List of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress
For its purposes, the U.S. Census also counts Indigenous Australians as part of this group.[2][3] As of June 3, 2024, there are 18 representatives and 2 senators of Asian-American descent who are currently serving in Congress.In addition, there are three non-voting delegates of Pacific Islander descent who currently are also serving.Resident Commissioners were House delegates from the Philippines, then an American territory.From 1978 to 2009, the Northern Mariana Islands elected four Resident Representatives who had no privileges in the House.
State had an Asian Senator at the beginning of the 117th Congress
State has in the past had an Asian Senator
Asian AmericansPacific Islander AmericansU.S. CongresspanethnicEast AsiaSouth AsiaSoutheast AsiaU.S. Census BureauPacific IslanderOceanianAmericansindigenous peoples of OceaniaPolynesiansMelanesiansMicronesiansIndigenous Australiansnon-voting delegatesHouse of Representatives119th CongressSenatorHiram FongChineseRepublicanHawaiiDaniel InouyeJapaneseDemocraticS. I. HayakawaCaliforniaSpark MatsunagaDaniel AkakaHawaiianJohn EnsignFilipinoNevadaMazie HironoTammy DuckworthIllinoisKamala HarrisIndianVice PresidentAndy KimKoreanNew JerseyelectionGeorge HelmyBob MenendezJapanese AmericanNative HawaiianIndian-AmericanRepresentativeDalip Singh SaundU.S. SenatePatsy MinkDied in officeNorman MinetaSecretary of CommerceSecretary of TransportationappointedBob MatsuiMervyn DymallyPat Saikirun unsuccessfullyJay KimBobby ScottVirginiaelected to the U.S. SenateDavid WuTaiwaneseOregonMike HondaBobby JindalLouisianarun successfullyGovernorDoris MatsuiSteve AustriaJoseph CaoVietnameseJudy ChuCharles DjouHansen ClarkeBangladeshiMichiganColleen HanabusaAmi BeraTulsi GabbardSamoanPresidentGrace MengNew YorkMark TakanoTed LieuMark TakaiPramila JayapalWashingtonRo KhannaRaja KrishnamoorthiStephanie MurphyFloridaTJ CoxStephanie BicePakistaniOklahomaKai KaheleYoung KimMichelle SteelMarilyn StricklandShri ThanedarJill TokudaVince FongDave MinSuhas SubramanyamDerek TranResident CommissionersPhilippine LegislatureCommonwealth of the PhilippinesPresident of the PhilippinesCommission on AppointmentsNorthern Mariana IslandsResident Representativesno privileges in the HouseAmerican SamoaDelegates at-largeWashington RepresentativeDelegate