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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The DuPage County Board voted 10-5 at its Tuesday meeting to remove the Republican congressman’s name from the building and related offices in Wheaton.
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Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
Trump has nominated Billy Long, a former Missouri congressman, to lead the agency, but he hasn't been confirmed by the Senate.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Another person who has been instrumental in pushing through the new actions is Andrew Kloster, OPM’s new general counsel, who worked in the White House during Trump’s first term and was recently former congressman Matt Gaetz’s general counsel.
—Brian Bennett, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
Bryan had briefly been a congressman from Nebraska but was far better known as a newspaper editorialist and a spell-binding speaker who addressed numerous crowds from makeshift stages on railroad cars.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025
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Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
Trump has nominated Billy Long, a former Missouri congressman, to lead the agency, but he hasn't been confirmed by the Senate.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Another person who has been instrumental in pushing through the new actions is Andrew Kloster, OPM’s new general counsel, who worked in the White House during Trump’s first term and was recently former congressman Matt Gaetz’s general counsel.
—Brian Bennett, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
Bryan had briefly been a congressman from Nebraska but was far better known as a newspaper editorialist and a spell-binding speaker who addressed numerous crowds from makeshift stages on railroad cars.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025
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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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