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Still, there remained bipartisan agreement that the District of Columbia – which in 1970 had more residents than 10 individual states [a] — deserved at least some representation in the U.S. Congress. Federal legislation to recreate a congressional delegate position for D.C. was first seriously debated by Congress in 1970.
Eleanor Holmes Norton (born June 13, 1937) [1] [2] is an American politician, lawyer, and human rights activist. [3] Norton serves as a congressional delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, where she has represented the District of Columbia since 1991 as a member of the Democratic Party.
The 2024 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a non-voting delegate to represent the District of Columbia in the United States House of Representatives.
The Choctaw tribe has never appointed a delegate to Congress [22] and the Cherokee had not until 2019. [23] However, the Choctaw did send a non-congressional delegate to Washington for most of the 19th century as an ambassador to represent them before the U.S. government, the most noteworthy being Peter Pitchlynn. [24]
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 3, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Jan. 6 Election Certification live updates: Congress convenes in snowy Washington DC. Samuel Chamberlain, Kaydi Pelletier. January 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM.
These are tables of congressional delegations from the state of Washington to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. The current dean of the Washington delegation is Senator Patty Murray, having served in the Senate since 1993.
On November 8, 2022, the District of Columbia held an election for its non-voting House delegate representing the District of Columbia's at-large congressional district.The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.