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Jan 12, 2015 · January 12, 2015. Women in the U.S. Senate, 1965-2023. % of U.S. senators who are women. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Starting date of congressional term. Note: Percentages are the share of women senators at the outset of each term of Congress.
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. PDF.
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Breakdown. Number (Party) Total Senate. 100 (48D, 49R, 3I) Women in the Senate. 25 (15D, 9R, 1I) Total House. 435 (213D, 222R) Women in the House.
- Women in Congress by Party
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- History of Women in Congress
Of the 25 female senators, 15 are Democrats, nine are Republicans, and one is registered as an Independent. The one Independent is Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, a former Democrat who switched party affiliations late last year. Of the 125 female members in the U.S. House of Representatives, 92 are Democrats and 33 are Republicans.
Twenty-four women were newly elected in 2022—16 Democrats and eight Republicans. Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) was the only newly elected woman in the Senate (and the first female senator from Alabama). Jennifer McClellan won in a special election in late February and will push the number of women in the House to 125 once she is sworn in. She is Virginia...
There are some notable women in leadership positions in the 118th Congress, including names we expect to see mentioned in relation to future presidential elections, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Joni Ernst, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar. Other women in powerful positions include House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, House Republican Conference Chai...
Despite the overall rise in female lawmakers, there are nine states with no women representation in Washington: 1. Arkansas 2. Idaho 3. Kentucky 4. Maryland 5. Montana 6. North Dakota 7. Rhode Island 8. South Dakota 9. Utah Vermont was on the list until this year when Rep. Becca Balint became the first-ever woman elected to Congress from the Green ...
Jeannette Rankin became the first woman to hold federal office when she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1916. She remains the only woman ever elected to Congress from Montana. In 1922, Rebecca Latimer Felton (D-GA) became the first woman appointed to the Senate but only served one day as it was largely a symbolic gesture. Hattie...
Nov 3, 2023 · The 118th Congress began in January, 2023. In this Congress, there were 35 women serving as Senators, and 75 men. The number of women has increased since the 1975 when there were no women in the...
Jan 3, 2023 · A record 128 women are serving in the newly elected House, accounting for 29% of the chamber’s total. In the Senate, women hold 25 of 100 seats, tying the record number they held in the 116th Congress.
Sep 27, 2023 · Data. At the start of the 118th Congress in 2023, there were 25 women serving in the U.S. Senate, just shy of the record 26 women senators sworn in on the first day of the previous Congress. (The count for the previous Congress includes Vice President Kamala Harris and former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler.
