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Sep 29, 2023 · Feinstein, the oldest member of the Senate, the longest-serving female senator and the longest-serving senator from California, announced in February that she planned to retire at the end of 2024 ...
Jan 3, 2023 · Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) was elected Senate president pro tempore Tuesday, becoming the first woman to hold the job since its inception and putting her third in the line of presidential succession.
Kevin McCarthy withdrew from consideration for the speaker's race. True. Paul Ryan was the chair of the Ways and Means committee. True. Paul Ryan was pressured by the other members of the GOP caucus to run for speaker. True. Becoming speaker of the House is seen as a positive stepping stone to running for president. False.
Nov 7, 2020 · 416. A senator from California and a former prosecutor, Ms. Harris has a track record in breaking new ground. Now, she is the first woman, first Black person, and first person of Asian descent ...
Oct 2, 2023 · Feinstein, the longest-serving woman in the Senate, died Friday at age 90. "I am honored to accept Gov. Newsom’s nomination to be a U.S. Senator for a state I have long called home," Butler said ...
Harris was the second African-American woman to serve in the Senate, and, in 2020, was elected as the first female vice president of the United States. In 2021, Raphael Warnock of Georgia was elected as the first African-American Democrat to represent a former Confederate state in the Senate.
The average age of those currently serving in the Missouri Senate is approximately 49. The youngest is 36 years old and the oldest senator is 65. Senator Michael Kinney was the oldest to serve in the Missouri Senate. Elected in 1912 and retiring in 1968 at the age of 93, Sen. Kinney also served the longest time in the Missouri Senate.
