Minorities and Women in the 110th Congress
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff
Check out the lists of minorities and women in the 110th Congress, along with which state and political party they represented. The 110th Congress was the meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, between January 3, 2007, and January 3, 2009, during the last two years of the second term of President George W. Bush.
Sources: www.house.gov and www.senate.gov
Blacks in the 110th Congress
(41 in House: 41 Democrats; 1 Democrat in Senate)
1. Non-voting delegate.
Hispanics in the 110th Congress
(24 in House: 4 Republicans, 20 Democrats; 3 in Senate: 2 Democrat, 1 Republican)
State | House | Senate |
---|---|---|
Arizona | Raul M. Grijalva (D) Ed Pastor (D) | |
California | Joe Baca (D) Xavier Becerra (D) Grace F. Napolitano (D) Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) Linda Sanchez (D) Loretta Sanchez (D) Hilda Solis (D) Dennis Cardoza (D) | |
Colorado | John Salazar (D) | Ken L. Salazar (D) |
Florida | Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R) Mario Diaz-Balart (R) Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) | Melquiades R. Martinez (R) |
Illinois | Luis V. Gutierrez (D) | |
New Jersey | Albio Sires (D) | Robert Menendez (D) |
New York | Jose E. Serrano (D) Nydia M. Velázquez (D) | |
Puerto Rico | Luis Fortuño (R) | |
Texas | Charles Gonzalez (D) Rubén Hinojosa (D) Solomon P. Ortiz (D) Silvestre Reyes (D) Henry Cuellar (D) |
Asians and Pacific Islanders in the 110th Congress
(6 in House: 5 Democrats, 1 Republican ; 2 in Senate: 2 Democrats)
State | House | Senate |
---|---|---|
American Samoa | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (D) | |
California | Mike Honda (D) Doris Matsui (D) | |
Hawaii | Mazie Hirono (D) | Daniel K. Akaka (D) Daniel K. Inouye (D) |
Louisiana | Bobby Jindal (R) | |
Oregon | David Wu (D) |
American Indians in the 110th Congress
(1 in House: 1 Republican)
State | House |
---|---|
Oklahoma | Tom Cole (R) |
Women in the 110th Congress
(73 in House: 20 Republicans, 53 Democrats; 16 in Senate: 5 Republicans, 11 Democrats)
1. Non-voting delegate to Congress.
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