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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.
Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R-KS) was the first woman to have been elected to the Senate without having previously filled an unexpired Congressional term. 1987 Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) becomes the first Democratic woman to have been elected to the Senate without having previously filled an unexpired Congressional term.
To date, 60 women have served in the United States Senate, with 25 serving at this time (indicated in bold print below). ... 2007–2019: Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) 2007 ...
Jan 27, 2020 · Tammy Duckworth: Democrat, Illinois, 2017 to present. Kamala Harris: California, Democrat, 2017 to present. Maggie Hassan: New Hampshire, Democrat, 2017 to present. Cite this Article. A list of women who have served in the Senate, from the first woman to serve in 1922 through the present day. Some were elected, some appointed.
- Jone Johnson Lewis
Women in the Senate Women in the House Total Women; 65th: 1917-1919: 0 (0D, 0R) 1 (0D, 1R) 1 (0D, 1R) 66th: 1919-1921: 0 (0D, 0R) 0 (0D, 0R) 0 (0D, 0R) 67th: 1921-1923: 1 (1D, 0R) 3 (0D, 3R) 4 (1D, 3R) 68th: 1923-1925: 0 (0D, 0R) 1 (0D, 1R) 1 (0D, 1R) 69th: 1925-1927: 0 (0D, 0R) 3 (1D, 2R) 3 (1D, 2R) 70th: 1927-1929: 0 (0D, 0R) 5 (2D, 3R) 5 (2D ...
Hiram Rhodes Revels (left) was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate; Carol Moseley Braun was the first African American woman elected to the chamber.
Dec 6, 2019 · Including the first woman to serve in 1917, a total of 365 women have been elected or appointed to serve in the U.S. Congress. That first woman was Jeannette Rankin (R-MT), who was elected on November 9, 1916, to the 65th Congress (1917-March 4, 1919). Table 1 details this service by women in the House, Senate, and both chambers.1 Table 1.
