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First...
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Year Starting Term(s)
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State(s) Represented
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Answer
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Born Outside U.S. Territory or Original Colonies (Kingdom of Ireland)
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1789
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South Carolina
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Aedanus Burke
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Speaker of the House
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1789
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Pennsylvania
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Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg
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to Be Elected and Then Later Become Cabinet Secretary (1801)
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1789
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Virginia
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James Madison
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to Die of Natural Causes in Office (1790)
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1789
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Virginia
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Theodorick Bland
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to Later Become President (1809)
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1789
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Virginia
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James Madison
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to Later Become a Senator (1791)
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1789
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Connecticut
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Roger Sherman
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To Later Become Vice President (1813)
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1789
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Massachusetts
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Elbridge Gerry
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to Serve Non-consecutive Sequences of Terms
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1789, 1795
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Massachusetts
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George Leonard
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Two Represent Two States
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1789, 1801
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Pennsylvania, Maryland
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Daniel Hiester
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First Siblings to Serve Jointly
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1791
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Pennsylvania
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Frederick and John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
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to Later Be Confirmed Cabinet Secretary (1800)
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1793
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Massachusetts
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Samuel Dexter
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Child of a Representative Also to Be Elected
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1805
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Connecticut
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Lewis Sturges
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with Native American Ancestry, alleged (Powhatan)
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1817
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Virginia
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John Floyd
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to Die in Office (1831)
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1829
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Missouri
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Spencer Darwin Pettis
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to Have Been Previously President
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1831
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Massachusetts
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John Quincy Adams
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to Kill Another Representative (1838)
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1835
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Kentucky
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William J. Graves
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Elected Posthumously
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(1836)
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Georgia
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John Coffee
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to Be Killed by Another Representative (1838)
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1837
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Maine
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Jonathan Cilley
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Alumnus of United States Military Academy (1828)
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1845
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Mississippi
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Jefferson Davis
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Jewish Person
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1845
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South Carolina
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Lewish Charles Levin
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to be Elected Under Multiple Parties (5 between 1853-1870)
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1853
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Massachusetts
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Nathaniel P. Banks
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African-American
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1870
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South Carolina
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Josephy Rainey
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with Native American Ancestry, confirmed (Cherokee)
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1873
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South Carolina
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Richard H. Cain
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Latin-American
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1877
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California
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Romualdo Pacheco
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Incumbent to Be Elected President
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1881
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Ohio
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James A. Garfield
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to Commit Suicide in Office (1906)
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1893
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Pennsylvania
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Robert Adams, Jr.
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Alumnus of United States Naval Academy (1968)
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1897
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Pennsylvania
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John Buchanan Robinson
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to Die in Automobile Accident (1912)
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1909
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Ohio
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Carl C. Anderson
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Woman
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1917
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Montana
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Jeannette Rankin
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Woman to Defeat Incumbent Congressman
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1921
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Oklahoma
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Alice Robertson
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to Die in Airplane Accident (1928)
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1923
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New York
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Thaddeus C. Sweet
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Wife to Succeed Her Husband
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1923
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California
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Mae Ella Nolan
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Jewish Woman
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1925
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California
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Florence Prag Kahn
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to Be Elected after Multiple Unsuccessful Campaigns (1922, 1924, 1926, 1928)
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1931
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Ohio
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Frank Kniffin
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Woman to Also Serve in the Senate
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1940
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Maine
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Margaret Chase Smith
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Asian-American
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1957
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California
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Dalip Singh Saund
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Indian-/South Asian-American Man
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1957
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California
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Dalip Singh Saund
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Sikh
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1957
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California
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Dalip Singh Saund
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Asian-American Woman
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1965
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Hawaii
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Patty Minsk
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Woman of Color
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1965
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Hawaii
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Patty Minsk
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African-American Woman
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1969
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New York
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Shirley Chisholm
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Roman Catholic Priest
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1971
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Massachusetts
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Robert F. Drinan
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of Puerto Rican Heritage (tied)
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1971
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New York
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Herman Badillo
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of Puerto Rican Heritage (tied)
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1971
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New York
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Charles Rangel
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Atheist (openly)
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1973 (announced 2007)
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California
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Fortney Hillman "Pete" Stark, Jr.
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Openly LGBTQ Person (outed in 1983)
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1973
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Massachusetts
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Gerry Studds
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to Be Killed While Acting in an Official Congressional Capacity (1978)
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1973
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California
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Leo Ryan
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to Give Birth in Office
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1973
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California
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Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
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Pacific Islander (Hawaiian)
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1977
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Hawaii
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Daniel Akaka
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to Be in a Same-Sex Marriage (2012)
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1981
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Massachusetts
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Barnett "Barney" Frank
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Openly LGBTQ Person (voluntarily disclosed in 1987)
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1981
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Massachusetts
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Barnett "Barney" Frank
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Latin-American Woman
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1989
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Florida
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
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Alumna of the United States Air Force Academy (1982)
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1998
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New Mexico
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Heather Wilson
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LGBTQ (openly) Elected
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1999
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Wisconsin
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Tammy Baldwin
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Sisters to Serve Jointly
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2003
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California
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Loretta and Linda Sánchez
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Buddhist (tied); Buddhist Woman
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2007
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Hawaii
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Mazie Hirono
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Buddhist (tied); Buddhist Man
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2007
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Georgia
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Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
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Muslim
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2007
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Minnesota
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Keith Ellison
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Hindu
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2009
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Hawaii
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Tulsi Gabbard
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Openly LGBTQ Man Elected
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2009
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Colorado
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Jared Polis
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Muslim Woman (tied)
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2019
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Minnesota
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Ilhan Omar
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Muslim Woman (tied)
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2019
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Michigan
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Rashida Tlaib
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East Asian-American (Japanese-American)
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1959
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Hawaii
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Daniel Inouye
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Native American Woman (tied) (Ho-Chunk)
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2019
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Kansas
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Sharice Davids
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Native American Woman (tied) (Laguna Pueblo)
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2019
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New Mexico
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Debra "Deb" Haaland
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