Definition of congressman
: a member of a congress;
especially
: a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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Examples of congressman in a Sentence
a former congressman who is now a senator
Recent Examples of congressman from the Web
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By comparison, incumbent U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg won 59 percent of the vote in the 2008 Democratic primary against Rob Andrews, a sitting congressman who had won several endorsements from county parties.
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One exception was Issa’s district, where a tight-knit group of activists hosted weekly protests outside the congressman’s office and have spent months registering and talking to voters.
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Andrew Napolitano challenged the president's contention (ph) that the Obama administration deliberately spied on his campaign after GOP congressman Trey Gowdy told Martha MacCallum the FBI acted properly.
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Any of the Democrats would be a major change from the 61-year-old McClintock, whom the American Conservative Union has rated as California’s most conservative congressman.
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After work, Shultz, then 30, campaigned with her girlfriends for John Shelley, a congressman who was a candidate in the mayor’s race of 1963.
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The Bayhs met after Susan, a former Miss Southern California, graduated from the University of California-Berkeley and landed an internship with a California congressman.
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Nader was thrilled: A U.S. congressman publicly flattered a Saudi official, who documents show was helping evaluate Broidy and Nader's contract proposals.
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The mission is receiving significant support from Texas congressman John Culberson (who accidentally broke the news of Galileo detecting plumes in a congressional committee hearing).
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First Known Use of congressman
1780
CONGRESSMAN Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of congressman for English Language Learners
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: someone (especially a man) who is a member of a congress and especially of the U.S. House of Representatives
CONGRESSMAN Defined for Kids
Definition of congressman for Students
plural congressmen
\-mən\
: a member of a congress and especially of the United States House of Representatives
Law Dictionary
congressman
noun
con·gress·man
legal Definition of congressman
plural congressmen
: a member of Congress;
especially
: a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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