United States congressional delegations from the Northern Mariana Islands

The United States congressional delegations from the Northern Mariana Islands consist of single Delegate elected at-large. The first non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, Gregorio Sablan, was elected in 2008 and took office in 2009.

Resident Representative

From 1978 to 2009, in accordance with the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Constitution, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands elected a Resident Representative who had no actual privileges in the House or Senate. they were:

Resident Representative Party Years
Edward Deleon Guerrero Pangelinan Democratic 1979–1985
Froilan C. Tenorio Democratic 1985–1991
Juan N. Babauta Republican 1991–2003
Pete A. Tenorio Republican 2003–2009

Non-voting Delegate

In 2008, with the passage of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 by the United States Government the Resident Representative was replaced by a non-voting Delegate. Below are tables of non-voting delegates to the United States House of Representatives from the Northern Mariana Islands.

Congress Delegate Party
111th (2009–2011) Gregorio Sablan Democratic[1]
112th (2011–2013)
113th (2013–2015)
Independent
114th (2015–2017)

Key

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress
American (Know-Nothing) (K-N)
Adams (A),
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J),
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (D-R)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Free Soil (FS)
Free Silver (FSv)
Fusion (FU)
Greenback (GB)
Jacksonian (J)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition (O)
Populist (Pop)
Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Whig (W)


Independent,
None,
or Unaffiliated


See also

List of Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from the Northern Mariana Islands

References

  1. staff (n.d.). "SABLAN, Gregorio Kilili Camacho, (1955 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 1, 2010. elected as an Independent to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress (January 3, 2009-present); changed from an Independent to a Democrat on February 23, 2009.
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