congressman
noun
con·gress·man
ˈkäŋ-(g)rəs-mən 
: a member of a congress
especially
: a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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a former congressman who is now a senator
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But perhaps nowhere has his death been felt as strongly as in the nation's third-largest city, where Jackson lived for decades and raised his six children, including a son who is a congressman.
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Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2026
But perhaps nowhere has his death been felt as strongly as in the nation’s third-largest city, where Jackson lived for decades and raised his six children, including a son who is a congressman.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
Giménez’s chief of staff, Rey Anthony, defended the congressman’s position.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
And likely well after Gonzales’s heated primary battle, which has been upended by revelations, first reported by the San Antonio Express-News, that the congressman engaged in a romantic relationship with an aide who later died by suicide.
—Bayliss Wagner, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2026
But perhaps nowhere has his death been felt as strongly as in the nation’s third-largest city, where Jackson lived for decades and raised his six children, including a son who is a congressman.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
Giménez’s chief of staff, Rey Anthony, defended the congressman’s position.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
And likely well after Gonzales’s heated primary battle, which has been upended by revelations, first reported by the San Antonio Express-News, that the congressman engaged in a romantic relationship with an aide who later died by suicide.
—Bayliss Wagner, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Congressman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/congressman. Accessed 2 Mar. 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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