Scientists and Engineers in Congress in the USA

Posted on March 15, 2008  Comments (2)

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
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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.

Please comment with suggestions (of others to include, etc.).

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