This is a list of Buddhist members of the United States Congress.
, four Buddhists have been elected to Congress, the first being both Mazie Hirono and Hank Johnson in 2007. As of the 119th Congress, three Buddhists currently serve in Congress, two in the House of Representatives and one in the Senate. All being members of the Democratic Party.
A number of members of the United States Congress who do not formally affiliate with or have a background of Buddhism varyingly engage with Buddhist practices like mindfulness, meditation and studying the Buddhist Dharma; notably Republican US Representative from SC-1, Mark Sanford, engaged with and spoke about Buddhism and stated that his friend told him he was "becoming a Buddhist Christian", with his own staffers reportedly telling FITSNews that "it seemed to me he [Sanford] was both Christian and Buddhist." However, Sanford did refute claims that he had formally converted to Buddhism.
Former Congressman Tim Ryan (D) of Ohio also engaged with Buddhist practices through a secular lens; Ryan, formally a Roman Catholic, regularly engaged with Buddhist meditation and mindfulness; writing A Mindful Nation in 2012 and speaking about his practice regularly throughout his career, as well as encouraging his fellow Congressmembers to try meditation as well as securing federal funding for a meditation program for schools in his district. However, Ryan, similarly to Sanford, has stated he is still a Catholic.