United States congressional delegations from the Northern Mariana Islands


The United States congressional delegations from the Northern Mariana Islands consist of single Delegate elected at-large. The first non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives, Gregorio Sablan, was elected in 2008 and took office in 2009.

Resident Representative

From 1978 to 2009, in accordance with the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Constitution, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands elected a Resident Representative who had no actual privileges in the House or Senate. They served two year terms until 1990, when the terms were increased to four years.
Resident RepresentativePartyYears
Edward PangelinanDemocratic1978–1983
Edward PangelinanRepublican1983–1984
Froilan TenorioDemocratic1984–1990
Juan BabautaRepublican1990–2002
Pedro Agulto TenorioRepublican2002–2009

Non-voting Delegate

In 2008, with the passage of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 by the United States Government the Resident Representative was replaced by a non-voting Delegate. Below are tables of non-voting delegates to the United States House of Representatives from the Northern Mariana Islands.
CongressDelegateParty
111th Gregorio SablanDemocratic
112th Gregorio SablanDemocratic
113th Gregorio SablanDemocratic
113th Gregorio SablanIndependent
114th Gregorio SablanIndependent
115th Gregorio SablanIndependent