Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Ben Nighthorse Campbell is an American Cheyenne politician who represented Colorado's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993 and was a United States Senator from Colorado from 1993 to 2005. He serves as one of 44 members of the Council of Chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe. During his time in office, he was the only Native American serving in Congress. He was the last Native American elected to the U.S. Senate until the 2022 election of Cherokee Markwayne Mullin.
13 April 1933
Born on the same birth day (13 April): A. H. Halsey • Aaron Lewis • Alan Clark • John W. Davis • Leszek Borysiewicz • Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda • Samuel Beckett
Born in the same month (April 1933): Arno Allan Penzias • Bill France Jr. • Ed Charles • Edelmiro Amante • György Konrád • Ignatius Zakka I • Ike Pappas • Joan Bakewell • Joyce Ricketts • Miodrag Radulovacki • Perry Botkin Jr. • Rod Funseth • Rod McKuen • Roy Goode • Tom C. Korologos • Tony Brown (journalist) • Wayne Rogers • Yuri Oganessian