EVENTS
RECORDS
US Senators Statistics - Minority Constituency throughout US History
African Americans (1% US senate, 12.4% current US population*)
Hiram R> Revels (R-Mississippi), 1870-71
Blanche K. Bruce (R-Mississippi), 1875-1881
Edward W. Brooke (R-Massachusetts), 1967-1979
Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Illinois), 1993-1999
Barack Obama (D-Illinois), 2005-
Asian Americans (3% US senate, Asian - 4.37% current US population*)
Hiram L. Fong (R-Hawaii), 1959-1977
Daniel K. Inoyu (D-Hawaii), 1963-
Samuel I. Hayakawa (R-California), 1977-1983
Spark M. Matsunaga (D-Hawaii), 1977-1990
Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii), 1990-
Hispanic Americans (3% US senate, 12.5% current US population**)
Octaviano Larrazolo (R-New Mexico), 1928-29
Dennis Chavez (D-New Mexico), 1935-1962
Joseph M. Montoya (D-New Mexico), 1964-77
Ken L. Salazar (D-Colorado), 2005-
Melquiades R. Martinez (R-Florida), 2005-
Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey), 2006-
Native American Indian (0% US senate, 0.79% current US population*)
Charles Curtis (R-Kansas), 1907-13; 1915-29 (Kaw)
Robert Owen (D-Oklahoma), 1907-1925 (Cherokee)
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colorado), 1993-2005 (Northern Cheyenne)
*US Race/Ethnicity Data Estimates from US Census Bureau 2006 American Community Survey
**2000 US Census Bureau
