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List of Native American politicians
This is a list of Native American politicians State University board of trustees, 1976; Human Rights
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1976; af-
ter refusing to remove hat, arrested for trespassing in
• Scott BigHorse House District #36, Oklahoma House Michigan state capitol building, 1977; candidate for
of Representatives, elected Nov. 7th 2006. Michigan state house of representatives, 1978; Indepen-
• Ben Nighthorse Campbell, former United States dent candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan,
Senator, Northern Cheyenne Indian, represented 1986; Workers League candidate for Presidential Elector
Colorado. for Michigan, 1988. Chippewa Indian ancestry. Still living
• Tom Cole, current U.S. Representative for as of 2004.
Oklahoma’s 4th district and an enrolled member of Elias Cornelius Boudinot (1835-1890) — of Arkansas.
the Chickasaw Nation. He is currently the only Born near Rome, Floyd County, Ga., August 1, 1835. Del-
Native American serving in the United States egate to Arkansas secession convention, 1861; colonel in
Congress. the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Tribal Repre-
• Charles Curtis, former U.S. Vice President and sentative to Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Cherokee In-
Senator, 1/8 Kansa/Osage Nation Indian, dian ancestry. Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Ark.,
represented Kansas. September 27, 1890. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery,
• Brad Carson, former Congressman, Cherokee Indian, Fort Smith, Ark.
represented Oklahoma. Samuel Benton Callahan (1833-1911) — of Oklahoma.
• Hiram Rhodes Revels, former U.S. Senator, African Born in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., January 26, 1833.
American and Lumbee Indian, first black in the Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
Senate, represented Mississippi. Tribal Representative to Confederate Congress, 1864-65;
• Larry EchoHawk, former Idaho Attorney General, justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1891. Creek In-
Pawnee Indian dian ancestry. Died in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Ok-
• Ely Parker, held senior posts in the Grant la., February 17, 1911. Interment at Greenhill Cemetery,
administration Muskogee, Okla.
• Will Rogers, Jr., son of Will Rogers, had Cherokee Charles David Carter (1868-1929) — also known as
blood Charles D. Carter — of Ardmore, Carter County, Okla.
Benjamin William Arnett (1838-1906) — of Ohio. Born in Born in Boggy Depot, Atoka County, Okla., August 16,
Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., 1838. Son of Benjamin 1868. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Oklahoma,
Arnett; married 1858 to Mary Louisa Gordon. School 1907-27 (4th District 1907-15, 3rd District 1915-27).
teacher and principal; ordained minister; member of Choctaw Indian ancestry. Died in 1929. Interment at Rose
Ohio state house of representatives, 1886; first black state Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Okla.
legislator elected to represent a majority white con- Alexander Dimitry (1805-1883) — also known as To-
stituency; bishop. Black. Methodist. Scottish, American bias Guarneriius — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La.
Indian, and Irish ancestry. Lost a leg due to a tumor in Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., February 7,
1858. Died, of uremia, in Wilberforce, Greene County, 1805. Son-in-law of Robert Mills (architect of the Wash-
Ohio, October 9, 1906. Interment at Tarbox Cemetery, ington Monument in Washington, D.C.); granduncle of
Wilberforce, Ohio. Dracos A. Dimitry, Jr.. Newspaper editor; college profes-
Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett (1833-1908) — also sor; linguist; as a young man, took part in several duels;
known as Ebenezer D. Bassett — of Pennsylvania; New Louisiana superintendent of public instruction, 1848-51;
York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Litchfield, Litchfield U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1859-61; Nicaragua, 1859-61.
County, Conn., October 16, 1833. U.S. Minister to Haiti, Greek and Alabama Indian ancestry. Died in New Orleans,
1869-77; U.S. Consul General in Port-au-Prince, 1874. Orleans Parish, La., January 30, 1883. Interment at St.
Black. Pequot Indian ancestry. First black American to be Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.
appointed a diplomat to a foreign country. Died in 1908. William Eggers III (b. 1939) — of Montana. Born in
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. 1939. Lawyer; member of Montana state house of rep-
Philip C. Bellfy (b. 1946) — also known as Phil Bellfy resentatives, 1999-. Crow Indian ancestry. Still living as
— of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich. Born, in of 1999. John Alexander Giannetti, Jr. (b. 1964) — also
a hospital at Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., April 7, 1946. known as John A. Giannetti, Jr. — of Laurel, Prince Ge-
College teacher; Human Rights candidate for Michigan orge’s County, Md. Born, in a hospital, at Camp Lejeune,
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Onslow County, N.C., June 9, 1964. Son of John A. Gian- District, 1973-75. Cherokee Indian ancestry. Still living as
netti, Sr.. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland state of 1998.
house of delegates District 13-B, 1999-2003; defeated, Robert Latham Owen (1856-1947) — also known as
1994; member of Maryland state senate 21st District, Robert L. Owen — of Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla.
2003-. Catholic. Italian, Irish, and American Indian ances- Born in Lynchburg, Va., February 2, 1856. Son of Robert L.
try. Member, American Bar Association; Jaycees; Knights Owen (president of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad)
of Columbus; Sons of Italy; Chi Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; and Narcissa Chisholm Owen (Cherokee Nation); married
Phi Delta Phi. Still living as of 2003. 1889 to Daisey Deane Hester. Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
William Wirt Hastings (1866-1938) — also known as member of Democratic National Committee from Okla-
William W. Hastings — of Tahlequah, Cherokee County, homa, 1892-96; U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25;
Okla. Born in Benton County, Ark., December 31, 1866. candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920.
Married 1896 to Lulu Starr. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate Episcopalian. Scotch-Irish and Cherokee Indian ancestry.
to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks;
1912; U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, Moose; Woodmen; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Beta Kappa.
1915-21, 1923-35; defeated, 1920. Presbyterian. Cherokee Died July 19, 1947. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery,
Indian ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Lynchburg, Va.
Pythias. Died April 8, 1938. Interment at City Cemetery, Matthew Stanley Quay (1833-1904) — also known as
Tahlequah, Okla. Matthew S. Quay — of Beaver, Beaver County, Pa. Born in
William L. Hensley (b. 1941) — of Alaska. Born in Dillsburg, York County, Pa., September 30, 1833. Repub-
Kotzebue, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, June 17, lican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
1941. Member of Alaska state house of representatives, member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives,
1966; member of Alaska state senate, 1970. Alaska Native 1865-67; secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylva-
ancestry. Still living as of 1994. nia, 1873-78, 1879-82; delegate to Republican National
Robert McDonald Jones (1808-1872) — Born in Missis- Convention from Pennsylvania, 1872, 1876, 1880, 1892,
sippi, October 1, 1808. Tribal Representative to Confed- 1900; Pennsylvania Republican state chair, 1878-79;
erate Congress, 1863-65. American Indian ancestry. Rep- Pennsylvania state treasurer, 1886-87; U.S. Senator from
resented Choctaw and Chickasaw nations in Confederate Pennsylvania, 1887-99, 1901-04; died in office 1904; Chair-
Congress. Died February 22, 1872. Interment in private or man of Republican National Committee, 1888-89. Ameri-
family graveyard. can Indian ancestry. Received the Medal of Honor in 1888
Carol Juneau (b. 1945) — of Browning, Glacier County, for action at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Died
Mont. Born in Elbowoods, McLean County, N.Dak., April May 28, 1904. Interment at Beaver Cemetery, Beaver, Pa.
5, 1945. Democrat. Member of Montana state house of Lisa Marie Raine (b. 1969) — also known as Lisa M.
representatives, 1999-; delegate to Democratic National Raine — of Spokane, Spokane County, Wash. Born in
Convention from Montana, 2000, 2004; member of Demo- Xavier Hospital, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, May
cratic National Committee from Montana, 2004. Female. 28, 1969. Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democra-
American Indian ancestry. Still living as of 2004. tic National Convention from Iowa, 1996; alternate dele-
Greenwood Leflore (1800-1865) — of Mississippi. Born gate to Democratic National Convention from Washing-
in 1800. Member of Mississippi state senate, 1841. ton, 2000. Female. Shoshone Indian ancestry. Still living
Choctaw Indian ancestry. Died in 1865. Burial location as of 2003.
unknown. Leflore County, Miss. is named for him. Benjamin Reifel (1906-1990) — also known as Ben
Michael James Lowrey (b. 1953) — also known as Reifel — of South Dakota. Born in a log cabin near
Michael J. Lowrey; "Orange Mike"; "Inali of Tanasi" — of Parmelee, Todd County, S.Dak., September 19, 1906.
Henderson, Chester County, Tenn.; Milwaukee, Milwau- Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War
kee County, Wis. Born in a hospital, Jackson, Madison II; U.S. Representative from South Dakota 1st District,
County, Tenn., November 25, 1953. Democratic candidate 1961-71. Episcopalian. German and Sioux Indian ances-
for Tennessee state house of representatives, 1974; Ci- try. Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak., Jan-
tizens candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, uary 2, 1990. Burial location Irwin, South Dakota.
1980, 1984; delegate to Democratic National Convention David Laughing Horse Robinson (b. 1955) — of Bak-
from Wisconsin, 2004. Baptist; later Quaker. Irish and ersfield, Kern County, Calif. Born in 1955. Democrat. Art
Cherokee Indian ancestry. Member, American Civil Liber- teacher; candidate for Governor of California, 2003.
ties Union; National Organization for Women. Still living Kawaiisu Indian ancestry. Still living as of 2003.
as of 2004. William Spotted Crow — of Pine Ridge, Shannon
Clem Rogers McSpadden (b. 1925) — of Oklahoma. County, S.Dak. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republi-
Born in Oklahoma, 1925. Democrat. Member of Oklahoma can National Convention from South Dakota, 1948. Amer-
state legislature; U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 2nd ican Indian ancestry. Still living as of 1948.
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William Grady Stigler (1891-1952) — also known as Bluford Wilson (d. 1909) — of Illinois. U.S. District At-
William G. Stigler — of Stigler, Haskell County, Okla. Born torney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1869-74. Chero-
in Stigler, Haskell County, Indian Territory (now Okla.), kee Indian ancestry. He was part Cherokee, but the family
July 7, 1891. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during kept this a secret until 1950. Died in 1909. Interment
World War I; member of Oklahoma state senate, 1924-32; somewhere in Sangamon County, Ill.
U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1944-52;
died in office 1952. Choctaw Indian ancestry. Died in
Stigler, Haskell County, Okla., August 21, 1952. Interment
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