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Two people, <a href="/wiki/Tammy_Baldwin" title="Tammy Baldwin">Tammy Baldwin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema" title="Kyrsten Sinema">Kyrsten Sinema</a>, served in the House and were later elected into the Senate. The earliest known LGBTQ congressperson was <a href="/wiki/Ed_Koch" title="Ed Koch">Ed Koch</a>, who began his term in the House in 1969. The earliest known LGBTQ senator is <a href="/wiki/Harris_Wofford" title="Harris Wofford">Harris Wofford</a>, who began his term in 1991. Both men were not <a href="/wiki/Coming_out" title="Coming out">out</a> during their tenure: Koch's sexuality was confirmed after his death and Wofford announced his plans to marry a man over 20 years after serving in the Senate. In 2024, <a href="/wiki/Sarah_McBride" title="Sarah McBride">Sarah McBride</a> was elected as the nation's first openly <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a> member of Congress. </p><p>There are<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_LGBTQ_members_of_the_United_States_Congress&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> 12 openly LGBTQ members of the <a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">current (118th) Congress</a>, all of whom are Democrats or aligned with Democrats. Three are senators and the rest are House representatives. This constitutes the second highest number of LGBTQ congresspeople serving at the same time in U.S. history.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-117th_Congress_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117th_Congress-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Senate">Senate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_LGBTQ_members_of_the_United_States_Congress&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><style 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scope="col">Length of<br />service </th></tr> <tr style="background:#CCF"> <td data-sort-value="Wofford, Harris"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Harriswofford.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Harriswofford.jpg/100px-Harriswofford.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Harriswofford.jpg/150px-Harriswofford.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Harriswofford.jpg/200px-Harriswofford.jpg 2x" data-file-width="338" data-file-height="432" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harris_Wofford" title="Harris Wofford">Harris Wofford</a>† </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001991-05-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 8, 1991</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001995-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 1995</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003133600000000000♠"></span>3 years, 240 days </td> <td width="300">Announced his marriage to a man in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WorldAtlas_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldAtlas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e0e0e0"> <td data-sort-value="Baldwin, Tammy"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tammy_Baldwin,_official_portrait,_113th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Tammy_Baldwin%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg/100px-Tammy_Baldwin%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Tammy_Baldwin%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg/150px-Tammy_Baldwin%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Tammy_Baldwin%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg/200px-Tammy_Baldwin%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3040" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Baldwin" title="Tammy Baldwin">Tammy Baldwin</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002013-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2013</span> </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003434600000000000♠"></span>11 years, 329 days </td> <td>As an openly lesbian woman, Baldwin is the first openly LGBTQ senator.<sup id="cite_ref-117th_Congress_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117th_Congress-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gay1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gay1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DCInno_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCInno-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e0e0e0"> <td rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Sinema, Krysten"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sinema_Dec_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Sinema_Dec_2023.jpg/100px-Sinema_Dec_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Sinema_Dec_2023.jpg/150px-Sinema_Dec_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Sinema_Dec_2023.jpg/200px-Sinema_Dec_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3330" data-file-height="4338" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema" title="Kyrsten Sinema">Kyrsten Sinema</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2019–2022)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="000000002019-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2019</span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003215500000000000♠"></span>5 years, 329 days </td> <td rowspan="2">Sinema is the first openly bisexual senator.<sup id="cite_ref-117th_Congress_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117th_Congress-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e0e0e0"> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2022–present)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e0e0e0"> <td data-sort-value="Butler, Laphonza"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Laphonza_Butler_Senate_photo,_2023_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Laphonza_Butler_Senate_photo%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Laphonza_Butler_Senate_photo%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Laphonza_Butler_Senate_photo%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Laphonza_Butler_Senate_photo%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Laphonza_Butler_Senate_photo%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Laphonza_Butler_Senate_photo%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4274" data-file-height="5698" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laphonza_Butler" title="Laphonza Butler">Laphonza Butler</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-10-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Oct 3, 2023</span> </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002421000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 55 days </td> <td>Butler is openly lesbian and is the first openly <a href="/wiki/African-American_LGBTQ_community" title="African-American LGBTQ community">LGBTQ African-American</a> senator.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="House_of_Representatives">House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_LGBTQ_members_of_the_United_States_Congress&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#CCF; color:black;"><span class="legend-text" style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">†</span></span> Came out after serving</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#b4ddb4; color:black;"><span class="legend-text" style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">‡</span></span> Posthumously identified as LGBTQ</span> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Representative </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">State </th> <th scope="col" colspan="3">Term </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col">Start </th> <th scope="col">End </th> <th scope="col">Length of<br />service </th></tr> <tr style="background:#b4ddb4"> <td data-sort-value="Koch, Ed"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ed_Koch_95th_congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Ed_Koch_95th_congress.jpg/100px-Ed_Koch_95th_congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Ed_Koch_95th_congress.jpg/150px-Ed_Koch_95th_congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Ed_Koch_95th_congress.jpg/200px-Ed_Koch_95th_congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="266" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Koch" title="Ed Koch">Ed Koch</a>‡ </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001969-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 1969</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001977-12-31-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Dec 31, 1977</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003328400000000000♠"></span>8 years, 362 days </td> <td width="300">Koch denied he was gay throughout his life, but a 2022 article in <i>The New York Times</i> identified him as such.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT22_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT22-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#b4ddb4"> <td data-sort-value="McKinney, Stewart"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stewart_McKinney.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Stewart_McKinney.jpg/100px-Stewart_McKinney.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Stewart_McKinney.jpg/150px-Stewart_McKinney.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Stewart_McKinney.jpg/200px-Stewart_McKinney.jpg 2x" data-file-width="383" data-file-height="425" /></a></span> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Stewart_McKinney_(politician)" title="Stewart McKinney (politician)">Stewart McKinney</a>‡ </td> <td style="background-color:#E81B23"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001971-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 1971</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001987-05-07-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 7, 1987</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003596800000000000♠"></span>16 years, 124 days </td> <td>After dying in office of <a href="/wiki/AIDS" class="mw-redirect" title="AIDS">AIDS</a>, McKinney was outed as bisexual in his obituary.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldAtlas_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldAtlas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#b4ddb4"> <td data-sort-value="Jordan, Barbara"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rep._Barbara_Jordan_-_Restoration.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Rep._Barbara_Jordan_-_Restoration.jpg/100px-Rep._Barbara_Jordan_-_Restoration.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Rep._Barbara_Jordan_-_Restoration.jpg/150px-Rep._Barbara_Jordan_-_Restoration.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Rep._Barbara_Jordan_-_Restoration.jpg/200px-Rep._Barbara_Jordan_-_Restoration.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2264" data-file-height="2839" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Jordan" title="Barbara Jordan">Barbara Jordan</a>‡ </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001973-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 1973</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001979-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 1979</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003219100000000000♠"></span>6 years, 0 days </td> <td>Jordan's domestic partnership with Nancy Earl was revealed in her obituary in 1996, making her the first LGBTQ woman in Congress (per the <a href="/wiki/U.S._National_Archives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. National Archives">U.S. National Archives</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-archives_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-archives-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Studds, Gerry"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:S001040.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/S001040.jpg/100px-S001040.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/S001040.jpg/150px-S001040.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/S001040.jpg 2x" data-file-width="175" data-file-height="214" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Studds" title="Gerry Studds">Gerry Studds</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="height: 4em"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001973-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 1973</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001997-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 1997</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003876600000000000♠"></span>24 years, 0 days </td> <td>Studds came out as gay as a result of his implication in the <a href="/wiki/1983_congressional_page_sex_scandal" title="1983 congressional page sex scandal">1983 congressional page sex scandal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-time_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became the first openly LGBTQ person to win election to Congress with his <a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1984 United States House of Representatives elections">reelection in 1984</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldAtlas_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldAtlas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Bauman, Robert"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Bauman_US_Congress_photo_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Robert_Bauman_US_Congress_photo_portrait.jpg/100px-Robert_Bauman_US_Congress_photo_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Robert_Bauman_US_Congress_photo_portrait.jpg/150px-Robert_Bauman_US_Congress_photo_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Robert_Bauman_US_Congress_photo_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="175" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bauman" title="Robert Bauman">Robert Bauman</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#E81B23"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001973-08-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Aug 21, 1973</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001981-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 1981</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003269200000000000♠"></span>7 years, 135 days </td> <td>Bauman was outed as gay in October 1980 while in office, making him the first openly LGBTQ member of Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WorldAtlas_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldAtlas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Hinson, Jon"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jon_Hinson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Jon_Hinson.jpg/100px-Jon_Hinson.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Jon_Hinson.jpg/150px-Jon_Hinson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Jon_Hinson.jpg/200px-Jon_Hinson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="414" data-file-height="478" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jon_Hinson" title="Jon Hinson">Jon Hinson</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#E81B23"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001979-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 1979</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001981-04-13-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Apr 13, 1981</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002831000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 100 days </td> <td>Hinson was outed as gay after being arrested on a charge of oral sodomy on February 4, 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WorldAtlas_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldAtlas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Frank, Barney"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Barneyfrank.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Barneyfrank.jpg/100px-Barneyfrank.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Barneyfrank.jpg/150px-Barneyfrank.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Barneyfrank.jpg/200px-Barneyfrank.jpg 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="825" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barney_Frank" title="Barney Frank">Barney Frank</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001981-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 1981</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002013-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2013</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004116880000000000♠"></span>32 years, 0 days </td> <td>Frank came out as gay in 1987 and in 2012 became the first member of Congress in a same-sex marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldAtlas_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldAtlas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Gunderson, Steve"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SteveGunderson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/SteveGunderson.jpg/100px-SteveGunderson.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/SteveGunderson.jpg/150px-SteveGunderson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/SteveGunderson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="175" data-file-height="214" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Gunderson" title="Steve Gunderson">Steve Gunderson</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#E81B23"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001981-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 1981</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001997-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 1997</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003584400000000000♠"></span>16 years, 0 days </td> <td>Gunderson was outed as gay on the floor of the House in 1994, Gunderson was the first openly gay Republican to be reelected after being outed.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WorldAtlas_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldAtlas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Kolbe, Jim"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Kolbe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Jim_Kolbe.jpg/100px-Jim_Kolbe.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Jim_Kolbe.jpg/150px-Jim_Kolbe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Jim_Kolbe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="175" data-file-height="214" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kolbe" title="Jim Kolbe">Jim Kolbe</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#E81B23"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="height: 4em"><a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001985-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 1985</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002007-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2007</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003803500000000000♠"></span>22 years, 0 days </td> <td>Kolbe came out as gay while in office after voting for the <a href="/wiki/Defense_of_Marriage_Act" title="Defense of Marriage Act">Defense of Marriage Act</a> in 1996. He was the first openly gay person to address the <a href="/wiki/Republican_National_Convention" title="Republican National Convention">Republican National Convention</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dunlap_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dunlap-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WorldAtlas_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldAtlas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#CCF"> <td data-sort-value="Huffington, Michael"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Huffington_Dod.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Michael_Huffington_Dod.jpg/100px-Michael_Huffington_Dod.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Michael_Huffington_Dod.jpg/150px-Michael_Huffington_Dod.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Michael_Huffington_Dod.jpg/200px-Michael_Huffington_Dod.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2342" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Huffington" title="Michael Huffington">Michael Huffington</a>† </td> <td style="background-color:#E81B23"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001993-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 1993</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001995-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 1995</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002730000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 0 days. </td> <td>Huffington came out as bisexual in 1998<sup id="cite_ref-WorldAtlas_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldAtlas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#CCF"> <td data-sort-value="Foley, Mark"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_Foley,_official_109th_Congress_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Mark_Foley%2C_official_109th_Congress_photo.jpg/100px-Mark_Foley%2C_official_109th_Congress_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Mark_Foley%2C_official_109th_Congress_photo.jpg/150px-Mark_Foley%2C_official_109th_Congress_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Mark_Foley%2C_official_109th_Congress_photo.jpg/200px-Mark_Foley%2C_official_109th_Congress_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="449" data-file-height="548" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Foley" title="Mark Foley">Mark Foley</a>† </td> <td style="background-color:#E81B23"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001995-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 1995</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002006-09-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Sep 29, 2006</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003428700000000000♠"></span>11 years, 269 days </td> <td>Foley came out as gay after being implicated in a <a href="/wiki/Mark_Foley_congressional_page_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Foley congressional page incident">2006 congressional page scandal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Baldwin, Tammy"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tammy_Baldwin,_official_photo_portrait,_color.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Tammy_Baldwin%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_color.jpg/100px-Tammy_Baldwin%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_color.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Tammy_Baldwin%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_color.jpg/150px-Tammy_Baldwin%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_color.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Tammy_Baldwin%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_color.jpg/200px-Tammy_Baldwin%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_color.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Baldwin" title="Tammy Baldwin">Tammy Baldwin</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001999-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 1999</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002013-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2013</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003511400000000000♠"></span>14 years, 0 days </td> <td>Baldwin is openly lesbian, and was the first openly LGBTQ non-incumbent elected to Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-Gay1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gay1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WorldAtlas_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldAtlas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Michaud, Mike"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Michaud_Official.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Mike_Michaud_Official.jpg/100px-Mike_Michaud_Official.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Mike_Michaud_Official.jpg/150px-Mike_Michaud_Official.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Mike_Michaud_Official.jpg/200px-Mike_Michaud_Official.jpg 2x" data-file-width="680" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Michaud" title="Mike Michaud">Mike Michaud</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002003-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2003</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002015-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2015</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003438300000000000♠"></span>12 years, 0 days </td> <td>Michaud came out as gay in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WorldAtlas_5-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldAtlas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Polis, Jared"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jared_Polis_Official_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Jared_Polis_Official_2012.jpg/100px-Jared_Polis_Official_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Jared_Polis_Official_2012.jpg/150px-Jared_Polis_Official_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Jared_Polis_Official_2012.jpg/200px-Jared_Polis_Official_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2832" data-file-height="4256" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jared_Polis" title="Jared Polis">Jared Polis</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002009-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2009</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2019</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003365200000000000♠"></span>10 years, 0 days </td> <td>In 2011, Polis became the first same-sex parent in Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldAtlas_5-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldAtlas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ABC_News_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC_News-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DCInno_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCInno-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#CCF"> <td data-sort-value="Schock, Aaron"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aaron_Schock_Official.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Aaron_Schock_Official.jpg/100px-Aaron_Schock_Official.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Aaron_Schock_Official.jpg/150px-Aaron_Schock_Official.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Aaron_Schock_Official.jpg/200px-Aaron_Schock_Official.jpg 2x" data-file-width="349" data-file-height="553" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Schock" title="Aaron Schock">Aaron Schock</a>† </td> <td style="background-color:#E81B23"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002009-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2009</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002015-03-31-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Mar 31, 2015</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003227800000000000♠"></span>6 years, 87 days </td> <td>Schock came out as gay in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Cicilline, David"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Cicilline,_Official_Portrait,_112th_Congress_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/David_Cicilline%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_2.jpg/100px-David_Cicilline%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/David_Cicilline%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_2.jpg/150px-David_Cicilline%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/David_Cicilline%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_2.jpg/200px-David_Cicilline%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1363" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Cicilline" title="David Cicilline">David Cicilline</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002011-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2011</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-05-31-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 31, 2023</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003453100000000000♠"></span>12 years, 148 days </td> <td>Cicilline is openly gay.<sup id="cite_ref-117th_Congress_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117th_Congress-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WorldAtlas_5-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldAtlas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DCInno_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCInno-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Maloney, Sean Patrick"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Congressman_Sean_Patrick_Maloney_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Congressman_Sean_Patrick_Maloney_official_portrait.jpg/100px-Congressman_Sean_Patrick_Maloney_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Congressman_Sean_Patrick_Maloney_official_portrait.jpg/150px-Congressman_Sean_Patrick_Maloney_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Congressman_Sean_Patrick_Maloney_official_portrait.jpg/200px-Congressman_Sean_Patrick_Maloney_official_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2832" data-file-height="4256" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sean_Patrick_Maloney" title="Sean Patrick Maloney">Sean Patrick Maloney</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002013-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2013</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2023</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003365200000000000♠"></span>10 years, 0 days </td> <td>Maloney is openly gay.<sup id="cite_ref-117th_Congress_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117th_Congress-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WorldAtlas_5-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldAtlas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DCInno_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCInno-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, he married his longtime partner.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e0e0e0"> <td data-sort-value="Pocan, Mark"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_Pocan_official_photo_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Mark_Pocan_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Mark_Pocan_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Mark_Pocan_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Mark_Pocan_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Mark_Pocan_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Mark_Pocan_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="423" data-file-height="570" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Pocan" title="Mark Pocan">Mark Pocan</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002013-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2013</span> </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003434600000000000♠"></span>11 years, 329 days </td> <td>Pocan is openly gay and the first LGBTQ member of Congress to replace another LGBTQ member of Congress (<a href="/wiki/Tammy_Baldwin" title="Tammy Baldwin">Tammy Baldwin</a>) and the first non-incumbent in a same-sex marriage elected to Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-117th_Congress_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117th_Congress-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WorldAtlas_5-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldAtlas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DCInno_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCInno-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Sinema, Kyrsten"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rep_Kyrsten_Sinema,_Official_Portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Rep_Kyrsten_Sinema%2C_Official_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Rep_Kyrsten_Sinema%2C_Official_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Rep_Kyrsten_Sinema%2C_Official_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Rep_Kyrsten_Sinema%2C_Official_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Rep_Kyrsten_Sinema%2C_Official_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Rep_Kyrsten_Sinema%2C_Official_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3744" data-file-height="5092" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema" title="Kyrsten Sinema">Kyrsten Sinema</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002013-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2013</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2019</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003219100000000000♠"></span>6 years, 0 days </td> <td>Sinema was the first openly bisexual member of Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldAtlas_5-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldAtlas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DCInno_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCInno-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e0e0e0"> <td data-sort-value="Takano, Mark"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_Takano_113th_Congress_-_full.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Mark_Takano_113th_Congress_-_full.jpg/100px-Mark_Takano_113th_Congress_-_full.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Mark_Takano_113th_Congress_-_full.jpg/150px-Mark_Takano_113th_Congress_-_full.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Mark_Takano_113th_Congress_-_full.jpg/200px-Mark_Takano_113th_Congress_-_full.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2832" data-file-height="3589" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Takano" title="Mark Takano">Mark Takano</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002013-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2013</span> </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003434600000000000♠"></span>11 years, 329 days </td> <td>Takano is openly gay and the first openly LGBTQ <a href="/wiki/Person_of_color" title="Person of color">person of color</a> (specifically <a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian American</a>) elected to Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-117th_Congress_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117th_Congress-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DCInno_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCInno-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e0e0e0"> <td data-sort-value="Craig, Angie"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Angie_Craig,_official_portrait,_116th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Angie_Craig%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg/100px-Angie_Craig%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Angie_Craig%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg/150px-Angie_Craig%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Angie_Craig%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg/200px-Angie_Craig%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Angie_Craig" title="Angie Craig">Angie Craig</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2019</span> </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003215500000000000♠"></span>5 years, 329 days </td> <td>Craig is openly lesbian and the first non-incumbent <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_parenting" title="Same-sex parenting">LGBTQ parent</a> elected to Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-117th_Congress_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117th_Congress-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e0e0e0"> <td data-sort-value="Davids, Sharice"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sharice_Davids.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Sharice_Davids.jpg/100px-Sharice_Davids.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Sharice_Davids.jpg/150px-Sharice_Davids.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Sharice_Davids.jpg/200px-Sharice_Davids.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2800" data-file-height="4200" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sharice_Davids" title="Sharice Davids">Sharice Davids</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2019</span> </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003215500000000000♠"></span>5 years, 329 days </td> <td>Davids is openly lesbian and the first openly LGBTQ woman of color (specifically <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a>) elected to Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-117th_Congress_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117th_Congress-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Hill, Katie"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Katie_Hill,_official_portrait,_116th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Katie_Hill%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg/100px-Katie_Hill%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Katie_Hill%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg/150px-Katie_Hill%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Katie_Hill%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg/200px-Katie_Hill%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1638" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Katie_Hill" title="Katie Hill">Katie Hill</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2019</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-11-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Nov 1, 2019</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002302000000000000♠"></span>302 days </td> <td>Hill is openly bisexual.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e0e0e0"> <td data-sort-value="Pappas, Chris"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chris_Pappas,_official_portrait,_116th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Chris_Pappas%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg/100px-Chris_Pappas%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Chris_Pappas%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg/150px-Chris_Pappas%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Chris_Pappas%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg/200px-Chris_Pappas%2C_official_portrait%2C_116th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="762" data-file-height="959" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Pappas_(American_politician)" title="Chris Pappas (American politician)">Chris Pappas</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2019</span> </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003215500000000000♠"></span>5 years, 329 days </td> <td>Pappas is openly gay.<sup id="cite_ref-117th_Congress_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117th_Congress-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Jones, Mondaire"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mondaire_Jones_117th_U.S_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Mondaire_Jones_117th_U.S_Congress.jpg/100px-Mondaire_Jones_117th_U.S_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Mondaire_Jones_117th_U.S_Congress.jpg/150px-Mondaire_Jones_117th_U.S_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Mondaire_Jones_117th_U.S_Congress.jpg/200px-Mondaire_Jones_117th_U.S_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3360" data-file-height="4200" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mondaire_Jones" title="Mondaire Jones">Mondaire Jones</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2021</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2023</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002730000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 0 days </td> <td>Along with <a href="/wiki/Ritchie_Torres" title="Ritchie Torres">Ritchie Torres</a>, Jones was the first <a href="/wiki/African-American_LGBTQ_community" title="African-American LGBTQ community">openly gay African American</a> elected to Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-117th_Congress_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117th_Congress-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mondaire_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mondaire-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e0e0e0"> <td data-sort-value="Torres, Ritchie"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ritchie_Torres_117th_U.S_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Ritchie_Torres_117th_U.S_Congress.jpg/100px-Ritchie_Torres_117th_U.S_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Ritchie_Torres_117th_U.S_Congress.jpg/150px-Ritchie_Torres_117th_U.S_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Ritchie_Torres_117th_U.S_Congress.jpg/200px-Ritchie_Torres_117th_U.S_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1363" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ritchie_Torres" title="Ritchie Torres">Ritchie Torres</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2021</span> </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003142400000000000♠"></span>3 years, 329 days </td> <td>Along with <a href="/wiki/Mondaire_Jones" title="Mondaire Jones">Mondaire Jones</a>, Torres was the first <a href="/wiki/African-American_LGBTQ_community" title="African-American LGBTQ community">openly gay African American</a> elected to Congress,<sup id="cite_ref-mondaire_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mondaire-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the first openly gay Hispanic member of Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-117th_Congress_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117th_Congress-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e0e0e0"> <td data-sort-value="Balint, Becca"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rep._Becca_Balint_-_118th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Rep._Becca_Balint_-_118th_Congress.jpg/100px-Rep._Becca_Balint_-_118th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Rep._Becca_Balint_-_118th_Congress.jpg/150px-Rep._Becca_Balint_-_118th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Rep._Becca_Balint_-_118th_Congress.jpg/200px-Rep._Becca_Balint_-_118th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3360" data-file-height="4200" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Becca_Balint" title="Becca Balint">Becca Balint</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2023</span> </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002694000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 329 days </td> <td>Balint is openly lesbian.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e0e0e0"> <td data-sort-value="Garcia, Robert"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rep._Robert_Garcia_-_118th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Rep._Robert_Garcia_-_118th_Congress.jpg/100px-Rep._Robert_Garcia_-_118th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Rep._Robert_Garcia_-_118th_Congress.jpg/150px-Rep._Robert_Garcia_-_118th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Rep._Robert_Garcia_-_118th_Congress.jpg/200px-Rep._Robert_Garcia_-_118th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1638" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Garcia_(California_politician)" title="Robert Garcia (California politician)">Robert Garcia</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2023</span> </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002694000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 329 days </td> <td>Garcia is openly gay.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Santos, George"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rep._George_Santos_Official_Portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Rep._George_Santos_Official_Portrait.jpg/100px-Rep._George_Santos_Official_Portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Rep._George_Santos_Official_Portrait.jpg/150px-Rep._George_Santos_Official_Portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Rep._George_Santos_Official_Portrait.jpg/200px-Rep._George_Santos_Official_Portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3360" data-file-height="4200" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Santos" title="George Santos">George Santos</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#E81B23"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2023</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-12-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Dec 1, 2023</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002332000000000000♠"></span>332 days </td> <td>Santos is openly gay<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the first openly LGBTQ non-incumbent Republican elected to Congress<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e0e0e0"> <td data-sort-value="Sorenson, Eric"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sorensen_House_Photo_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Sorensen_House_Photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/102px-Sorensen_House_Photo_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="102" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Sorensen_House_Photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/153px-Sorensen_House_Photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Sorensen_House_Photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/204px-Sorensen_House_Photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="582" data-file-height="713" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Sorensen_(politician)" title="Eric Sorensen (politician)">Eric Sorensen</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2023</span> </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002694000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 329 days </td> <td>Sorensen is openly gay.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e0e0e0"> <td data-sort-value="Johnson, Julie"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Julie_Johnson_Open_Congress_2022_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Julie_Johnson_Open_Congress_2022_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Julie_Johnson_Open_Congress_2022_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Julie_Johnson_Open_Congress_2022_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Julie_Johnson_Open_Congress_2022_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Julie_Johnson_Open_Congress_2022_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Julie_Johnson_Open_Congress_2022_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="806" data-file-height="1008" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Julie_Johnson_(politician)" title="Julie Johnson (politician)"><i>Julie Johnson</i></a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)"><i>Democratic</i></a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></i> </td> <td><i><span data-sort-value="000000002025-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2025</span></i> </td> <td><i>Member-Elect</i> </td> <td><i><span data-sort-value="2998630000000000000♠"></span>−37 days</i> </td> <td><i>Johnson is openly lesbian and the first openly LGBTQ individual to represent a southern state in Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e0e0e0"> <td data-sort-value="McBride, Sarah"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sarah_McBride_portrait_photograph_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Sarah_McBride_portrait_photograph_%28cropped%29.jpg/110px-Sarah_McBride_portrait_photograph_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Sarah_McBride_portrait_photograph_%28cropped%29.jpg/166px-Sarah_McBride_portrait_photograph_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Sarah_McBride_portrait_photograph_%28cropped%29.jpg/221px-Sarah_McBride_portrait_photograph_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1106" data-file-height="1252" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sarah_McBride" title="Sarah McBride"><i>Sarah McBride</i></a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)"><i>Democratic</i></a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a></i> </td> <td><i><span data-sort-value="000000002025-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2025</span></i> </td> <td><i>Member-Elect</i> </td> <td><i><span data-sort-value="2998630000000000000♠"></span>−37 days</i> </td> <td><i>McBride is the first openly <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a> individual elected to Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e0e0e0"> <td data-sort-value="Randall, Emily"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emily_Randall_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Emily_Randall_%28cropped%29.jpg/93px-Emily_Randall_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="93" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Emily_Randall_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Emily_Randall_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Emily_Randall_%28cropped%29.jpg/187px-Emily_Randall_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="234" data-file-height="313" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Emily_Randall" title="Emily Randall"><i>Emily Randall</i></a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)"><i>Democratic</i></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)"><i>Washington</i></a> </td> <td><i><span data-sort-value="000000002025-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 2025</span></i> </td> <td><i>Member-Elect</i> </td> <td><i><span data-sort-value="2998630000000000000♠"></span>−37 days</i> </td> <td><i>Randall is the first openly LGBTQ Hispanic woman elected to Congress. <sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shadow_representatives">Shadow representatives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_LGBTQ_members_of_the_United_States_Congress&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Shadow representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Shadow_congressperson" title="Shadow congressperson">Shadow congressperson</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Representative </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Jurisdiction </th> <th scope="col" colspan="3">Term </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="date">Start </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="date">End </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="date">Length of service </th></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Sojourner, Sabrina"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/200px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sabrina_Sojourner" title="Sabrina Sojourner">Sabrina Sojourner</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001997-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 1997</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001999-01-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">Jan 3, 1999</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002730000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 0 days </td> <td>Sojourner came out as lesbian in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Yeager_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yeager-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Histograph_of_openly-serving_LGBTQ_members_of_Congress">Histograph of openly-serving LGBTQ members of Congress</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_LGBTQ_members_of_the_United_States_Congress&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Histograph of openly-serving LGBTQ members of Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Starting </th> <th>Total </th> <th>Graph </th> <th width="450">Event </th></tr> <tr> <td>March 4, 1789</td> <td>0</td> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> United States Congress established </td></tr> <tr> <td>October 3, 1980</td> <td>1</td> <td><div role="img" title="Republican Party: 1" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: red"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> Robert Bauman outed </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 3, 1981</td> <td>0</td> <td><div role="img" title="black: 0" style="display:inline"></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> Robert Bauman lost reelection </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 4, 1981</td> <td>1</td> <td><div role="img" title="Republican Party: 1" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: red"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> Jon Hinson outed </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 13, 1981</td> <td>0</td> <td><div role="img" title="black: 0" style="display:inline"></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> Jon Hinson resigned </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 14, 1983</td> <td>1</td> <td><div role="img" title="Democratic Party: 1" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> Gerry Studds comes out </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 29, 1987</td> <td>2</td> <td><div role="img" title="Democratic Party: 2" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> Barney Frank comes out </td></tr> <tr> <td>March 24, 1994</td> <td>3</td> <td><div role="img" title="Democratic Party: 2" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div role="img" title="Republican Party: 1" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: red"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> Steve Gunderson outed </td></tr> <tr> <td>August 1, 1996</td> <td>4</td> <td><div role="img" title="Democratic Party: 2" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div role="img" title="Republican Party: 2" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: red"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: red"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> Jim Kolbe comes out </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 3, 1997</td> <td>2</td> <td><div role="img" title="Democratic Party: 1" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div role="img" title="Republican Party: 1" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: red"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> Gerry Studds and Steve Gunderson retired </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 3, 1999</td> <td>3</td> <td><div role="img" title="Democratic Party: 2" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div role="img" title="Republican Party: 1" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: red"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tammy_Baldwin" title="Tammy Baldwin">Tammy Baldwin</a> elected to the House </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 3, 2007</td> <td>2</td> <td><div role="img" title="Democratic Party: 2" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div role="img" title="red: 0" style="display:inline"></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> Jim Kolbe retired </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 3, 2009</td> <td>3</td> <td><div role="img" title="Democratic Party: 3" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div role="img" title="red: 0" style="display:inline"></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> Jared Polis elected </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 3, 2011</td> <td>4</td> <td><div role="img" title="Democratic Party: 4" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div role="img" title="red: 0" style="display:inline"></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/David_Cicilline" title="David Cicilline">David Cicilline</a> elected </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 3, 2011</td> <td>7</td> <td><div role="img" title="Democratic Party: 7" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div role="img" title="red: 0" style="display:inline"></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> Tammy Baldwin retired from the House, elected to the Senate; Sean Patrick Maloney, Mark Pocan, Kyrsten Sinema, and Mark Takano elected; Barney Frank retired </td></tr> <tr> <td>November 4, 2013</td> <td>8</td> <td><div role="img" title="Democratic Party: 8" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div role="img" title="red: 0" style="display:inline"></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> Mike Michaud comes out </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 3, 2015</td> <td>7</td> <td><div role="img" title="Democratic Party: 7" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div role="img" title="red: 0" style="display:inline"></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> Mike Michaud retired </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 3, 2019</td> <td>10</td> <td><div role="img" title="Democratic Party: 10" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div role="img" title="red: 0" style="display:inline"></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> Kyrsten Sinema retired from the House, elected to the Senate; Angie Craig, Sharice Davids, Katie Hill, and Chris Pappas elected; Jared Polis retired </td></tr> <tr> <td>November 1, 2019</td> <td>9</td> <td><div role="img" title="Democratic Party: 9" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div role="img" title="red: 0" style="display:inline"></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> Katie Hill resigned </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 3, 2021</td> <td>11</td> <td><div role="img" title="Democratic Party: 11" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div role="img" title="red: 0" style="display:inline"></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mondaire_Jones" title="Mondaire Jones">Mondaire Jones</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ritchie_Torres" title="Ritchie Torres">Ritchie Torres</a> elected </td></tr> <tr> <td>December 9, 2022</td> <td>11</td> <td><div role="img" title="Democratic Party: 10" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div role="img" title="Independent: 1" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: grey"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> Kyrsten Sinema registered as an independent </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 3, 2023</td> <td>13</td> <td><div role="img" title="Democratic Party: 11" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div role="img" title="Republican Party: 1" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: red"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div role="img" title="Independent: 1" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: grey"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Becca_Balint" title="Becca Balint">Becca Balint</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Garcia_(California_politician)" title="Robert Garcia (California politician)">Robert Garcia</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Santos" title="George Santos">George Santos</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Sorensen_(politician)" title="Eric Sorensen (politician)">Eric Sorensen</a> elected; Mondaire Jones lost renomination; Sean Patrick Maloney lost reelection </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 1, 2023</td> <td>12</td> <td><div role="img" title="Democratic Party: 10" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: blue"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div role="img" title="Republican Party: 1" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: red"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div role="img" title="Independent: 1" style="display:inline"> <table style="width: 12px; height: 12px; border-width:0; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: grey"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> David Cicilline resigned </td></tr> <tr> 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class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_LGBTQ_members_of_the_United_States_Congress&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_LGBTQ%2B_Equality_Caucus" class="mw-redirect" title="Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus">Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_LGBTQ_politicians_in_the_United_States" title="List of LGBTQ politicians in the United States">List of LGBTQ politicians in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_first_openly_LGBTQ_politicians_in_the_United_States" title="List of first openly LGBTQ politicians in the United States">List of first openly LGBTQ politicians in the United States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Incidentally, this also marked the first election in which both major party candidates (Santos and Democrat Rob Zimmerman) were openly LGBTQ<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_LGBTQ_members_of_the_United_States_Congress&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-117th_Congress-2"><span 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Congress">Joint session</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/117th_United_States_Congress" title="117th United States Congress">117th</a> ← <a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">118th</a> → <a href="/wiki/119th_United_States_Congress" title="119th United States Congress">119th</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_United_States_Congress" title="Lists of United States Congress">Lists of United States Congress</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Members_and_leaders" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_congress" title="Member of congress">Members and leaders</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Membership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_by_longevity_of_service" title="List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service">By length of service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_by_brevity_of_service" title="List of members of the United States Congress by brevity of service">By shortness of service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_youngest_members_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of youngest members of the United States Congress">Youngest members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-voting_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives">Non-voting members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unseated_members_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Unseated members of the United States Congress">Unseated members</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Senate</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_senators" title="List of current United States senators">Members</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seniority_in_the_United_States_Senate" title="Seniority in the United States Senate">seniority</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Dean of the United States Senate">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_United_States_senators" title="List of former United States senators">Former</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_expelled_or_censured" title="List of United States senators expelled or censured">Expelled or censured</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators">Classes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_born_outside_the_United_States" title="List of United States senators born outside the United States">Born outside the U.S.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resignation_from_the_United_States_Senate" title="Resignation from the United States Senate">Resigned</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_appointed_United_States_senators" title="List of appointed United States senators">Appointed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_who_switched_parties" title="List of United States senators who switched parties">Switched parties</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">House</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="List of current members of the United States House of Representatives">Members</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seniority_in_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Seniority in the United States House of Representatives">seniority</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Dean of the United States House of Representatives">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="List of former members of the United States House of Representatives">Former</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_expelled,_censured,_or_reprimanded" title="List of United States representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded">Expelled, censured, and reprimanded</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_who_served_a_single_term" title="List of members of the United States House of Representatives who served a single term">Served a single term</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_who_lost_re-election_in_a_primary" title="List of members of the United States House of Representatives who lost re-election in a primary">Lost re-election in a primary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_who_switched_parties" title="List of United States representatives who switched parties">Switched parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members-elect_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_who_never_took_their_seats" title="List of members-elect of the United States House of Representatives who never took their seats">Elected but did not serve</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">New members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_90th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 90th United States Congress">90th (1967)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_91st_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 91st United States Congress">91st (1969)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_92nd_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 92nd United States Congress">92nd (1971)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_93rd_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 93rd United States Congress">93rd (1973)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_94th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 94th United States Congress">94th (1975)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_95th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 95th United States Congress">95th (1977)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_96th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 96th United States Congress">96th (1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_97th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 97th United States Congress">97th (1981)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_98th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 98th United States Congress">98th (1983)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_99th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 99th United States Congress">99th (1985)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_100th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 100th United States Congress">100th (1987)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_101st_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 101st United States Congress">101st (1989)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_102nd_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 102nd United States Congress">102nd (1991)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_103rd_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 103rd United States Congress">103rd (1993)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_104th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 104th United States Congress">104th (1995)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_105th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 105th United States Congress">105th (1997)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_106th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 106th United States Congress">106th (1999)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_107th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 107th United States Congress">107th (2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_108th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 108th United States Congress">108th (2003)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_109th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 109th United States Congress">109th (2005)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_110th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 110th United States Congress">110th (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_111th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 111th United States Congress">111th (2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_112th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 112th United States Congress">112th (2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_113th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 113th United States Congress">113th (2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_114th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 114th United States Congress">114th (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_115th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 115th United States Congress">115th (2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_116th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 116th United States Congress">116th (2019)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_117th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 117th United States Congress">117th (2021)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_new_members_of_the_118th_United_States_Congress" title="List of new members of the 118th United States Congress">118th (2023)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Senate</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">President</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_vice_presidents_of_the_United_States" title="List of vice presidents of the United States">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_pro_tempore_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="President pro tempore of the United States Senate">President pro tempore</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_pro_tempore_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="List of presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Party leaders of the United States Senate">Leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senate_Democratic_Caucus" title="Senate Democratic Caucus">Democratic Caucus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senate_Democratic_Caucus#Chairs" title="Senate Democratic Caucus">Chair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senate_Democratic_Caucus#Caucus_secretary" title="Senate Democratic Caucus">Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Democratic_Policy_Committee" title="United States Senate Democratic Policy Committee">Policy Committee Chair</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senate_Republican_Conference" title="Senate Republican Conference">Republican Conference</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senate_Republican_Conference#List_of_conference_chairmen_and_chairwomen" title="Senate Republican Conference">Chair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senate_Republican_Conference#List_of_Secretary_and_Vice_Chairman" title="Senate Republican Conference">Vice-Chair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Republican_Policy_Committee" title="United States Senate Republican Policy Committee">Policy Committee Chair</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">House</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">Speaker</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_speakers_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives">Leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bipartisan_Legal_Advisory_Group" title="Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group">Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_Democratic_Caucus" title="House Democratic Caucus">Democratic Caucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_Republican_Conference" title="House Republican Conference">Republican Conference</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_congressional_districts" title="List of United States congressional districts">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_apportionment" title="United States congressional apportionment">Apportionment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerrymandering#United_States" title="Gerrymandering">Gerrymandering</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Congressional_caucus" title="Congressional caucus">Congressional caucus</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caucuses_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Caucuses of the United States Congress">Caucuses of the United States Congress</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ethnic and racial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_the_United_States_Congress" title="African Americans in the United States Congress">African-American members</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_African-American_United_States_senators" title="List of African-American United States senators">Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_African-American_United_States_representatives" title="List of African-American United States representatives">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus" title="Congressional Black Caucus">Black Caucus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Arab_and_Middle_Eastern_Americans_in_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of Arab and Middle Eastern Americans in the United States Congress">Arab and Middle Eastern members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Asian_Americans_and_Pacific_Islands_Americans_in_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress">Asian Pacific American members</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Asian_Pacific_American_Caucus" title="Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus">Asian Pacific American Caucus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans_in_the_United_States_Congress" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress">Hispanic and Latino members</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans_in_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress">list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Hispanic_Caucus" title="Congressional Hispanic Caucus">Hispanic Caucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Hispanic_Conference" title="Congressional Hispanic Conference">Hispanic Conference</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Jewish_members_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of Jewish members of the United States Congress">Jewish members</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Jewish_Caucus" title="Congressional Jewish Caucus">Congressional Jewish Caucus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Native_Americans_in_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of Native Americans in the United States Congress">Native American members</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Gender and sexual identity</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_LGBT_members_of_the_United_States_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="List of LGBT members of the United States Congress">LGBT members</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Equality_Caucus" title="Congressional Equality Caucus">Equality Caucus</a></li></ul></li> <li>Women <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States_Senate" title="Women in the United States Senate">Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Women in the United States House of Representatives">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Caucus_for_Women%27s_Issues" title="Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues">Issues Caucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives#Current_female_members" title="Women in the United States House of Representatives">current House</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Occupation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Physicians_in_the_United_States_Congress" title="Physicians in the United States Congress">Physicians</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Religion</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Buddhist_members_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of Buddhist members of the United States Congress">Buddhist members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_members_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of Hindu members of the United States Congress">Hindu members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Jewish_members_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of Jewish members of the United States Congress">Jewish members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mormon_members_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of Mormon members of the United States Congress">Mormon (LDS) members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Muslim_members_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of Muslim members of the United States Congress">Muslim members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Quaker_members_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of Quaker members of the United States Congress">Quaker members</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dalip_Singh_Saund" title="Dalip Singh Saund">Sikh members</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_historical_longest-serving_members_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of historical longest-serving members of the United States Congress">By length of service historically</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_by_wealth" title="List of current members of the United States Congress by wealth">Current members by wealth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_from_multiple_states" title="List of members of the United States Congress from multiple states">From multiple states</a></li> <li>Died in office <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Congress_members_who_died_in_office_(1790%E2%80%931899)" title="List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)">1790–1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Congress_members_who_died_in_office_(1900%E2%80%931949)" title="List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949)">1900–1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Congress_members_who_died_in_office_(1950%E2%80%931999)" title="List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–1999)">1950–1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Congress_members_who_died_in_office_(2000%E2%80%93)" title="List of United States Congress members who died in office (2000–)">2000–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Congress_members_killed_or_wounded_in_office" title="List of United States Congress members killed or wounded in office">Killed or wounded in office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_party_switchers_in_the_United_States" title="List of party switchers in the United States">Party switchers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_who_owned_slaves" title="List of members of the United States Congress who owned slaves">Slave owners</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Powers,_privileges,_procedure,_committees,_history,_media" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Powers, privileges, procedure, committees, history, media</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Powers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Article One of the United States Constitution">Article I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copyright_Clause" title="Copyright Clause">Copyright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commerce_Clause" title="Commerce Clause">Commerce</a> <a href="/wiki/Dormant_Commerce_Clause" title="Dormant Commerce Clause">(Dormant)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contempt_of_Congress" title="Contempt of Congress">Contempt of Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_war_by_the_United_States" title="Declaration of war by the United States">Declaration of war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_impeachment_in_the_United_States" title="Federal impeachment in the United States">Impeachment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Impeachment_inquiry_in_the_United_States" title="Impeachment inquiry in the United States">Inquiries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_impeachment_trial_in_the_United_States" title="Federal impeachment trial in the United States">Trial</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_nationality_law" title="United States nationality law">Naturalization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Necessary_and_Proper_Clause" title="Necessary and Proper Clause">"Necessary and Proper"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_power_of_enforcement" title="Congressional power of enforcement">Power of enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxing_and_Spending_Clause" title="Taxing and Spending Clause">Taxing/spending</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Privileges</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Salaries_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Salaries of members of the United States Congress">Salaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franking" title="Franking">Franking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speech_or_Debate_Clause" title="Speech or Debate Clause">Immunity</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Procedure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress" title="Act of Congress">Act of Congress</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_legislation" title="List of United States federal legislation">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appropriations_bill_(United_States)" title="Appropriations bill (United States)">Appropriation bill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_(United_States_Congress)" title="Bill (United States Congress)">Bill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_budget_process" title="United States budget process">Budget process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Censure_in_the_United_States" title="Censure in the United States">Censure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Closed_session_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Closed session of the United States Congress">Closed sessions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Closed_sessions_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Closed sessions of the United States House of Representatives">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Closed_sessions_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Closed sessions of the United States Senate">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloture" title="Cloture">Cloture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concurrent_resolution" title="Concurrent resolution">Concurrent resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continuing_resolution" title="Continuing resolution">Continuing resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dear_Colleague_letter_(United_States)" title="Dear Colleague letter (United States)">Dear Colleague letter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discharge_petition" title="Discharge petition">Discharge petition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enrolled_bill" title="Enrolled bill">Enrolled bill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expulsion_from_the_United_States_Congress" title="Expulsion from the United States Congress">Expulsion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_resolution" title="Joint resolution">Joint resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_session_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Joint session of the United States Congress">Joint session</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_joint_sessions_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of joint sessions of the United States Congress">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lame-duck_session" title="Lame-duck session">Lame-duck session</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_minute" title="Magic minute">Magic minute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastert_Rule" class="mw-redirect" title="Hastert Rule">Majority of the majority (Hastert Rule)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multiple_referral" title="Multiple referral">Multiple referral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Procedures_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Procedures of the United States House of Representatives">House procedures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quorum_call" title="Quorum call">Quorum call</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reconciliation_(United_States_Congress)" title="Reconciliation (United States Congress)">Reconciliation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rider_(legislation)" title="Rider (legislation)">Rider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saxbe_fix" title="Saxbe fix">Saxbe fix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sponsor_(legislative)" title="Sponsor (legislative)">Sponsorship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suspension_of_the_rules_in_the_United_States_Congress" title="Suspension of the rules in the United States Congress">Suspension of the rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unanimous_consent" title="Unanimous consent">Unanimous consent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veto" title="Veto">Veto</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Line-item_veto" title="Line-item veto">Line-item veto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pocket_veto" title="Pocket veto">Pocket veto</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Senate-specific</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advice_and_consent" title="Advice and consent">Advice and consent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_slip_(U.S._Senate)" title="Blue slip (U.S. Senate)">Blue slip (U.S. Senate)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators">Classes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_communication" title="Executive communication">Executive communication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_session" title="Executive session">Executive session</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filibuster_in_the_United_States_Senate" title="Filibuster in the United States Senate">Filibuster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson%27s_Manual" title="Jefferson's Manual">Jefferson's <i>Manual</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Journal" title="United States Senate Journal"><i>Senate Journal</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morning_business" title="Morning business">Morning business</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_option" title="Nuclear option">Nuclear option</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presiding_Officer_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Presiding Officer of the United States Senate">Presiding Officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recess_appointment" title="Recess appointment">Recess appointment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reconciliation_(United_States_Congress)" title="Reconciliation (United States Congress)">Reconciliation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riddick%27s_Senate_Procedure" title="Riddick's Senate Procedure">Riddick's Senate Procedure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senate_hold" title="Senate hold">Senate hold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senatorial_courtesy" title="Senatorial courtesy">Senatorial courtesy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seniority_in_the_United_States_Senate" title="Seniority in the United States Senate">Seniority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_Rules_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Standing Rules of the United States Senate">Standing Rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tie-breaking_votes_cast_by_the_vice_president_of_the_United_States" title="List of tie-breaking votes cast by the vice president of the United States">Tie-breaking votes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditions_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Traditions of the United States Senate">Traditions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_Clause" title="Treaty Clause">Treaty Clause</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_committee" title="United States congressional committee">Committees</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chairperson" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairperson">Chairman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ranking_member" title="Ranking member">ranking member</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_of_the_Whole_(United_States_House_of_Representatives)" title="Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives)">Of the Whole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_conference_committee" title="United States congressional conference committee">Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discharge_petition" title="Discharge petition">Discharge petition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_hearing" title="United States congressional hearing">Hearings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Markup_(legislation)" title="Markup (legislation)">Markup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_oversight" title="Congressional oversight">Oversight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_congressional_joint_committees" title="List of United States congressional joint committees">List (Joint)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_House_of_Representatives_committees" title="List of United States House of Representatives committees">List (House)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_committees" title="List of United States Senate committees">List (Senate)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Select_or_special_committee_(United_States_Congress)" title="Select or special committee (United States Congress)">Select and special</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_committee_(United_States_Congress)" title="Standing committee (United States Congress)">Standing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_subcommittee" title="United States congressional subcommittee">Subcommittees</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Items</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gavel#United_States_Congress_gavels" title="Gavel">Gavels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mace_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Mace of the United States House of Representatives">Mace of the House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Seal of the United States Senate">Seal of the Senate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="History of the United States Congress">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="History of the United States House of Representatives">House history</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/U.S._representative_bibliography_(congressional_memoirs)" title="U.S. representative bibliography (congressional memoirs)">memoirs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="List of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives elections">speaker elections</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="History of the United States Senate">Senate history</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_election_disputes" title="List of United States Senate election disputes">election disputes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._senator_bibliography_(congressional_memoirs)" title="U.S. senator bibliography (congressional memoirs)">memoirs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Congress" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Hall" title="Federal Hall">Federal Hall (1789–1790)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_Hall" title="Congress Hall">Congress Hall (1790–1800)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Brick_Capitol" title="Old Brick Capitol">Old Brick Capitol (1815–1819)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress"><i>Biographical Directory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divided_government_in_the_United_States" title="Divided government in the United States">Divided government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Party_divisions_of_United_States_Congresses" title="Party divisions of United States Congresses">Party divisions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Quarterly" title="Congressional Quarterly">Congressional Quarterly</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hill_(newspaper)" title="The Hill (newspaper)">The Hill</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Roll_Call" title="Roll Call">Roll Call</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Capitol_Complex_(Capitol_Hill)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Capitol_Complex" title="United States Capitol Complex">Capitol Complex</a> (<a href="/wiki/Capitol_Hill" title="Capitol Hill">Capitol Hill</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legislative<br />offices</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_staff" title="Congressional staff">Congressional staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_Accountability_Office" title="Government Accountability Office">Gov. Accountability Office (GAO)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comptroller_General_of_the_United_States" title="Comptroller General of the United States">Comptroller General</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architect_of_the_Capitol" title="Architect of the Capitol">Architect of the Capitol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Capitol_Police" title="United States Capitol Police">Cap. Police</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Police_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Capitol Police Board">Board</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Capitol_Guide_Service" title="United States Capitol Guide Service">Cap. Guide Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Budget_Office" title="Congressional Budget Office">Congr. Budget Office (CBO)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Congressional_Workplace_Rights" title="Office of Congressional Workplace Rights">Congr. Workplace Rights (OCWR)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Government_Publishing_Office" title="United States Government Publishing Office">Gov. 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