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The first member of Congress to be killed or wounded in office was Henry Wharton Conway who was killed in a duel in 1827. The most recent death occurred in 1983 when Korean Air Lines Flight 007, carrying Larry McDonald, was shot down over the Pacific Ocean. The most recent Congress member to be injured was Angie Craig who was assaulted in 2023.
Dalip Singh Saund (September 20, 1899 – April 22, 1973) was an Indian-American farmer, academic, lobbyist and Democratic Party politician who represented California in the United States House of Representatives from 1957 to 1963. He was the first Sikh, first Indian American, and first Asian American elected to the United States Congress.
Presumably killed in plane crash: Alaska: U.S. Don Young: January 3, 1971 April 6, 1932 Eveleth, Minnesota: 92nd (1971–1973) Hale Boggs Democratic Louisiana (2nd district) October 16, 1972 58 Presumably killed in plane crash Alaska: U.S. Lindy Boggs: January 3, 1947 (previously served January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943) February 15, 1914 ...
Senior U.S. officials met with Sikh advocates on Thursday to discuss threats facing Sikhs in the United States, including a foiled murder plot against a prominent activist last year, several ...
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An Indian government official directed an unsuccessful plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist, who is also a U.S. citizen, on U.S. soil, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday, in announcing ...
Pritpal Singh, an American citizen who heads the American Sikh Caucus Committee, told CNN he was alerted with a “duty to warn” by the FBI of a threat to his life after the Canadian’s ...
The American Sikh Congressional Caucus is a congressional caucus focusing on the interests of the American Sikh community. Co-launched by Judy Chu (D-California) and David Valadao (R-California), [1] the caucus seeks to address issues such as military discrimination, violence and bullying of Sikhs and raise general awareness of Sikhs and their contributions to America.