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after the resignation of Roman Abramovic, Roman Kopin was unanimously confirmed by local legislators to be the next governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug?
American activist Nelson Cruikshank is considered the most important non-legislator responsible for the enactment of the U.S. Social Security Disability Insurance in 1956 and Medicare in 1965?
Tuanaitau F. Tuia, the longest serving legislator in the American Samoa Fono, served a combined 49 years in both the House of Representatives and the Senate?
John Pittenger, former Pennsylvania Secretary of Education, was the first legislator to regularly employ high school seniors as legislative pages in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives?

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A legislator (or lawmaker) is a person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature. Legislators are usually politicians and are often elected by the people. Legislatures may be supra-national (for example, the United Nations General Assembly), national (for example, the United States Congress), regional (for example, the Scottish Parliament) or local (for example, local authorities).

The political theory of the separation of powers requires legislators to be different individuals from the members of the executive and the judiciary. Certain political systems adhere to this principle, others do not. In the United Kingdom, for example, the executive is formed almost exclusively from legislators (members of Parliament) although the judiciary is mostly independent (until reforms in 2005, the Lord Chancellor uniquely was a legislator, a member of the executive (indeed, the Cabinet), and a judge).

In continental European jurisprudence and legal discussion, "the legislator" (le législateur) is the abstract entity that has produced the laws. When there is room for interpretation, the intents of the legislator will be questioned, and the court is supposed to rule in the direction that it judges to fit the legislative intent the best — which can be uneasy, in the case of conflicting laws or constitutional provisions.

1 United States legislatures
- 1.1 State legislatures
2 United Kingdom legislatures
3 Canadian legislatures
- 3.1 Provincial and territorial legislators
4 Australian legislatures

United States legislatures

United States Congress - Member of Congress (M.C.)
- United States Senate - Senator
- United States House of Representatives - Member of Congress (i.e. Congressman, Congresswoman or Representative)

State legislatures

State legislature --
See also: List of state legislatures in the United States
- State Senate - State Senator or (colloquially) Senator
- State House of Representatives - State Representative or (colloquially) Representative

Legislatures of the United States

United States Congress	United States House of Representatives · United States Senate

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Territorial legislatures	American Samoa (H, S) · District of Columbia · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands (H, S) · Puerto Rico (H, S) · U.S. Virgin Islands