indianpoliticians

American Indian/Native American Politicians

This is a very incomplete list! Arranged chronologically by year of birth,
none with a direct link to Moore County.
If any one has any additions to this list please e-mail them in and I'll give you credit and a link.

Leflore, Greenwood (1800-1865)	Member of Mississippi state senate, 1841. Burial location unknown. Leflore County, Miss. is named for him.
Jones, Robert McDonald (1808-1872)	Born October 1, 1808. Tribal Representative to Confederate Congress, 1863-65. Died February 22, 1872. Interment in private or family graveyard.
Revels, Hiram Rhodes (1827-1901)	Born in Fayetteville, N.C., September 27, 1827. Member of Mississippi state senate, 1870; U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1870-71; secretary of state of Mississippi, 1873. First black member of the U.S. Senate. Died while attending a church conference, in Aberdeen, Miss., January 16, 1901. Interment at Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
Quay, Matthew Stanley (1833-1904)	Born in Pennsylvania. U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1887 - 99, 1901-04. Interment at Beaver Cemetery, Beaver, Pa.
Callahan, Samuel Benton (1833-1911)	Born in Mobile, Ala., January 26, 1833. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Tribal Representative to Confederate Congress, 1864-65; justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1891. Died in Muskogee, Okla., February 17, 1911. Interment at Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla.
Boudinot, Elias Cornelius (1835-1890)	Born near Rome, Ga., August 1, 1835. Delegate to Arkansas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Tribal Representative to Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Died in Fort Smith, Ark., September 27, 1890. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
Owen, Robert Latham (1856-1947)	Born in Lynchburg, Va., February 2, 1856. Member of Democratic National Committee, 1892-96; U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
Curtis, Charles Brent (1860-1936)	Born in Topeka, Kan., January 25, 1860. U.S. Representative from Kansas, 1893-1907; U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1907-13, 1915-29; Vice President of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932. Died of a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., February 8, 1936. Interment at Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
Hastings, William Wirt (1866-1938)	Born in Benton County, Ark., December 31, 1866. U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, 1915-21, 1923-35. Died April 8, 1938. Interment at City Cemetery, Tahlequah, Okla.
Carter, Charles David (1869-1929)	Born in Boggy Depot, Okla., August 16, 1869. U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, 1907-27. Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Okla.
Stigler, William Grady (1893-1952)	Born in Oklahoma. Member of Oklahoma state legislature; U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, 1944-52. Interment at Stigler Cemetery, Stigler, Okla.
Reifel, Benjamin 'Ben' (1906-1990)	Born near Parmalee, S.Dak., September 19, 1906. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from South Dakota, 1961-71. Sioux Indian. Died in Sioux Falls, S. Dak., January 2, 1990. Burial location unknown.
Rogers, William Vann 'Will', Jr. (1911-1993)	Born in New York, October 20, 1911. U.S. Representative from California, 1943-45. Died July 9, 1993. Burial location unknown.
McSpadden, Clem Rogers (1925- )	Born in Oklahoma. Member of Oklahoma state legislature; U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, 1973-75. Still living as of 1994.
Begich, Nicholas (1932-1972)	Born in Eveleth, Minn., April 6, 1932. Member of Alaska state senate, 1963-71; U.S. Representative from Alaska, 1971-72. Disappeared while on a campaign flight from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska, October 16, 1972, and presumed dead.
Campbell, Ben Nighthorse (1933- )	Born in California, April 13, 1933. Member of Colorado state legislature; U.S. Representative from Colorado, 1987-93; U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1993-. Still living as of 1995.
Hensley, William L. (1941- )	Born in Kotzebue, Alaska, June 17, 1941. Member of Alaska state house of representatives, 1966; member of Alaska state senate, 1970. Still living as of 1994.
Hawk, Larry Echo	Idaho state attorney general, 1992-94. Still living as of 1994.