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Women have served in the United States House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the United States Congress, since 1917 following the election of Republican Jeannette Rankin from Montana, the first woman in Congress. [1] In total, 376 women have been U.S. representatives and seven more have been non-voting delegates.
Below is a list of U.S. senators who have represented the State of New York in the United States Senate since 1789. The date of the start of the tenure is either the first day of the legislative term (senators who were elected regularly before the term began), or the day when they took the seat (U.S. senators who were elected in special elections to fill vacancies, or after the term began).
Women Senators To date, 60 women have served in the United States Senate, with 25 serving at this time (indicated in bold print below). Visit Women of the Senate to learn more about the impact of women on the Senate.
He succeeded one-term representative Madison Cawthorn, who was the youngest person elected to the U.S. Congress since Jed Johnson Jr. in 1964. [2] Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is the youngest sitting senator at 37, [3] replacing Josh Hawley, who at 41 was the youngest senator of the 116th Congress. [4]
The sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the United States Senate (originally known as the doorkeeper of the Senate [1] from April 7, 1789 – 1798) is the protocol officer, executive officer, and highest-ranking federal law enforcement officer of the Senate of the United States. [2] The office of the sergeant at arms of the Senate currently has ...
Laphonza Butler (D) California elects United States senators to class 1 and class 3. The state has been represented by 47 people in the Senate since it was admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850. Its U.S. senators are Democrats Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler. Dianne Feinstein was the state's longest serving senator, who served from 1992 ...
Senate vacant of women (January 3, 1945–October 6, 1948) Vera C. Bushfield (1889–1976) Republican: South Dakota: October 6, 1948: Upon taking office December 26, 1948: 81 days 81 days First Republican woman to serve in the Senate Appointment ended Senate vacant of women (December 26, 1948–January 3, 1949) Margaret C. Smith (1897–1995 ...
