List of socialist members of the United States Congress explained

The following is a list of members of the United States Congress who have declared themselves to be socialists or have been a member of a socialist organization in the United States.

Table

Memberclass=unsortable cellspacing=0px PhotoChamberTerm startTerm endStatePartyRef
HouseIncumbentTexasDemocratic Party (DSA member, former Austin DSA endorsee)[1] [2]
HouseIncumbentPennsylvaniaDemocratic Party (former DSA member and former DSA endorsee)[3]
HouseMissouriDemocratic Party (DSA member and endorsee)[4] [5]
HouseNew YorkDemocratic Party (DSA member and NYC-DSA endorsee)[6] [7] [8]
HouseIncumbentNew YorkDemocratic Party, Working Families Party (DSA member and former endorsee; NYC-DSA endorsee)[9] [10] [11]
HouseIncumbentMichiganDemocratic Party (DSA member and endorsee)[12]
SenateIncumbentVermontIndependent (Endorsed in Democratic Party primaries, caucuses with Democrats)
HouseIncumbentIllinoisDemocratic Party (former New Party member and DSA member)
HouseVermontIndependent (won most Democratic Party votes)[13] [14] [15]
HouseNew YorkDemocratic Party (DSA member)[16]
HouseMichiganDemocratic Party (DSA member)[17] [18]
HouseCaliforniaDemocratic Party (DSA member)[19]
HouseMichiganDemocratic Party (DSA member)[20]
HouseVermontDemocratic Party (Future Liberty Union Party founder)[21]
HousePennsylvaniaDemocratic Party (former Socialist Party of America member)[22]
HouseWisconsinDemocratic Party (former Socialist Party of America member)[23]
HouseNew YorkAmerican Labor Party
HouseWisconsinDemocratic Party (former Socialist Party of America member)
HouseWashingtonDemocratic Party (Communist Party USA member)[24]
HousePuerto RicoRepublican Union (Socialist Party member)
HouseNew YorkAmerican Labor Party
HousePennsylvaniaMinnesota Farmer–Labor Party (former Socialist Party of America member)[25]
HouseMinnesotaMinnesota Farmer–Labor Party (Future Communist Party USA member)[26] [27]
HouseMontanaDemocratic Party[28]
HouseCaliforniaDemocratic Party (former Socialist Party of America member)[29]
HouseNew YorkRepublican Party[30] [31]
HousePuerto RicoSocialist Party
SenateWashingtonDemocratic Party (former Socialist Party of America member)[32]
HouseNew YorkRepublican Party (former Socialist Party of America candidate and self-identified socialist)
HouseNew YorkSocialist Party of America and Progressive Party
HouseNew YorkRepublican Party (future Socialist Party of America candidate and self-identified socialist)[33]
HouseWisconsinSocialist Party of America
HouseNew YorkSocialist Party of America
HouseWisconsinSocialist Party of America
HouseNew YorkRepublican Party (future Socialist Party of America candidate and self-identified socialist)
HouseNew YorkDemocratic Party (former Socialist Party of America member)[34]
HouseNew YorkSocialist Party of America
SenateOregonDemocratic Party[35]
HouseWisconsinSocialist Party of America[36]
HouseSouth DakotaPeople's Party (United States) (Future Socialist Party of America Member)[37]
HouseMinnesotaPeople's Party (United States) (Future Socialist Party of America Member)[38]
HouseMinnesotaPeople's Party (United States) (Future Socialist Party of America Member)[39]
HouseArkansasUnion Labor Party
HouseWisconsinUnion Labor Party[40]
HouseNew YorkWhig Party (United States)[41]
HouseIndianaDemocratic Party[42]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Sanders . Austin . 11 February 2022 . Greg Casar, DSA, and Palestine: Will It Matter? . 20 April 2024 . The Austin Chronicle.
  2. News: In Texas Primary, Democratic Socialist Greg Casar Prevails With Wide Margin . Austin . Ahlman . Ryan . Grim . Ryan Grim . . March 1, 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302054110/https://theintercept.com/2022/03/02/texas-primary-greg-casar-jessica-cisneros-henry-cuellar/ . March 2, 2022.
  3. News: Democratic Socialist Summer Lee's Victory in Penn. Gives Progressives a Boost in House . . November 9, 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221109160934/https://www.democracynow.org/2022/11/9/summer_lee_women_of_color_pennsylvania . November 9, 2022.
  4. Web site: Cori Bush on How She Took On the Political Establishment and Won . Day . Meagan . Meagan Day . August 7, 2020 . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201114164156/https://jacobinmag.com/2020/08/cori-bush-congress-socialism . November 14, 2020.
  5. Taylor . Astra . Astra Taylor . A New Group of Leftist Primary Challengers Campaign Through Protests and the Coronavirus . June 17, 2020 . en-US . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201114164145/https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/a-new-group-of-leftist-primary-challengers-campaign-through-protests-and-the-coronavirus . November 14, 2020.
  6. Web site: What Jamaal Bowman's Loss Means for the Left . . 15 September 2024.
  7. Web site: Bowman Makes Amends With Democratic Socialists After Rift Over Israel . . 15 September 2024.
  8. Web site: 2024-02-01 . Endorsed Candidates - NYC Democratic Socialists of America . 2024-05-29 . socialists.nyc . en-US.
  9. Web site: Maurice . Isserman . Maurice Isserman . Congress Now Has More Socialists Than Ever Before in U.S. History . . January 11, 2021 . live . January 11, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210111181143/https://inthesetimes.com/article/democratic-socialism-dsa-aoc-bernie-sanders-congress . While Dellums and Owens were supportive of DSA, knowledge of their membership in an organization that at the time counted only a few thousand members was mostly left-wing insider baseball. Relatively few of their constituents had likely ever heard of DSA. Not so for the socialists in Congress today, in part because the organization itself has grown a dozen-fold in recent years, recently surpassing 80,000 members. The new socialists’ organizational credentials are regularly cited by friends and foes alike (“Democratic socialists salivate over current, future New York state gains,” Fox News reported with its usual taste and balance after last November’s election.).
  10. Web site: Ocasio-Cortez Loses the Democratic Socialists' Endorsement Over Israel . . 15 September 2024.
  11. Web site: New York's 14th Congressional District election, 2022. October 17, 2023 . Ballotpedia. en.
  12. Web site: Maurice . Isserman . Maurice Isserman . Socialists in the House: A 100-Year History from Victor Berger to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez . November 8, 2018 . live . September 7, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200907133801/https://inthesetimes.com/article/socialists-house-midterms-victor-berger-ocasio-cortez-tlaib.
  13. Web site: Inskeep . Steve . Steve Inskeep . November 6, 2015 . Bernie Sanders On Being Jewish And A Democratic Socialist . . live . https://archive.today/20230223103602/https://www.npr.org/2015/11/06/454970584/bernie-sanders-on-being-jewish-and-a-democratic-socialist . February 23, 2023.
  14. News: Bernie Sanders confirms presidential run and damns America's inequities . April 30, 2015 . Associated Press . . The self-described 'democratic socialist' enters the race as a robust liberal alternative ... . live . May 18, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083753/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/30/bernie-sanders-confirms-presidential-run-and-damns-americas-inequities.
  15. News: Matthews . Dylan . Dylan Matthews . November 20, 2015 . A leading socialist explains what Bernie Sanders's socialism gets right — and wrong . . live . November 21, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151121173444/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/20/9767096/bernie-sanders-socialism-jacobin.
  16. Major R. Owens, the People's Congressman (1936–2013) . November 18, 2013 . Marsha . Borenstein . . . live . August 30, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190830221554/https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/major_r_owens_1936_2013/ . I was DSA’s liaison to Owens’ congressional office in Brooklyn. I wrote and called his office when we wanted him to speak at one of our events. He never turned us down. Having once paid dues he believed himself to be a lifetime member of DSA and never let me forget my affiliation with the organization, interrupting me from time to time when I said something that surprised him, with “Is that the official position of DSA?”.
  17. DSA PAC 1996 Endorsements . Raising the Rose Lantern: The Socialist International Comes to the United States (July/August 1996) . . . 21 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190529210808/https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/files/sites/6/2018/12/DL_1996_V024_04_final.pdf . May 29, 2019.
  18. Web site: DSA Hosts Book Signing Event for Bonior Memoir . March 2015 . David . Green . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181129184239/https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/detroitdsa/pages/70/attachments/original/1441479259/March_2015_DSA_Newsletter.pdf?1441479259 . November 29, 2018 . Rep. Bonior and his wife Judy are longtime DSA members. They received the Douglass-Debs Award from Detroit DSA in 2003. Rep. Bonior was a co-host for DSA-PAC’s successful fundraiser for Bernie Sanders in 2006. It was a pleasure for Detroit DSA to welcome David Bonior home for this event..
  19. Web site: Our Democracy Is More Symbolic Than Real: An Interview With Ron Dellums . . John . Judis . John Judis . November 1976 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220717054417/https://jacobin.com/2018/07/ron-dellums-democratic-socialist-interview-death . July 17, 2022.
  20. Bernie of Burlington . March 14, 1983 . Jon . Margolis . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150920100932/https://newrepublic.com/article/122285/bernie-burlington . September 20, 2015.
  21. http://www.libertyunionparty.org/?page_id=2 "L.U.P. History," The Official Website Of The Liberty Union Party – Vermont
  22. https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/R000187 RHODES, George Milton
  23. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1937 Ohm, Howard F.; Bryhan, Leone G., eds. The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1937 Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1937; pp. vii-viii, 53, 360, 432, 542, 543, 544, 551-552
  24. Harvey Klehr, The Heyday of American Communism: The Depression Decade. New York: Basic Books, 1984; pg. 256.
  25. https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/T000112 TEIGAN, Henry George
  26. https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000411
  27. Book: Dubious Alliance: The Making of Minnesota's DFL Party . 9780816613243 . Haynes . John Earl . 1984 . U of Minnesota Press .
  28. Web site: Pedersen . Vernon . Terminal Hearing: The House Committee on Un‑American Activities and the Death of Jerry J. O'Connell . C-SPAN . April 8, 2010 . December 10, 2010 . .
    • Web site: Karl Mundt Archives: Justice 1950-1972 . Karl E. Mundt Historical & Educational Foundation and Archives . 2018 . March 9, 2018 . .
    • Web site: Jerry J. O'Connell Archives . Unz . Ron . The Unz Review: An Alternative Media Selection . Ron Unz . Los Angeles, CA . .
  29. Book: Gellman . Irwin . 1999 . The Contender . The Free Press . 27–28 . 978-1-4165-7255-8 .
  30. News: Socialists Are No Strangers to Congress . . January 3, 2019 . David . Greenberg . live . January 3, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190103235606/https://www.wsj.com/articles/socialists-are-no-strangers-to-congress-11546530927.
  31. News: New York's Last Socialist Congressperson . Benjamin . Serby . December 20, 2018 . . live . July 6, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220706061817/https://jacobin.com/2018/12/vito-marcantonio-socialist-congress-puerto-rico-civil-rights.
  32. Web site: Bone, Homer Truett (1883-1970) .
  33. Book: Zinn, Howard . LaGuardia in Congress . . 1969 . 978-0-8014-7617-4.
  34. Allen Eddy, "Biographical Notes," New York State Journal, Dec. 8, 1948. Reprinted in George R. Lunn: A Memorial. Rancho Santa Fe, CA: n.p., 1949; unpaginated [pp. 10–13]
  35. Book: Johnston, Robert . The Radical Middle Class: Populist Democracy and the Question of Capitalism in Progressive Era Portland, Oregon. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003.
  36. Web site: Maurice . Isserman . Maurice Isserman . Socialists in the House: A 100-Year History from Victor Berger to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez . November 8, 2018 . live . September 7, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200907133801/https://inthesetimes.com/article/socialists-house-midterms-victor-berger-ocasio-cortez-tlaib.
  37. Web site: Our Campaigns - Candidate - Freeman Knowles .
  38. Web site: Our Campaigns - Candidate - Haldor Erickson Boen .
  39. Web site: Our Campaigns - ND At-Large Race - Nov 06, 1906 .
  40. Web site: Robert McKee . Bashford . Robert McKee . The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin: comprising the constitutions of the United States and of the state of Wisconsin, Jefferson's manual, forms and laws for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference, etc. Seventeenth Annual Edition 1878 . 1878 .
  41. Book: Tuchinsky, Adam . Horace Greeley's New-York Tribune: Civil War–Era Socialism and the Crisis of Free Labor . Cornell University Press . 2009 . 978-0-8014-4667-2 . 10.7591/j.ctt7zfzw . .
  42. Arthur . Estabrook . Arthur Estabrook . The Family History of Robert Owen . Indiana Magazine of History . August 29, 2017 .

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