List of elected representatives in the USA congress with science, technology, engineering and math backgrounds (after the 2018 election)
| Name | State | BS | Notes | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Abraham | Louisiana | MD | bio | |
| Ami Bera | California | biological sciences | MD | bio |
| Tony Cárdenas | California | electrical engineering | bio | |
| Sen. Bill Cassidy | Louisiana | biochemistry | MD | bio |
| Sean Casten | Illinois | molecular biology and biochemistry | MS biochemical engineering and engineering management, 2018* | bio |
| Chris Collins | New York | mechanical engineering | bio | |
| Joe Cunningham | South Carolina | ocean engineering | 2018* | bio |
| Jeff Van Drew | New Jersey | D.D.S. (Dentist), 2018* | bio | |
| Bill Foster | Illinois | physics | PhD physics | bio |
| Brett Guthrie | Virginia | mathematical economics | bio | |
| Sen. Martin Heinrich | New Mexico | mechanical engineering | bio | |
| Kevin Hern | Oklahoma | electro-mechanical engineering | 2018* | bio |
| Chrissy Houlahan | Pennsylvania | engineering | MS technology and policy, 2018* | bio |
| Joe Kennedy III | Massachusetts | management science and engineering | bio | |
| Ted Lieu | California | computer science | bio | |
| Name | State | BS | Notes | Link |
| Dan Lipinski | Illinois | mechanical engineering | engineering-economic systems (MS) | bio |
| Elaine Luria | Virginia | physics | masters in engineering management, 2018* | bio |
| Jerry McNerney | California | mathematics PhD | bio | |
| Seth Moulton | Massachusetts | physics | bio | |
| Pete Olson | Texas | computer science (BA) | ||
| Sen. Jacky Rosen | Nevada | psychology | associat’s degree in computing and information technology | |
| Raul Ruiz | California | MD, 2018* | bio | |
| Brad Schneider | Illinois | industrial engineering | bio | |
| Kurt Schrader | Oregon | Dr. of Veterinary Medicine | bio | |
| Kim Schrier | Washington | astrophysics | MD, 2018* | bio |
| John M. Shimkus | Illinois | general engineering | bio | |
| Paul Tonko | New York | mechanical and industrial engineering | bio | |
| Lauren Underwood | Illinois | nursing | MS in Nursing and Master of Public Health, 2018* | bio |
| Steve Watkins | Kansas | engineering | 2018* | bio |
US Capital Building in Washington DC by John Hunter.
Those with notes including “2018*” means they were newly elected to the congress in 2018.
Scientists and engineers in the USA Congress in 2008
| Congressmen with science and engineering PhDs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | State | PhD | notes | Link |
| Vernon Ehlers | Michigan | physics | bio [the broken link was removed] | |
| Rush Holt | New Jersey | physics | bio [the broken link was removed] | |
| John Olver | Massachusetts | chemistry | bio [the broken link was removed] | |
| Brian Baird | Washington | psychology | bio [the broken link was removed] | |
| Bill Foster | Illinois | physics | bio [the broken link was removed] | |
| Congressmen with science, technology, engineering and math backgrounds | ||||
| Name | State | BS | Master’s Degree/PhD | Link |
| Sen. Ted Kaufman | Delaware | mechanical engineering | bio [the broken link was removed] | |
| Parker Griffith | Alabama | Zoology and Chemistry | MD | |
| Bill Cassidy | Louisiana | biochemistry | MD | |
| Parker Griffith | Alabama | Zoology and Chemistry | MD | |
| Dan Lipinski | Illinois | mechanical engineering | engineering-economic systems (MS) | bio [the broken link was removed] |
| Jerry McNerney | California | mathematics PhD | bio | |
| Ron Paul | Texas | biology | MD | bio [the broken link was removed] |
| Kurt Schrader | Oregon | Dr. of Veterinary Medicine | ||
| Cliff Stearns | Florida | electrical engineering | bio [the broken link was removed] | |
| Todd Akin | Mississippi | management engineering | bio | |
| Joe Barton | Texas | industrial engineering | bio [the broken link was removed] | |
| Joseph Cao | Louisiana | physics | ||
| Brett Guthrie | Virginia | Mathematical economics | ||
| Gregg Harper | Mississippi | chemistry | ||
| Martin Heinrich | New Mexico | engineering | ||
| Mike Honda | California | biological sciences | bio [the broken link was removed] | |
| Cynthia Lummis | Wyoming | animal science and biology | ||
| Pete Olson | Texas | computer science (BA) | ||
| Erik Paulsen | Minnesota | mathematics (BA) | ||
| Sen. Jack Reed | Rhode Island | engineering | bio [the broken link was removed] | |
| John M. Shimkus | Illinois | general engineering | bio | |
| Louise Slaughter | New York | microbiology | bio [the broken link was removed] | |
| Pete Stark | California | engineering | bio [the broken link was removed] | |
| Name | State | BS | Master’s Degree/PhD | Link |
The current USA administration (in March 2008) cabinet: Steven Chu secretary of energy, PhD University of California at Berkeley in Physics, NSF National Graduate Research Fellow, 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Lisa Jackson [the broken link was removed], EPA administrator (of “cabinet rank”), is a summa cum laude graduate of Tulane University’s School of Chemical Engineering and earned a master’s degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University.
The Bush Administration (Nov 2008), in the cabinet had one scientist (as far as I could tell at the time): Samuel W. Bodman, secretary of energy, chemical engineering BS and ScD (Dr. of Science) at MIT (and for 6 years was an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT). Stephen L. Johnson, EPA administrator (of “cabinet rank”) has a BA in biology and MS in Pathology.
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