3. Demographics of Congress(Cont.) Ethnicity Marital Status Category Number of Members African American 42 American Indian 1 Caucasian 458 Hispanic 25 Pacific Islander 1 Vietnamese 1 Asian 8 Both combined ethnicity & marital status.
16. Congress from Texas Elected in 2002 served 1 term up for re-election 2015 Owns several firearms hunts as often if he can Is from Austin TX He is married Wife Sandy Cornyn Children Haley and Danley He is a district judge TX supreme court TX attorney general Texas John Cornyn
17. Congress from Texas Kay Hutchison won election to the U.S Senate on June 5,1993 Was elected full term in the U.S. Senate on Nov. 8, 1994 she was re-elected in 2006 Grew up in La Marque Texas Her great-great-grandfather, Charles S. Taylor signed the Texas Declaration of Independence
18. Congress from Texas Representative JOE BARTON Elected in 1984 no pervious political work From Waco Texas Avid Baseball player 12 terms Served 25yrs re-elected in 2006 District 6
19. Senate Leaders President of the senate JOSHEPH R. BIDEN JR. was the Senator of Delaware for 36 years He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania He was the youngest people elected to the United States Senate at the age of 29 He is the 47th Vice President He lost his wife and 1 year old daughter but his to sons were critically injured but that didn’t stop him
20. Senate leaders Pres. Pro Tempore ROBERT C. BYRD, Democrat from West Virginia became the longest serving Member of Congress in Nov. 18,2009 His colleagues elected him to more leadership positions than any other Senator Everyone in West Virginia only new one man they could depend on and it was Robert He is true to his faith and his family