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∙ 2012-05-22 03:03:20Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress, was sworn in on a Quran. He was elected in 2006. He is also the first African-American to represent Minnesota.
The first African American elected into congress was Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870-1871.
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Takemoto Mink was the first Asian woman 2 be elected 2 the us house of reppresentatives in 1964
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The first Asian-American Senator was Senator Hiram Fong of Hawaii, who was elected in 1959. He is of Chinese ancestry. The second Asian-American Senator was Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, who was elected in 1963, after serving in the House of Representatives. He is of Japanese descent. He also was awarded a congressional medal of honor and lost his right arm while in the U.S. military during World War II.
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In 1846, the American Party had its first member elected to the House of Representatives. It was a party member from Philadelphia, Lewis Levin.
Shirley Chisholm was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives.
Joseph Hayne rainey was the first African American elected to US House of Representatives, sworn in on December 12, 1870. He served 4 consecutive terms. Jefferson Long became the second African American elected to the US House of Representatives in 1870. He represented Georgia. He served three months as a US Representative.
Barbara Jordan was the first African American woman elected to Congress from the south. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 18th district of Texas in 1973.
Dalip Singh Saund, a Democrat from California who served from 1957-1963.
Shirley Chisholm was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives.
Jeannette Rankin was the very first women elected to the US House of Representatives in 1916.
Barbara Jordan was the first African-American to be elected the the US House of Representatives.