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  1. 3 days ago · As of October 3, 2023, there are 25 women (15 Democrats, 9 Republicans, and 1 Independent) serving as U.S. senators. Additionally, Kamala Harris as vice president serves as President of the Senate . Nancy Kassebaum is currently the oldest living former female member of the Senate at the age 91.

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  3. May 9, 2024 · United States Senate (2017-), United States. Catherine Cortez Masto (born March 29, 1964, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.) is an American politician who was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat in 2016 and began her first term representing Nevada in that body the following year; she was the first Latina to serve as a U.S. senator and was reelected ...

  4. 3 days ago · 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.

  5. May 17, 2024 · Dianne Feinstein (born June 22, 1933, San Francisco, California, U.S.—died September 28, 2023, Washington, D.C.) was an American Democratic politician who represented California in the U.S. Senate from 1992 to 2023. She was the first woman to serve as senator from that state. Feinstein had previously served as the first female mayor of San ...

  6. 1 day ago · The United States Senate and the lower chamber of Congress, the United States House of Representatives, comprise the federal bicameral legislature of the United States. Together, the Senate and the House maintain authority under Article One of the U.S. Constitution to pass or defeat federal legislation. The Senate has exclusive power to confirm ...

  7. May 7, 2024 · Illinois' Tammy Duckworth became the first disabled female veteran to earn election to the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as the second female Asian American senator.