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Firsts in the U.S. House of Representatives - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 39 times
- The average score is 15 of 65
Answer Stats
| First... | Year Starting Term(s) | State(s) Represented | Answer | % Correct |
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| Muslim Woman (tied) | 2019 | Minnesota | Ilhan Omar | 83%
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| Muslim Woman (tied) | 2019 | Michigan | Rashida Tlaib | 79%
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| Openly LGBTQ Man Elected | 2009 | Colorado | Jared Polis | 76%
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| Native American Woman (tied) (Laguna Pueblo) | 2019 | New Mexico | Debra "Deb" Haaland | 72%
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| Muslim | 2007 | Minnesota | Keith Ellison | 72%
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| Native American Woman (tied) (Ho-Chunk) | 2019 | Kansas | Sharice Davids | 72%
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| Hindu | 2009 | Hawaii | Tulsi Gabbard | 72%
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| LGBTQ (openly) Elected | 1999 | Wisconsin | Tammy Baldwin | 69%
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| Buddhist (tied); Buddhist Woman | 2007 | Hawaii | Mazie Hirono | 62%
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| Buddhist (tied); Buddhist Man | 2007 | Georgia | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | 59%
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| to Have Been Previously President | 1831 | Massachusetts | John Quincy Adams | 59%
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| to Commit Suicide in Office (1906) | 1893 | Pennsylvania | Robert Adams, Jr. | 59%
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| Woman to Also Serve in the Senate | 1940 | Maine | Margaret Chase Smith | 55%
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| to Be in a Same-Sex Marriage (2012) | 1981 | Massachusetts | Barnett "Barney" Frank | 52%
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| Openly LGBTQ Person (voluntarily disclosed in 1987) | 1981 | Massachusetts | Barnett "Barney" Frank | 52%
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| African-American Woman | 1969 | New York | Shirley Chisholm | 48%
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| to Be Elected and Then Later Become Cabinet Secretary (1801) | 1789 | Virginia | James Madison | 41%
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| to Later Become President (1809) | 1789 | Virginia | James Madison | 41%
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| Latin-American Woman | 1989 | Florida | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | 38%
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| Sisters to Serve Jointly | 2003 | California | Loretta and Linda Sánchez | 38%
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| To Later Become Vice President (1813) | 1789 | Massachusetts | Elbridge Gerry | 34%
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| Incumbent to Be Elected President | 1881 | Ohio | James A. Garfield | 31%
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| to Be Killed While Acting in an Official Congressional Capacity (1978) | 1973 | California | Leo Ryan | 28%
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| Pacific Islander (Hawaiian) | 1977 | Hawaii | Daniel Akaka | 24%
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| Alumna of the United States Air Force Academy (1982) | 1998 | New Mexico | Heather Wilson | 24%
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| Woman | 1917 | Montana | Jeannette Rankin | 24%
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| Alumnus of United States Military Academy (1828) | 1845 | Mississippi | Jefferson Davis | 24%
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| East Asian-American (Japanese-American) | 1959 | Hawaii | Daniel Inouye | 21%
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| Speaker of the House | 1789 | Pennsylvania | Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg | 21%
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| First Siblings to Serve Jointly | 1791 | Pennsylvania | Frederick and John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg | 21%
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| Atheist (openly) | 1973 (announced 2007) | California | Fortney Hillman "Pete" Stark, Jr. | 14%
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| of Puerto Rican Heritage (tied) | 1971 | New York | Charles Rangel | 10%
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| Openly LGBTQ Person (outed in 1983) | 1973 | Massachusetts | Gerry Studds | 10%
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| to Later Become a Senator (1791) | 1789 | Connecticut | Roger Sherman | 10%
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| to be Elected Under Multiple Parties (5 between 1853-1870) | 1853 | Massachusetts | Nathaniel P. Banks | 7%
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| Woman to Defeat Incumbent Congressman | 1921 | Oklahoma | Alice Robertson | 3%
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| Asian-American | 1957 | California | Dalip Singh Saund | 3%
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| Indian-/South Asian-American Man | 1957 | California | Dalip Singh Saund | 3%
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| Sikh | 1957 | California | Dalip Singh Saund | 3%
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| Jewish Woman | 1925 | California | Florence Prag Kahn | 3%
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| Born Outside U.S. Territory or Original Colonies (Kingdom of Ireland) | 1789 | South Carolina | Aedanus Burke | 0%
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| to Die in Automobile Accident (1912) | 1909 | Ohio | Carl C. Anderson | 0%
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| Two Represent Two States | 1789, 1801 | Pennsylvania, Maryland | Daniel Hiester | 0%
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| to Be Elected after Multiple Unsuccessful Campaigns (1922, 1924, 1926, 1928) | 1931 | Ohio | Frank Kniffin | 0%
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| to Serve Non-consecutive Sequences of Terms | 1789, 1795 | Massachusetts | George Leonard | 0%
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| of Puerto Rican Heritage (tied) | 1971 | New York | Herman Badillo | 0%
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| Alumnus of United States Naval Academy (1968) | 1897 | Pennsylvania | John Buchanan Robinson | 0%
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| Elected Posthumously | (1836) | Georgia | John Coffee | 0%
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| with Native American Ancestry, alleged (Powhatan) | 1817 | Virginia | John Floyd | 0%
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| to Be Killed by Another Representative (1838) | 1837 | Maine | Jonathan Cilley | 0%
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| African-American | 1870 | South Carolina | Josephy Rainey | 0%
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| Jewish Person | 1845 | South Carolina | Lewish Charles Levin | 0%
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| Child of a Representative Also to Be Elected | 1805 | Connecticut | Lewis Sturges | 0%
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| Wife to Succeed Her Husband | 1923 | California | Mae Ella Nolan | 0%
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| Asian-American Woman | 1965 | Hawaii | Patty Minsk | 0%
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| Woman of Color | 1965 | Hawaii | Patty Minsk | 0%
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| with Native American Ancestry, confirmed (Cherokee) | 1873 | South Carolina | Richard H. Cain | 0%
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| Roman Catholic Priest | 1971 | Massachusetts | Robert F. Drinan | 0%
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| Latin-American | 1877 | California | Romualdo Pacheco | 0%
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| to Later Be Confirmed Cabinet Secretary (1800) | 1793 | Massachusetts | Samuel Dexter | 0%
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| to Die in Office (1831) | 1829 | Missouri | Spencer Darwin Pettis | 0%
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| to Die in Airplane Accident (1928) | 1923 | New York | Thaddeus C. Sweet | 0%
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| to Die of Natural Causes in Office (1790) | 1789 | Virginia | Theodorick Bland | 0%
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| to Kill Another Representative (1838) | 1835 | Kentucky | William J. Graves | 0%
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| to Give Birth in Office | 1973 | California | Yvonne Brathwaite Burke | 0%
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