Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives

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Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives (called either delegates or resident commissioner, in the case of Puerto Rico) are representatives of their territory in the House of Representatives, but they can't vote on legislation in the full House. However, they are able to take part in certain other House activities. Non-voting members may vote in a House committee they are a member in, and they can introduce legislation. There are currently six non-voting members: a delegate representing the federal district of Washington D.C., a resident commissioner representing Puerto Rico, and one delegate for each of the other four US Territories with people: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin Islands. A seventh delegate, representing the Cherokee Nation, has been formally proposed but not yet seated. Non-voting delegates are elected every two years. The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico is elected every four years.

Current non-voting members

District	Title	Incumbent	Party	House Caucus Affiliation	First elected	Constituency map
American Samoa at-large	Delegate	Amata Coleman Radewagen	Republican	Republican	2014
District of Columbia at-large	Delegate	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Democratic	Democratic	1990
Guam at-large	Delegate	Michael San Nicolas	Democratic	Democratic	2018
Northern Mariana Islands at-large	Delegate	Gregorio Sablan	style="background:Template:United States political party color"|Independent	Democratic	2008
Puerto Rico at-large	Resident Commissioner	Jenniffer González	Template:Party shading/New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)| New Progressive	Republican	2016
U.S. Virgin Islands at-large	Delegate	Stacey Plaskett	Democratic	Democratic	2014

Non-voting Members Of The United States House Of Representatives Media

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  John A. Burns of Hawaii, the last of a series of delegates to continuously serve in Congress

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  Federico Degetau y González of Puerto Rico, the first resident commissioner in the United States Congress

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  Amata C. Radewagen is American Samoa's first female delegate

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  Walter E. Fauntroy, delegate from the District of Columbia from 1971 to 1991

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  Choctaw Nation Delegate to Washington Peter Pitchlynn who served as ambassador from 1845 to 1861 and again from 1866 to 1881

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  Cherokee Nation Delegate to Congress Kimberly Teehee

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  A 2022 Congressional Research Service report on Native representation in Congress

Other websites

• History and powers of DC's Delegate to Congress