congressman
noun
con·gress·man
ˈkäŋ-(g)rəs-mən 
: a member of a congress
especially
: a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Examples of congressman in a Sentence
a former congressman who is now a senator
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Henry Waxman, a congressman who represented the city’s West Side, used the incident as a pretext to propose a bill in Congress that banned the use of federal funds for tunnelling under a large swath of Wilshire.
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Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
The only four Black congressmen who have represented Louisiana since the end of the Reconstruction era appealed to state senators to keep two majority-Black districts in a state where one-third of voters are Black.
—Arkansas Online, 9 May 2026
Harder to overlook is the fact that since the war began, donations from AIPAC and its network of donors have formed the single largest source of campaign donations for our congressman.
—Mark Conway, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2026
The only four Black congressmen who have represented Louisiana since the end of the Reconstruction era appealed to state senators to keep two majority-Black districts in a state where one-third of voters are Black.
—Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
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Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
The only four Black congressmen who have represented Louisiana since the end of the Reconstruction era appealed to state senators to keep two majority-Black districts in a state where one-third of voters are Black.
—Arkansas Online, 9 May 2026
Harder to overlook is the fact that since the war began, donations from AIPAC and its network of donors have formed the single largest source of campaign donations for our congressman.
—Mark Conway, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2026
The only four Black congressmen who have represented Louisiana since the end of the Reconstruction era appealed to state senators to keep two majority-Black districts in a state where one-third of voters are Black.
—Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
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“Congressman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/congressman. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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congressman
noun
con·gress·man
ˈkäŋ-grəs-mən
: a member of a congress
especially
: a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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