This is a list of Asian Pacific Americans in the U.S. Congress.
House of Representatives [ edit ]
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Representative
State
Party
Term
Reason for leaving
Dalip Singh Saund [ 5]
California
Democratic
1957–1963
Defeated
Daniel Inouye [ 2]
Hawaii
Democratic
1959–1963
Retired to successfully run for United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1962
Spark Matsunaga
Hawaii
Democratic
1963–1977
Retired to successfully run for United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1976
Patsy Mink [ 6]
Hawaii
Democratic
1965–1977, 1990–2002
Retired to unsuccessfully run for United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1976 & Died in Office
Norman Mineta
California
Democratic
1975–1995
Retired
Daniel Akaka [ 3]
Hawaii
Democratic
1977–1990
Retired to successfully run for United States Senate special election in Hawaii, 1990
Bob Matsui
California
Democratic
1979–2005
Died in Office
Mervyn M. Dymally [ 7]
California
Democratic
1981–1993
Retired
Patricia Saiki
Hawaii
Republican
1987–1991
Retired to unsuccessfully run for United States Senate special election in Hawaii, 1990
Jay Kim [ 8]
California
Republican
1993–1999
Lost renomination
Robert C. Scott [ 9]
Virginia
Democratic
1993–present
John Ensign
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 [ 10]
Oregon
Democratic
1999–2011
Resigned
Mike Honda
California
Democratic
2001–present
Bobby Jindal
Louisiana
Republican
2005–2008
Resigned to successfully run for Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2007
Doris Matsui
California
Democratic
2005–present
Mazie Hirono [ 11]
Hawaii
Democratic
2007–2013
Retired to successfully run for the United States Senate election in Hawaii, 2012
Steve Austria
Ohio
Republican
2009–2013
Retired
Anh "Joseph" Cao [ 12]
Louisiana
Republican
2009–2011
Defeated
Judy Chu [ 13]
California
Democratic
2009–present
Charles Djou [ 14]
Hawaii
Republican
2010–2011
Defeated
Colleen Hanabusa
Hawaii
Democratic
2011–2015
Retired to unsuccessfully run for the United States Senate special election in Hawaii, 2014
Hansen Clarke [ 15]
Michigan
Democratic
2011–2013
Lost renomination
Ami Bera
California
Democratic
2013–present
Tammy Duckworth [ 16]
Illinois
Democratic
2013–present
Tulsi Gabbard [ 17]
Hawaii
Democratic
2013–present
Grace Meng
New York
Democratic
2013–present
Mark Takano [ 18]
California
Democratic
2013–present
Ted Lieu
California
Democratic
2015–present
Mark Takai
Hawaii
Democratic
2015–present
Delegates in the House (non-voting members) [ edit ]
Resident Commissioners in the House (non-voting members) [ edit ]
Northern Mariana Islands [ edit ]
Philippines [ edit ]
Resident Commissioners were representatives from the Philippines, then an American territory .[ 19] [ 20] [ 21] They were U.S. nationals and not citizens of the United States.[ 22]
^ First Asian Pacific American elected to the Senate and first American of Chinese ancestry elected to Congress.
^ a b First Japanese American elected to Congress.
^ a b First Native Hawaiian elected to Congress.
^ First Asian American woman and first Buddhist elected to the Senate.
^ First person of Indian ancestry elected to Congress.
^ First Asian American woman elected to Congress.
^ First Indo-Trinidadian elected to Congress.
^ First person of Korean ancestry elected to Congress.
^ First American born Filipino and Multiracial American elected to Congress.
^ First Taiwanese American elected to Congress.
^ One of the first two Buddhists elected to Congress
^ First person of Vietnamese ancestry elected to Congress.
^ First Chinese American woman elected to Congress
^ First Thai American elected to Congress
^ First person of Bangladeshi ancestry elected to Congress
^ First disabled woman and first Thai American woman elected to Congress
^ First Hindu, and woman of Pacific Islander ancestry elected to Congress
^ First openly gay person of color elected to Congress
^ "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.
^ Berhow, Mark (2012). American Defenses of Corregidor and Manila Bay 1898-1945 . Osprey Publishing. p. 6. ISBN 9781782004356 . Retrieved 10 December 2012 .
^ Pyong Gap, Min, ed. (2005). Asian Americans: Contemporary Trends and Issues . Pine Forge Press . p. 183. ISBN 9781412905565 . Retrieved 10 December 2012 .
^ 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."”).
^ "OCAMPO, Pablo, (1853 - 1925)" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . United States Congress. Retrieved 9 July 2013 .
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