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Due to this rule, the average age of currently serving Senators is 64 years old with most Senators taking office at the age of 51. With such high average ages, it’s no surprise that several Senators have served in their 80s and beyond. In fact, the oldest person to ever serve as a Senator was 100 years old!
On November 21, 1922, Rebecca Felton of Georgia took the oath of office, becoming the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate. Though her legacy has been tarnished by her racism, the significance of this milestone—now 100 years old—remains. Felton’s historic appointment opened the door for other women senators to follow.
The first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate was Rebecca Latimer Felton; she represented Georgia for one day in 1922. Ten years later, Hattie Caraway became the first woman to win election to the Senate, representing Arkansas. In 1949, Margaret Chase Smith began her service in the Senate; she was the first woman to serve in both the House and
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Senator Kim Ward is the Senate President Pro Tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate and first woman in Pennsylvania Legislature history to serve as President Pro Tempore and Majority Leader. In 2008, Ward won the Pennsylvania 39 th Senatorial District seat and was the first woman to hold that seat. She was re-elected in 2012, 2016 and 2020.
Women of the Senate Oral History Project | Senators. To commemorate the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, ratified on August 18, 1920, and to recognize the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate, Rebecca Felton, who took the oath of office on November 21, 1922, the Senate Historical Office is conducting oral histories with former ...
March 4. The Senate convened for the first time at Federal Hall in New York City. Pennsylvania's senators, William Maclay and Robert Morris, both presented credentials and took their seats. Because only eight senators were present, however, there were not enough to constitute a quorum. The body was forced to adjourn each day until April 6, when ...
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.
