List of Muslim members of the United States Congress

This is a list of Muslim members of the United States Congress.

As of 2023, only four Muslim Americans have ever been elected to Congress, the first being Keith Ellison in 2006. Three Muslims currently serve in Congress, all in the House of Representatives. All four are Democrats.

Senate

Further information: Religious affiliation in the United States Senate

No Muslim has ever served in the United States Senate. In 2022, Mehmet Oz became the Republican nominee for Senate in Pennsylvania, making him the first Muslim to be nominated by a major party for the U.S. Senate. Oz lost the general election to Pennsylvania lieutenant governor John Fetterman.

House of Representatives

Further information: Religious affiliation in the United States House of Representatives

In addition to the representatives below, former representative Hansen Clarke (D) of Michigan, was raised in a Muslim family but converted to Catholicism.

Representative		Party		District	Term			Notes
Representative		Party		District	Start	End	Length of service (days)	Notes
	Keith Ellison		Democratic	MN-05	January 3, 2007	January 3, 2019	4,383 (12 years, 0 days)	First Muslim in Congress. Converted to Islam in 1982. Retired to run successfully for Minnesota Attorney General.
	André Carson		Democratic	IN-07	March 11, 2008	Incumbent	6,127 (16 years, 283 days)	Raised Baptist, converted to Islam as a teenager.
	Ilhan Omar		Democratic	MN-05	January 3, 2019	Incumbent	2,177 (5 years, 351 days)	First of two Muslim women in Congress. First Muslim to succeed another Muslim. Born to a Muslim family in Somalia and immigrated as a refugee to the United States in 1995.
	Rashida Tlaib		Democratic	MI-13	January 3, 2019	Incumbent	2,177 (5 years, 351 days)	First of two Muslim women in Congress. Born to a Muslim family of Palestinian immigrants.
	Lateefah Simon		Democratic	CA-12	January 3, 2025	Elect	−15 (−15 days)

References

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Hammond, Joseph (December 2, 2021). "Celebrity surgeon Dr. Oz seeks to be first Muslim elected to the US Senate". Religion News.
Gabriel, Trip (June 3, 2022). "David McCormick Concedes to Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania GOP Senate Primary". The New York Times.
Garsd, Jasmine (January 13, 2013). "Rep. André Carson To Become First Muslim On House Committee On Intelligence". NPR.
Golden, Erin (November 7, 2018). "Ilhan Omar makes history, becoming first Somali-American elected to U.S. House". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minn. Archived from the original on February 2, 2019.
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mushfiqahmad (November 7, 2024). "Muslims now have a fourth Congressperson elected". Muslim Network TV. Retrieved November 9, 2024.

United States Congress

Members and leaders

Membership

Members	By length of service By shortness of service Youngest members Non-voting members Unseated members
Senate	Members seniority Dean Former Expelled or censured Classes Born outside the U.S. Resigned Appointed Switched parties
House	Members seniority Dean Former Expelled, censured, and reprimanded Served a single term Lost re-election in a primary Switched parties Elected but did not serve
New members	90th (1967) 91st (1969) 92nd (1971) 93rd (1973) 94th (1975) 95th (1977) 96th (1979) 97th (1981) 98th (1983) 99th (1985) 100th (1987) 101st (1989) 102nd (1991) 103rd (1993) 104th (1995) 105th (1997) 106th (1999) 107th (2001) 108th (2003) 109th (2005) 110th (2007) 111th (2009) 112th (2011) 113th (2013) 114th (2015) 115th (2017) 116th (2019) 117th (2021) 118th (2023) 119th (2025)

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