List of Buddhist members of the United States Congress

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

As of 2021^[update], only three Buddhists have ever been elected to Congress, the first being both Mazie Hirono and Hank Johnson in 2007. One Buddhist currently serves in the House of Representatives and one Buddhist serves in the Senate.

Senate

Senator		Party		State	Term		Notes
Senator		Party		State	Start	End	Notes
	Mazie Hirono		Democratic	Hawaii	January 3, 2013	Incumbent	First Buddhist senator^[1]^[2]

Representative		Party		District	Term		Notes
Representative		Party		District	Start	End	Notes
	Mazie Hirono		Democratic	HI-02	January 3, 2007	January 3, 2013	One of the first two Buddhists in Congress. Retired to run successfully for U.S. Senator from Hawaii.^[1]^[2]
	Hank Johnson		Democratic	GA-04	January 3, 2007	Incumbent	One of the first two Buddhists in Congress^[3]
	Colleen Hanabusa		Democratic	HI-01	January 3, 2011	January 3, 2015	Retired to run unsuccessfully for U.S. Senator from Hawaii.^[4]
	Colleen Hanabusa		Democratic	HI-01	November 14, 2016	January 3, 2019	Elected in special election to succeed Mark Takai, who died in office Retired to run unsuccessfully for governor of Hawaii

^ ^a ^b "Buddhists Get the Vote". Manitoba Buddhist Temple. November 5, 2010. Archived from the original on July 12, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Camire, Dennis (January 5, 2007). "What happened to ... religious tolerance". Honolulu Advertiser. Gannett Company. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
^ Tilove, Jonathan. "New Congress Brings with It Religious Firsts". Newhouse News Service. Archived from the original on December 19, 2006.
^ "Faith on the Hill: The Religious Composition of the 114th Congress". Pew Research Center. January 5, 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2016. The number of Buddhists in Congress fell from three to two, as Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, D-Hawaii, lost her bid for a Senate seat.