Since 1971, they have been represented in Congress by a nonvoting delegate.
American Samoa's nonvoting delegate to Congress has pleaded guilty to a charge that he participated in a $130,920 payroll padding scheme, his lawyer says.
The nonvoting delegate in Congress, Eleanor Holmes Norton, was re-elected.
This office was replaced by a nonvoting delegate in the United States Congress in January 2009.
(It does have a nonvoting delegate in the House.)
But it has only a nonvoting delegate in the House of Representatives, and no seats in the Senate.
(Eleanor Holmes Norton serves as a nonvoting delegate from the District.)
Washington elects only a nonvoting delegate to Congress.
The self-governing unincorporated territory has a nonvoting delegate to the House of Representattives.
In 1875, residents of Washington won the right to send a nonvoting delegate to the House.