[Hebrews 11:6]

Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Alabama....In 1978, he was elected from the 7th District to the United States House of Representatives, where he was among a group of Conservative Democrats known as the boll weevils.

In 1986, Shelby won a tight race as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate. In 1994, the day after the Republican Revolution in which the GOP gained the majority in Congress midway through President Bill Clinton's first term, Shelby switched party affiliations and became a Republican. Shelby was re-elected by a large margin in 1998 and has faced no significant electoral opposition since. He is currently the dean of the Alabama delegation.

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Also, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, an Indian (real one) from Colorado.