemocraticState representative, District 7 (2013-2015) State senator (2017-present)[12]
Peterson Zahc. 1937–NavajoDemocraticSpecial Adviser to ASU President on American Indian Affairs

California


NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Todd Gloria1978–Tlingit–HaidaDemocraticSan Diego City Council (2008–2016), State assemblyman (2017–2020), San Diego Mayor (2020–)
James C. Ramos
1967– Serrano / CahuillaDemocratic San Bernardino Community College Board of Trustees (2005–12), San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors (2012–2018), California State Assemblymember (2018–present)

Colorado
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Ben Nighthorse Campbell1933–Northern CheyenneDemocraticU.S. Representative from Colorado (1987–1993), U.S. Senator from Colorado (1993–2005)
Republican

Idaho
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Jeanne Givens1951/52–Coeur d'Alene
Larry Echo Hawk1948Pawnee NationDemocraticAttorney General of Idaho (1991–1995) and former United States Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs (2009–2012)
Paulette Jordanc. 1980–Coeur d'AleneDemocraticState representative (2014–2018)
Democratic nominee for Governor in 2018
Democratic nominee for Senate in 2020

1952–2019

Illinois
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Donne E. Trotter1950–Choctaw[13]DemocraticState senator (1993–2018); State representative (1988–1993)

Kansas
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Ponka–We Victors1981–Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma–Tohono O'odhamDemocraticState representative, District 103 (2011–)[14]

Kentucky
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Reginald Meeks1954–DemocraticState representative (2000–)

Maine
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Matthew Dana IIPassamaquoddyState representative (non–voting)
Wayne Mitchell1952–2019PenobscotState representative (non–voting)
Rena NewellPassamaquoddyIndependentState representative (non-voting)
Madonna SoctomahPassamaquoddyState representative (non-voting)
Henry John BearMaliseetGreenState representative (non–voting)

Minnesota
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Susan Allen1963–Rosebud LakotaDemocraticState representative (2012–2019)
Jamie Becker–FinnOjibweDemocraticState representative (2017–)
Peggy Flanagan1979–White Earth Band of OjibweDemocraticLieutenant Governor of Minnesota (2019–present)
State representative (2015–2019)
Harold "Skip" Finn1948-2018OjibweDemocraticState senator (1991-1996)
Steve Green1960–White Earth Band of OjibweRepublicanState representative (2013–)
Mary Kelly Kunesh–Podein1960–Standing Rock LakotaDemocraticState representative (2017–2021)
State senator (2021–)

Mississippi
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Greenwood Leflore1800–1865Mississippi ChoctawState senator (1841–1844); Principal chief of the Choctaw

Montana
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Jade Bahr1988–Northern Cheyenne[15]DemocraticRepresentative for Montana house district 50 (2019-2021)
Barbara Bessette[16]Chippewa Cree[15]DemocraticRepresentative for Montana house district 24 (2018-present)
Denise Juneau1967–Mandan and HidatsaaDemocraticSuperintendent of Public Instruction (2009–2017)
Carolyn Pease–LopezCrowDemocraticState representative (2008–2016)
George Kipp IIIBlackfeet NationDemocraticState representative (2015–2019)
G. Bruce Meyers1948–Chippewa–CreeRepublicanState representative (2015–2017)
Shane Morigeau1984–Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead NationDemocraticState representative (2017–2021)
State senator (2021–)
Rae PeppersNorthern Cheyenne TribeDemocraticState representative (2013–)
Frosty Boss Ribs1955–Blackfeet NationDemocraticState Representative (2009–2011, 2013–2015)
Tyson RunningwolfBlackfeet NationDemocraticRepresentative for Montana house district 16 (2019-present)
Jason SmallNorthern CheyenneRepublicanState senator (2017–)
Frank SmithAssiniboineDemocraticState representative (1998–2004); State senator (2004–)
Sharon Stewart–Peregoy1953–CrowDemocraticState senator (2009–2017)
State representative (2017–)
Lea WhitfordBlackfeet NationDemocraticState senator (2015–)
Marvin Weatherwax Jr.Blackfeet Nation[17]DemocraticRepresentative for Montana house district 15 (2019-present)
Susan WebberBlackfeet NationDemocraticState representative (2015–)
Jonathan Windy BoyChippewa–CreeDemocraticState representative (2002–2008); State senator (2008–)

New Mexico
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Ray Begaye1954–NavajoDemocraticState representative, District 4[18] (1999–2013)
Patricia Roybal CaballeroPiro-Manso-Tiwa[19]DemocraticState representative (2013–)
Sharon ClahchischilliageNavajoRepublicanState representative, District 4, 2013–2018[20]
Yvette Herrell1964–CherokeeRepublicanState representative, District 51, 2011–2019. United States House of Representatives, (2021-)
Jack Jackson Sr.1933–NavajoDemocraticState representative[21]
Sandra D. Jeff1967/68–NavajoDemocraticState representative, District 5[20]
Doreen Wonda Johnson1953–Navajo[22]DemocraticState representative (2015–)
Derrick LenteSandia & Isleta PuebloDemocraticState representative, District 26 (2013–)
Georgene LouisAcoma Pueblo[23]DemocraticState representative, District 26 (2013–)
Lynda Lovejoy1949–NavajoDemocraticPublic Regulation Commissioner[24]
James Madalena1948–Jemez Pueblo[25]DemocraticState representative (1985–)
John Pinto1924–2019NavajoDemocraticState senator, District 3[20]
Nick L. Salazar1929–Tewa (Ohkay Owingeh)[26]DemocraticState representative, 40th District (1974–)
Benny ShendoJemez Pueblo[27]DemocraticState senator (2013–)

North Carolina
NameImageLifeEthnicity
Tribe		PartyOffices held
Charles Graham1951–LumbeeDemocraticState assembly member
David T. McCoy1952–Turtle Mountain ChippewaDemocraticstate public official, State Controller, State Budget Director, and Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation

North Dakota
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Richard Marcellais1947–Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa IndiansDemocraticState senator
Wayne TrottierStanding Rock Sioux TribeRepublicanState representative
Ruth BuffaloMandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara NationDemocraticState representative

Oklahoma
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Bill Anoatubby1945–Chickasaw NationDemocraticLieutenant governor in the administration of Chickasaw Governor Overton James (1979–1987)
Steve Burrage1952–Choctaw NationDemocraticState Auditor (2008–2011); State Tax Commissioner (2014–present)
Sean Burrage1968–Choctaw NationDemocraticSenate Minority leader (2012–2014; State senator (2006–2014); President of Southeastern Oklahoma State University (2014–present)
Lisa Johnson Billy1967–Chickasaw NationRepublicanState representative, 42nd district (2004–2016)[28]
Brian Bingman1953–CreekRepublicanState senator (2007–2016); State representative (2005–2007)
Doug CoxMuscogee[29]RepublicanState representative (2005–2017)
Brad Carson1967–Cherokee peopleDemocraticUnited States House of Representatives (2001–2005), undersecretary of the Army (2014–15) and General Counsel of the Army (2012–2014)
Tom Cole1949–Chickasaw NationRepublicanCongressman
Holmes Colbert19th–centuryChickasaw Nation
Scott Fetgatter1968–Choctaw NationRepublicanState representative, 16th district
William Fourkiller1965–Cherokee peopleDemocraticState representative
Enoch Kelly Haney1940–Seminole NationDemocraticState representative, 28th district
Keith Harper1940–Cherokee NationDemocraticU.S. representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva
David Holt1979–OsageRepublicanMayor of Oklahoma City (2018–) State senator (2010–2018)
Chuck Hoskin1952–Cherokee NationDemocraticState representative, 6th district (2007–2019)
Shane Jett1974–Cherokee NationRepublicanState representative (2004–2010); Presidential Appointee Community Development Advisory Board (2017–present)
Fred JordanCherokee NationRepublicanState representative (2007–2015)
Dan KirbyMuscogee[30]RepublicanState representative
Richard LerblanceMuscogeeDemocraticState senator (2003–2012)
Ken LutrellCherokee NationDemocraticState representative (2007–)
Al McAffrey1948–ChoctawDemocraticState representative[28] (2007–2015)
Mark McBride1961–PotawatomiRepublicanState representative
Neal McCaleb1935–ChickasawRepublicanOklahoma Secretary of Transportation
Green McCurtain1848–1910ChoctawRepublicanVice President of the Sequoyah Constitutional Convention, 1905
Skye McNiel1978–Muscogee Creek NationRepublicanState representative, 29th district[28] (2007–2013)
Jerry McPeak1946–MuscogeeDemocraticState representative (2005–2016)
Johnston Murray1902–1974Descended from Chickasaw Nation
Not a registered member		DemocraticGovernor (1951–1955)
Anastasia PittmanSeminoleDemocraticState representative (2007–2013), State senator (2014–2018)
Seneca Scott1977–Choctaw[30]DemocraticState representative
T.W. Shannon1978–Chickasaw NationRepublicanState representative (2007–2015), Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (2013–2014)
Jerry Shoemake1943–Cherokee NationDemocraticState representative (2005–2016)
John SparksCherokee NationDemocraticState senator (2006–2018)
Kevin Stitt1972–Cherokee NationRepublicanGovernor (2019– )
Daniel SullivanChoctawRepublicanState representative (2005–)
Kimberly TeeheeCherokee NationDemocraticWhite House Senior Policy Advisor for Native American Affairs (2009–2012)
Paul WesselhoftPotawatomiRepublicanState representative (2005–2017)
Cory WilliamsCherokee peopleDemocraticState representative

Oregon
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Jackie TaylorPotawatomiDemocraticState representative (1991–2001)
Tawna SanchezShoshone, Bannock, UteDemocraticState representative (2017–)

Pennsylvania
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Barbara Smith1950 –Sac and Fox NationDemocraticState representative (2006–2010)

South Dakota
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Shawn Bordeaux1967 –RosebudDemocraticState representative (2015–Present)
Jim Bradford1933 – 2020Oglala SiouxDemocraticState senator (2009–2017); State representative (2001–2009)
Ed Iron Cloud III1964 –Oglala SiouxDemocraticState representative (2009–2012)
Troy Heinert1972 –RosebudDemocraticState representative (2013–2015), State senator (2015–Present)
Philip N. HogenOglala SiouxRepublicanUnited States Attorney for the District of South Dakota (1981–1991), Commissioner of the National Indian Gaming Commission (2002–2009)
Tamara St. JohnDakotaRepublicanState representative (2019 – )
Steve Livermont1955 –Oglala SiouxRepublicanState representative (2017 – )
Kevin Killer1979 –Oglala SiouxDemocraticState representative (2009–2017), State senator (2017–Present)
Ben Reifel1906 – 1990Brulé LakotaRepublicanCongressman (elected to the Eighty–seventh Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses; January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1971)
Theresa Two Bulls1949 – 2020Oglala SiouxDemocraticState senator (2005–2009)

Tennessee
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Bryan Terry1968–Choctaw NationRepublicanState representative (2015–)

Utah
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Angela RomeroDemocraticState representative (2013–)

Washington
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
George Adams1880–1954SkokomishDemocraticState representative (1933–1939), (1945–1954)
Don Barlow1938–2016OttawaDemocraticState representative (2007–2009)
William Bishop1861–1934SnohomishRepublicanState senator (1919–1927), (1933–1934), State representative (1899–1903), (1905–1907), (1909–1911), (1917–1919)
Jim Dunn1942–InuitRepublicanState representative (1997–2003), (2005–2009)
Claudia Kauffman1959–Nez PerceDemocraticState senator (2007–2011)
Debra Lekanoff1971–TlingitDemocraticState representative (2019–)
John McCoy1943–TulalipDemocraticState senator (2013–2020), State representative (2003–2013)
Jeff Morris1964–TsimshianDemocraticState representative (1997–2020)
Chief George Pierre1926–2011ColvilleDemocraticState representative (1965–1967)
Jay Rodne1966–Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa IndiansRepublicanState representative (2004–2019)
Dino Rossi1959–TlingitRepublicanState senator (1997–2003, 2012, 2017); 2004 and 2008 Republican nominee for Governor
Lois Stratton1927–2020SpokaneDemocraticState senator (1985–1993), State representative (1980–1985)
John Tennant1830–1893QuapawTerritorial representative (1858–1860)

Wyoming
NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
W. Patrick Goggles1952-ArapahoDemocraticState representative (2004–2015)
Affie Ellis1979/1980-NavajoRepublicanState senator (2017–)
Andi CliffordArapahoDemocraticState representative (2019–)

Municipal offices

California

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[32])
  • Carol Bowman Muskett, Navajo Democrat (McKinley County, NM Commissioner District I[33])
  • Genevieve Jackson, Navajo Democrat (McKinley County, NM Commissioner District II[34])
  • Harriet K. Becenti, Navajo Democrat (McKinley County, NM Clerk[35])
  • Thommy Nelson, Navajo Democrat (McKinley County, NM Probate Judge[36])
  • Felix Begay, Navajo Democrat (McKinley County, NM Sheriff[37])
  • Earnest Becenti, Navajo Democrat (Mckinley County, NM County Treasurer[38])
  • GloJean Todacheene, Navajo Democrat (San Juan County, NM Commissioner District I[39])

Oklahoma

Utah
  • Willie Grayeyes, Navajo Democrat (San Juan County, UT Commission[40]
  • Kenneth Maryboy, Navajo Democrat (San Juan County, UT Commission [41])

Washington

Other offices
  • Fleming Begaye Sr. (1921–2019) (Navajo) – Navajo Code Talker, Honorary Chair of the Native American Coalition of the Donald J. Trump for President Campaign, 2016
  • Peter MacDonald (born 1927) (Navajo) – Member of Richard Nixon's Committee to Re-Elect the President (CRP) in 1972.
  • Plenty Coups (1848–1932) (Crow) – Representative of Native Americans for the dedication of the Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier
  • Clarence L. Tinker (1887–1942) (Osage) – Major General, highest ranking Native American officer in the Army, Commander of the 7th Air Force in Hawaii, shot down and killed during the Battle of Midway.
  • Samuel Benton Callahan (1833–1911) (Creek) — Tribal Representative to the Confederate Congress, 1864–65. Represented Creek and Seminole nations.
  • Robert McDonald Jones (1808–1872) (Choctaw) — Tribal Representative to the Confederate Congress, 1863–65. Represented Choctaw and Chickasaw nations.
  • Will Rogers (1879–1935, Cherokee), honorary mayor of Beverly Hills, California[45]
  • 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)[46]
  • Amber Medina ( Chickasaw ) 2 term Cameron County, Texas Democratic Chair

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