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List of Hindu members of the United States Congress

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

, five practicing Hindus have been elected to Congress, the first being Tulsi Gabbard in 2013. As of the 119th Congress, four practicing Hindus currently serve in Congress, all in the House of Representatives, and all being members of the Democratic Party.

Senate

No Hindu has ever served in the United States Senate. Kamala Harris (D) of California, a former senator who was elected Vice President in 2020, was raised by a Hindu mother but identifies as a Baptist.

House of Representatives

In addition to the representatives below, former Republican representative Bobby Jindal of Louisiana was born in a Hindu family but converted to Catholicism. Current Democratic representatives Ami Bera of California who identifies as a Unitarian Universalist, and Pramila Jayapal of Washington, whose religious affiliation is unknown, were born in Hindu families.

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