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.

Federal offices

Executive branch

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Peter Pitchlynn1806–1881Choctaw NationIndependentChoctaw Ambassador to the United States, 1845–1861, 1866–1881
National Union[2]
Independent
Ely Parker1828–1895Tonawanda SenecaIndependentCommissioner of Indian Affairs in the Grant administration
Charles Curtis1860–1936Kaw/Osage/PotawatomiRepublicanU.S. Vice President, 1929–1933
Ben Reifel1906–1990Rosebud LakotaRepublicanInterim Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1976–1977
Wilma Victor1919–1987Choctaw NationRepublicanSpecial assistant to Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton, 1971–1975
Ada Deer1935–2023MenomineeDemocratic6th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, 1993–1997
Neal McCaleb1935–Chickasaw NationRepublican8th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, 2001–2003
Ross Swimmer1943–Cherokee NationRepublican4th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, 1985–1989
Special Trustee for American Indians at the U.S. Department of the Interior
Larry Echo Hawk1948–Pawnee NationDemocratic11th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, 2009–2012
Michael Burrage1950–Choctaw NationIndependentChoctaw Ambassador to the United States, 1974–1994, 2001–present
David W. Anderson1953–Choctaw/OjibweRepublican9th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, 2004–2005
Marilynn Malerba1953–MoheganDemocratic45th Treasurer designate of the United States, 2022–present
Kevin Gover1955–Pawnee NationDemocratic7th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, 1997–2001
Deb Haaland1960–Laguna PuebloDemocratic54th United States Secretary of the Interior, 2021–present
Arvo Mikkanen 1961– Kiowa Nation 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]
Karina Walters1964–Choctaw NationDemocraticDirector of the Tribal Health Research Office at the National Institutes of Health, 2023–present
Carl J. Artman1965–OneidaRepublican10th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, 2007–2008
Keith Harper1965–Cherokee NationDemocraticU.S. representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council, 2014–2017
Kimberly Teehee1966–Cherokee NationDemocraticWhite House Senior Policy Advisor for Native American Affairs, 2009–2012
Kevin K. Washburn1967–Chickasaw NationDemocratic12th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, 2012–2016
Tara Sweeney1973–Arctic Slope IñupiatRepublican13th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, 2018–2021
Jack Jackson, Jr.Navajo NationDemocraticLiaison to Secretary John Kerry, US Department of State[5]
Bryan NewlandBay Mills ChippewaDemocratic14th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, 2021–present
Jeannie HovlandSantee Dakota SiouxRepublicanCommissioner of the Administration for Native Americans and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Affairs,
Associate Commissioner of the National Indian Gaming Commission
Roselyn TsoNavajo NationDemocraticDirector of the Indian Health Service, 2022–present

Legislative branch

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. Anderson1929–2022AleutRepublicanState 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. Curtis1915–1999InupiaqRepublicanState 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
Independent
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–Dena'inaDemocraticState representative 1983–1989
Jimmy Hoffmanc. 1925–1982Yup’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 Kookesh1948–2021TlingitDemocraticState representative 1997–2005, state senator 2005–2013
Jacob Laktonen1917–1996AlutiiqRepublicanState 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
John Lincoln1981–InupiaqDemocraticState representative 2018–2021
Independent
Don Long1944–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. Moore1937–2022Yup’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 Patkotak1994–Inupiaq[6]IndependentState representative 2020–present
Moses Paukan1933–2017Yup’ikDemocraticState representative 1968–1971
William Paul1885–1977TlingitRepublicanTerritorial representative 1925–1929, (first Alaska Native legislator)
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 Sackett1944–2021KoyukonRepublicanState 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. Wright1933–2022Gwich'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[7]DemocraticState representative 2015–2017
Wenona BenallyNavajoDemocraticState representative 2017-2019
Jasmine Blackwater-NygrenNavajoDemocraticState representative 2020–2023[8]
Domingo DeGraziaCherokeeDemocraticState representative 2019–2023[8]
Eric DescheenieNavajoDemocraticState representative 2017–2019
Chris DescheneNavajoDemocraticState representative 2009–2011
Luis A. GonzalezPascua YaquiDemocraticState senator, District 10, 1979–1986[9]
Sally Ann Gonzales1957–Pascua YaquiDemocraticState representative 1997–2001 and 2011–2019
Tom GordonHualapaiRepublicanState representative 1999–2001
Albert Hale1950–2021NavajoDemocraticState senator 2004–2011; State representative 2011–2021
Benjamin Hanley1941–NavajoDemocraticState representative, 1973–1998[9]
Theresa HatathlieNavajoDemocraticState Senator for AZ District 6, 2023-present
James Henderson Jr.1942–NavajoDemocraticState senator, District 5, 1985–1999[9]
Arthur J. Hubbard Sr.1912–2014Navajo, Tohono OʼodhamDemocraticState senator 1972–1984
Lloyd House1931–2015Navajo, OneidaDemocraticState representative 1967–1968[10]
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)[8]
Sylvia Laughter[?]NavajoDemocraticState representative 1999–2005
Independent
Myron LizerNavajo / ComancheRepublican10th Vice President of the Navajo Nation
Peter MacDonald1928–NavajoRepublican7th Chairman of the Navajo Nation (1970–1989)
Jonathan Nez1975–NavajoDemocratic9th President of the Navajo Nation
Debora Lynn NorrisNavajo, Tohono OʼodhamDemocraticState representative, District 11, 1997–2002[9]
Victoria Steele[?]SenecaDemocraticState representative 2013–2016, State senator 2019–2023
Arlando TellerNavajoDemocraticState representative 2019–2021[8]
Albert Tom1956–NavajoDemocraticState representative, 2001–2002, 2005–2008[9]
Myron TsosieNavajoDemocraticState representative 2019–present[8]
Daniel Peaches1940–2022NavajoDemocraticState representative, 1975–1984[9]
Jamescita PeshlakaiNavajoDemocraticState representative, District 7 (2013-2015) State senator (2017-2021)[11]
Mae PeshlakaiNavajoDemocraticState representative, District 6 (2023-present)
Peterson Zah1937–2023NavajoDemocraticSpecial Adviser to ASU President on American Indian Affairs

Arkansas

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Donna Hutchinson1949–BlackfeetRepublicanState representative, District 98, 2007–2013[12]

California

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Todd Gloria1978–Tlingit–HaidaDemocraticState assemblyman (2017–2020)
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 CheyenneDemocraticMember of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 59th district (1983–1987)
Republican

Idaho

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Joseph R. Garry1910–1975Coeur d'AleneDemocraticState representative (1956–1960)[13][14]
Jeanne Givens1951/52–Coeur d'AleneDemocraticState representative (1985–1989)
Larry Echo Hawk1948–Pawnee NationDemocraticAttorney General of Idaho (1991–1995)
Paulette Jordan1979–Coeur d'AleneDemocraticState representative (2014–2018)
Democratic nominee for Governor in 2018
Democratic nominee for Senate in 2020

Illinois

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Donne E. Trotter1950–Choctaw[15]DemocraticState senator (1993–2018); State representative (1988–1993)

Kansas

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Ponka–We Victors1981–Ponca–Tohono O'odhamDemocraticState representative, District 103 (2011–present)[16]
Stephanie Byers1963-ChickasawDemocraticState representative, District 86 (2021-2023)[17]
Christina Haswood1994-NavajoDemocraticState representative, District 10 (2021-present)[18]

Kentucky

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Reginald Meeks1954–Cherokee Nation[19]DemocraticState representative (2000–2021)

Maine

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Lola Coly (Cola/Nicola)[20]PenobscotIndependentState representative, 1980–1897, 1911–1913[21]
Matthew Dana IIPassamaquoddyIndependentState representative (non–voting)
Lewy MitchellPassamaquoddyIndependentState representative 1880–1881, 1883–1887, 1895–1897, 1903–1905[21]
Wayne Mitchell1952–2019PenobscotIndependentState representative (non–voting)
John S. NelsonPenobscotIndependentState representative, 1957–1971[21]
Peter M. NelsonPenobscotIndependentState representative, 1905–1907[22][21]
Peter F. NeptunePassamaquoddyIndependentState representative, 1905–1907[22][21]
Joseph NeptunePassamaquoddyIndependentState representative, 1907–1909[21]
Joseph Nicolar1827–1894PenobscotIndependentState representative, 1859–1866, 1881–1894[21]
Rena NewellPassamaquoddyIndependentState representative (non-voting)
Sebatis ShayPenobscotIndependentState representative, 1899–1901[21]
Nicholas SockabasinPenobscotIndependentState representative, 1907–1909[21]
Peol SockisPenobscotIndependentState representative, 1853–1856, 1861–1866[21]
Madonna SoctomahPassamaquoddyIndependentState representative (non-voting)
Henry John BearMaliseetGreenState representative (non–voting)

Massachusetts

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Watson F. Hammond1837–1919MontaukRepublicanState representative (1885)[23]

Michigan

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Cora Reynolds Anderson1882-1950ChippewaRepublicanState representative (1924-1925)

Minnesota

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Susan Allen1963–Rosebud LakotaDemocraticState representative (2012–2019)
Jamie Becker–FinnLeech Lake OjibweDemocraticState representative (2017–present)
Peggy Flanagan1979–White Earth Band of OjibweDemocraticLieutenant Governor of Minnesota (2019–present)
State representative (2015–2019)
Harold "Skip" Finn1948–2018Leech Lake OjibweDemocraticState senator (1991–1996)
Steve Green1960–White Earth Band of OjibweRepublicanState representative (2013–2023)
State senator (2023–present)
Mary Kelly Kunesh–Podein1960–Standing Rock LakotaDemocraticState representative (2017–2021)
State senator (2021–present)

Mississippi

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Greenwood LeFlore1800–1865Mississippi ChoctawWhigState representative, State senator (1841–1844)
Phillip Martin1926–2010Mississippi ChoctawRepublicanTribal Chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (1979–2007)

Montana

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Dolly Akers1901–1986AssiniboineDemocraticState representative, 1933–1934[13]
Jade Bahr1988–Northern Cheyenne[24]DemocraticState representative, district 50 (2019–2021)
Barbara Bessette[25]Chippewa Cree[24]DemocraticState representative, district 24 (2018–present)
Norma Bixby1941–Northern CheyenneDemocraticState representative, district 41 (2000–2008)[26]
Margarett Campbell1954–AssiniboineDemocraticState representative, district 31 (2004–2011)[27]
Bill EggersCrowDemocraticState representative, district 6 (1998–2003)[26]
Bob Gervais1931–Blackfeet NationDemocraticState representative (1989–1993)[28][29]
George Heavy Runner1955–Blackfeet NationDemocraticState representative, district 85 (1995–1998)[30]
Joey Jayne1957–NavajoDemocraticState representative, district 15 (2001–2009)[26]
Carol Juneau1945–Mandan and HidatsaaDemocraticState representative (1998–2007); State senator (2007–2011)[26]
Denise Juneau1967–Mandan and HidatsaaDemocraticSuperintendent of Public Instruction (2009–2017)
Carolyn Pease–LopezCrowDemocraticState representative (2008–2016)
Leo Kennerly Jr.1936–1980Blackfeet NationDemocraticState representative (1977–1979)[31]
Roland Kennerly1934–2004Blackfeet NationDemocraticState representative (1981–1987)[29]
Gary Kimble1942–2022Gros VentreDemocraticState representative (1972–1978)[31]
George Kipp IIIBlackfeet NationDemocraticState representative (2015–2019)
G. Bruce Meyers1948–Chippewa–CreeRepublicanState representative (2015–2017)
Shane Morigeau1984–Confederated Salish and KootenaiDemocraticState representative (2017–2021)
State senator (2021–present)
Alvin Not Afraid Jr.CrowRepublicanChairman of the Crow Nation (2016–present)[32]
Gerald Pease1954–Crow[27]DemocraticState representative (1997–1998); State senator, district 21 (2001–2009)[26]
Rae PeppersNorthern CheyenneDemocraticState representative (2013–2021)[33]
Frosty Boss Ribs1955–Blackfeet NationDemocraticState Representative (2009–2011, 2013–2015)
Tyson RunningwolfBlackfeet NationDemocraticRepresentative for Montana house district 16 (2019–present)
Angela Russell1943–CrowDemocraticState representative (1987–1995)
Jason SmallNorthern CheyenneRepublicanState senator (2017–present)
Veronica Small-Eastman1941–CrowDemocraticState representative, district 42 (2002–2009)[27]
Frank Smith1942–Assiniboine, Sioux[27]DemocraticState representative (1998–2004, 2011–2013); State senator (2004–2009, 2017–2021)
Sharon Stewart–Peregoy1953–CrowDemocraticState senator (2009–2017)
State representative (2017–present)
Jay O. Stovall1940–2011CrowRepublicanState representative (1992–2000)[30]
Jean A. Turnage1926–2015Confederated Salish and KootenaiRepublicanState representative, State senator (1969–1983)[29]
Bill Whitehead1939–Assiniboine, SiouxDemocraticState representative (1997–1998)[34]
Lea WhitfordBlackfeet NationDemocraticState senator (2015–present)
Marvin Weatherwax Jr.Blackfeet Nation[35]DemocraticState representative, district 15 (2019–present)
Susan WebberBlackfeet NationDemocraticState representative (2015–present)
Jonathan Windy BoyChippewa–CreeDemocraticState representative (2002–2008); State senator (2008–present)
Bill Yellowtail1948–CrowDemocraticState senator (1985–1994)[28][29]

Nebraska

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Tom Brewer1958–OglalaRepublicanState representative, District 43, 2017–[36]

Nevada

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Dewey Sampson1898–1982Pyramid Lake PaiuteDemocraticState representative, District 1, 1938–1940[37]
John Oceguera1968–Walker River PaiuteDemocraticState representative, 2000–2012[38]
Shea Backus1975–CherokeeDemocraticState representative, 2018–2020[39]

New Mexico

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Anthony AllisonNavajoDemocraticState representative, District 4 2019-present[40]
James D. Atcitty1932–2014NavajoDemocraticState representative, District 1 1964–1966[41][13]
Thomas Atcitty1933–2020NavajoDemocraticState representative, District 4, 1981–1995[42]
Reginald A. Begayec. 1944–NavajoDemocraticState representative, 1979–1980[43]
Wilbert C. Begay1939–NavajoRepublicanState representative, District 1, 1966–1970[44]
Ray Begaye1954–NavajoDemocraticState representative, District 4[45] (1999–2013)
Patricia Roybal CaballeroPiro-Manso-Tiwa[46]DemocraticState representative (2013–present)
Jake C. Chee1907–2014NavajoRepublicanState representative, District 1, 1966–1968[44][47]
Sharon ClahchischilliageNavajoRepublicanState representative, District 4, 2013–2018[48]
Yvette Herrell1964–CherokeeRepublicanState representative, District 51, 2011–2019.
Jack Jackson Sr.1933–NavajoDemocraticState representative[49]
Sandra D. Jeff1967/68–NavajoDemocraticState representative, District 5[48]
Doreen Wonda Johnson1953–Navajo[50]DemocraticState representative (2015–present)
Monroe Jymm1933–1990NavajoDemocraticState representative, District 1 1965–1967[41][13]
Tom Lee1920–1986NavajoRepublicanState senator, District 3 1966–1978[13]
Derrick LenteSandia & Isleta PuebloDemocraticState representative, District 26 (2013–)
Georgene LouisAcoma Pueblo[51]DemocraticState representative, District 26 (2013–2023)
Brenda McKennaNambé PuebloDemocraticState senator, District 9 (2021-)[52]
Lynda Lovejoy1949–NavajoDemocraticState representative, State senator, District 22 (2007-2013), Public Regulation Commissioner[53]
James Madalena1948–Jemez Pueblo[54]DemocraticState representative (1985–2017)
Patricia A. Madrid1994–Pueblo[55]Democratic
John Pinto1924–2019NavajoDemocraticState senator, District 3,[48] 1977–2019
Shannon PintoNavajoDemocraticState senator, District 3 (2019–present)
Nick L. Salazar1929–2020Tewa (Ohkay Owingeh)[56]DemocraticState representative, 40th District (1974–present)
Benny ShendoJemez Pueblo[57]DemocraticState senator (2013–present)
Albert Shirleyc. 1956–NavajoDemocraticState representative, District 6, 1985–1992[58]
Leonard Tsosie1955–NavajoDemocraticState senator, District 22, 1993–2007[59]
Leo C. Watchman1937–1993NavajoDemocraticState representative, 1968–1979, 1983–1993[60]
Wendell Chino 1923-1998 Apache "Red Capitalism" President of Mescalero Apache Nation 1965-1998

North Carolina

NameImageLifeEthnicity
Tribe		PartyOffices held
Charles Graham1951–LumbeeDemocraticState representative, 2011–2023
Jarrod Lowery1988-LumbeeRepublicanState representative, 2023-present[61]
David T. McCoy1952–Turtle Mountain ChippewaDemocraticstate public official, State Controller, State Budget Director, and Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation
Henry Ward Oxendine1940–2020LumbeeDemocraticState representative, 1973–1976[62]
Ronnie N. Sutton1941-LumbeeDemocraticState representative, 1993-2011[63]

North Dakota

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Dennis Bercier1952–2012Turtle Mountain OjibweDemocraticState senator, 1999-2005[64][65]
Ruth BuffaloMandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara NationDemocraticState representative
Dawn Marie ChargingMandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara NationRepublicanState representative, 2005–2007[66][64]
Daniel F. Jérome1930–Métis/OjibweDemocraticState senator, 1990–1994[64][67]
Les J. LaFountainTurtle Mountain OjibweDemocraticState senator, 1997[64][68]
Richard Marcellais1947–Turtle Mountain OjibweDemocraticState senator
Joseph Menz1883–1970Standing Rock SiouxRepublicanState representative 1957–1963[69]
Wayne TrottierStanding Rock SiouxRepublicanState representative
Arthur J. Raymond1923–2009OglalaRepublicanState representative, 1971–1975[70][64]

Oklahoma

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Bill Anoatubby1945–Chickasaw NationDemocraticLieutenant governor in the administration of Chickasaw Governor Overton James (1979–1987); Governor of the Chickasaw Nation (1987-Present)
Gary Batton1966–Choctaw NationRepublicanAssistant Chief in the administration of Choctaw Chief Greg Pyle (2007–2014); Chief of the Choctaw Nation (2014-Present)
Molly Shi Boren1943–Choctaw NationDemocraticFirst Lady of Oklahoma (1977–1979) as wife of governor David Boren
Scott Bighorsec. 1956–Osage NationDemocraticState representative, 36th district (2006–2008)
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)[71]
Brian Bingman1953–Muscogee Creek NationRepublicanState senator (2007–2016); State representative (2005–2007)
Brad Boles1983–Cherokee NationRepublicanState representative (2018–present)
Josh Brecheen1979–Choctaw Nation[72]RepublicanState senator (2010–2018)
Trey Caldwell1988–Choctaw NationRepublicanState representative (2019–present)
Helen Cole1922-2004Chickasaw NationRepublicanState representative (1979–1984) State senator (1984-1988, 1991-1996)
Tom Cole1949–Chickasaw NationRepublican26th Secretary of State of Oklahoma (1995–1999)
Doug Cox1952–Muscogee Creek Nation[73]RepublicanState representative (2005–2017)
Brad Carson1967–Cherokee NationDemocraticUnited States House of Representatives (2001–2005), undersecretary of the Army (2014–15) and General Counsel of the Army (2012–2014)
William A. Durant1866–1948Choctaw NationDemocraticState representative (1907–1917)
James Dyer1887–1951Choctaw NationDemocraticState representative (1946–1951)[74]
J. Gladstone Emery1900–1978Muscogee Creek NationDemocraticState senator (1947–1951)[74]
Scott Fetgatter1968–Choctaw NationRepublicanState representative, 16th district (2016–present)
Avery Frix1994–Choctaw Nation[72]RepublicanState representative (2017–2022)
William Fourkiller1965–Cherokee NationDemocraticState representative (2010–2018)
Enoch Kelly Haney1940–2022Seminole NationDemocraticState representative (1980–1986), State senate (1986–2002)
David HardinCherokee NationRepublicanState representative
Keith Harper1940–Cherokee NationDemocraticU.S. representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva (2014–2017)
LaDonna Harris1931–Comanche NationDemocraticVice presidential candidate for the Citizens Party in the 1980 United States presidential election
Citizens
Democratic
David Holt1979–Osage NationRepublicanMayor 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); State senator (2021–present)
Fred Jordan1974–Cherokee NationRepublicanState representative (2007–2015)
Dan Kirby1946–Muscogee Creek Nation[75]RepublicanState representative (2009–2017)
Richard LerblanceMuscogee Creek NationDemocraticState senator (2003–2012)
Ken Luttrell1953–Cherokee NationDemocraticState representative (2007–present)
Republican
Wilma Mankiller1945–2010Cherokee NationDemocraticFirst woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1985–1995)
Al McAffrey1948–Choctaw NationDemocraticState representative[71] (2007–2015)
Mark McBride1961–Citizen PotawatomiRepublicanState representative (2012–present)
Neal McCaleb1935–Chickasaw NationRepublicanState representative (1975–1983), Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation (1995–2001)
Green McCurtain1848–1910Choctaw NationRepublicanVice President of the Sequoyah Constitutional Convention, 1905
Skye McNiel1978–Muscogee Creek NationRepublicanState representative, 29th district[71] (2007–2013)
Jerry McPeak1946–Muscogee Creek NationDemocraticState representative (2005–2016)
Johnston Murray1902–1974Of Chickasaw descent
Not a registered member		DemocraticGovernor (1951–1955)
Republican
Mike Osburn1968–Cherokee NationRepublicanState representative (2016–present)
John Pfeiffer1986–Cherokee NationRepublicanState representative (2014–present)
Anastasia Pittman1970–Seminole NationDemocraticState representative (2007–2013), State senator (2014–2018)
Ajay Pittman1993–Seminole NationDemocraticState representative (2019–present)
Seneca Scott1977–Choctaw Nation[75]DemocraticState representative (2008–2016)
Dustin RobertsChoctaw NationRepublicanState representative (2010–present)
T. W. Shannon1978–Chickasaw NationRepublicanState representative (2007–2015), Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (2013–2014)
Jerry Shoemake1943–Cherokee NationDemocraticState representative (2005–2016)
Ralph Shortey1982–Rosebud LakotaRepublicanState representative (2011–2017)
John SparksCherokee NationDemocraticState senator (2006–2018)
Kevin Stitt1972–Cherokee NationRepublicanGovernor (2019–present)
Daniel SullivanChoctaw NationRepublicanState representative (2005–present)
Kimberly TeeheeCherokee NationDemocraticWhite House Senior Policy Advisor for Native American Affairs (2009–2012)
Bob A. Trent1913–1992Choctaw NationDemocraticState representative, state senator[74]
Mark Vancuren1964–Cherokee NationRepublicanState representative (2018–present)
Paul Wesselhoft1947–Citizen PotawatomiRepublicanState representative (2005–2017)
Collin Walke1982–Cherokee NationDemocraticState representative (2016–present)
Cory WilliamsCherokee NationDemocraticState representative (2009–2019)

Oregon

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Jackie Taylor1935–2008PotawatomiDemocraticState representative (1991–2001)
Tawna Sanchez1961–Shoshone, Bannock, UteDemocraticState representative (2017–present)

Pennsylvania

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

South Dakota

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Jim Bradford1933–2020Oglala SiouxDemocraticState senator (2009–2017); State representative (2001–2009)
Ed Iron Cloud III1964 –Oglala SiouxDemocraticState representative (2009–2012)
Jim Emery1934–2021Cheyenne River SiouxRepublicanState representative (1985–1986), State senator (1986–1996)
Pat Flynn1922–1979LakotaRepublicanState senator (1971–1973)[76]
Red Dawn FosterOglala Sioux/NavajoDemocraticState representative (2019 –present)
Troy Heinert1972 –Rosebud LakotaDemocraticState 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. John1966 –Dakota SiouxRepublicanState representative (2019 – )
Kevin Killer1979 –Oglala SiouxDemocraticState representative (2009–2017), State senator (2017–2019)
Steve Livermont1955 –Oglala SiouxRepublicanState representative (2017–2021)
Ellis T. Peirce1846–1926Oglala SiouxRepublicanState representative (1903–1904)[77]
Peri PourierOglala SiouxDemocraticState representative (2019-present)
Thomas Short Bull1946–Oglala SiouxDemocraticState senator (1983–1988)[76]
Theresa Two Bulls1949–2020Oglala SiouxDemocraticState senator (2005–2009)
Paul Valandra1953–Rosebud LakotaDemocraticState representative (1991–2000), State senator (2001–2006)
Tom Van Norman1964–Cheyenne River SiouxDemocraticState representative (2000–2008)[78]
Ron J. Volesky1954–Hunkpapa[79]RepublicanState representative (1981–1986, 1993–2000), State senator (2001–2002)
Democratic
Bruce WhalenOglala SiouxRepublicanOglala Sioux tribal administrator, former chair of the Oglala Lakota County Republican Party and nominee for South Dakota's at-large congressional district in 2006

Tennessee

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

Utah

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
Angela RomeroAssiniboineDemocraticState representative (2013–present)

Washington

NameImageLifeEthnicity
or tribe		PartyOffices held
George Adams1880–1954SkokomishDemocraticState representative (1933–1939), (1945–1954)
W. Ron Allen 1947— S'Klallam Tribal Chairmen (1977-present), NCAI treasurer and president,
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 OjibweRepublicanState representative (2004–2019)
Dino Rossi1959–TlingitRepublicanState senator (1997–2003, 2012, 2017); 2004 and 2008 Republican nominee for Governor
Chris StearnsNavajo NationDemocraticState senator (1985–1993), State representative (2022- )
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–present)
Andi LeBeauArapahoDemocraticState representative (2019–2023)
Scott Ratliff1943–Eastern ShoshoneDemocraticState representative (1980–1992)[76]

Municipal offices

Arizona

  • Roberta Cano, (Navajo, Zuni Pueblo) Winslow Mayor (2021-present)[80]

California

Idaho

  • William (Bill) Weems, (Coeur d'Alene) Plummer City Council (2012–2016) Mayor (2016–present)

Maine

  • April Fournier, (Navajo) Portland, Maine Portland City Council At-Large (2021-present)

Minnesota

  • Renee Van Nett, (Leech Lake Ojibwe) Duluth City Council

New Mexico

  • April J. Silversmith, Navajo Democrat (Gallup, NM Magistrate Judge[84])
  • Carol Bowman Muskett, Navajo Democrat (McKinley County, NM Commissioner District I[85])
  • Genevieve Jackson, Navajo Democrat (McKinley County, NM Commissioner District II[86])
  • Harriet K. Becenti, Navajo Democrat (McKinley County, NM Clerk[87])
  • Thommy Nelson, Navajo Democrat (McKinley County, NM Probate Judge[88])
  • Felix Begay, Navajo Democrat (McKinley County, NM Sheriff[89])
  • Earnest Becenti, Navajo Democrat (Mckinley County, NM County Treasurer[90])
  • GloJean Todacheene, Navajo Democrat (San Juan County, NM Commissioner District I[91])

Oklahoma

Utah

  • Willie Grayeyes, Navajo Democrat (San Juan County, UT Commission[92]
  • Kenneth Maryboy, Navajo Democrat (San Juan County, UT Commission [93])
  • Robin Troxell, Hopi Tribe of Arizona (Brigham City Councilmember)

Washington

Wisconsin

Other offices

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