Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress 1900-2017

Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress 1900-2017 contains profiles of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans who have served in Congress. Former Member profiles are introduced by contextual essays that present major events in congressional and U.S. history. Additional artifacts, lesson plans, and interactive features are available on the book’s companion online exhibition located on the History, Art & Archives website for the U.S. House of Representatives at http://history.house.gov.

Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress also includes:

• Pictures—including rarely seen historical images—of each member who has served in Congress
• Bibliographies and references to manuscript collections for each Member
• Statistical graphs and charts
• Appendices with Asian and Pacific Islander Members’ committee assignments; committee and subcommittee chairmen and chairwomen; Hispanic Americans in Congress by state and territory; and, 
• A comprehensive index.

Academic libraries (middle school through higher education), public libraries, political organizations, and student researchers studying AAPI legislative leaders.