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Feb 8, 2024 · Women of the Senate. For more than a century U.S. senators had one thing in common: all who served were men. With the appointment of Rebecca Felton of Georgia in 1922, women finally broke through that long-standing barrier. Even before Felton took the oath of office on November 21, 1922, however, women had shaped the Senate.
Feb 14, 2023 · Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 89, California’s longest-serving U.S. senator, announces she will not run for reelection at the end of her term in 2024.
May 6, 2024 · Senators serve for six-year terms, and Sanders would be 89 years old when his next senate term ends. President Joe Biden's age, 81, has become a flashpoint in his reelection campaign .
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, 1978–1997. Nancy Kassebaum was the only woman serving in the Senate when she took office in 1978. Senator Kassebaum worked tirelessly on policies such as reducing the budget deficit, international arms control, and ending apartheid in South Africa. During her last term she chaired the Senate Committee on Labor and Human ...
Nov 6, 2012 · Elizabeth Warren ( Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts. She assumed office on January 3, 2013. Her current term ends on January 3, 2025. Warren ( Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Massachusetts. She declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on September 3 ...
Nov 8, 2022 · Grassley, 89, teamed up with the 76-year-old former president here to roast the 79-year-old Democrat in the White House. CHRIS MACHIAN/NYT. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley was ...
Feb 15, 2023 · Amid earlier uncertainty about her plans, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) had said he would appoint a Black woman to fill the role if Feinstein were to step down before the end of her term.
