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title: "What’s the difference between a legislator, congressperson, and representative?"  
description: "What’s the difference between a legislator, congressperson, and representative?"  
author: "Harsh Srivastava"  
published: 2018-02-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34961/what-s-the-difference-between-a-legislator-congressperson-and-representative  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["united states of america(usa)"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What’s the difference between a legislator, congressperson, and representative?

What’s the [difference](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/398/difference-between-object-type-and-var-type) between a legislator, congressperson, and representative?\
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