Women in the US Congress 2016
Women in the US Congress 2016
The 20 (14D, 6R) women currently serving in the Senate are:
Name | Years elected (e), won special election (se), or appointed (a) | Name | Years elected (e), won special election (se), or appointed (a) |
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Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) | e 2010 | Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) | e 2012 |
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) | e 2012 | Mazie Hirono (D-HI) | e 2012 |
Barbara Boxer (D-CA) | e 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010 | Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) | e 2006, 2012 |
Maria Cantwell (D-WA) | e 2000, 2006, 2012 | Claire McCaskill (D-MO) | e 2006, 2012 |
Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) | e 2014 | Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) | e 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010 |
Susan Collins (R-ME) | e 1996, 2002, 2008, 2014 | Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) | a 2002; e 2004, 2010 |
Joni Ernst (R-IA) | e 2014 | Patty Murray (D-WA) | e 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010 |
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) | se 1992; e 1994, 2000, 2006, 2012 | Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) | e 2008, 2014 |
Deb Fischer (R-NE) | e 2012 | Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) | e 2000, 2006, 2012 |
Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY) | a 2009; e 2010, 2012 | Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) | e 2012 |
- California has sent more women to Congress than any other state - a total of 39 to date.
- New York is next with 27 women to date.
- 3 states (DE, MS, VT) have never sent a woman to either the House or the Senate.
of the 105 women serving in Congress in 2016 are women of color: 18 African Americans, 9 Latinas, and 7 Asian American/Pacific Islanders
women (198D, 109R) have served in the U.S. Congress to date:
- 35 (21D, 14R) in the Senate only
- 261 (169D, 92R) in the House only
- 11 (8D, 3R) in both the House and Senate
women of color (50D, 4R) have served in the U.S. Congress to date: 35 African Americans, 9 Asian American/Pacific Islanders, and 10 Latinas
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1916Jeannette Rankin (R-MT) became the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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1922Rebecca Latimer Felton (D-GA) became the first woman appointed to the Senate, but only served one day.
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1964Patsy Takemoto Mink (D-HI) became the first woman of color elected to the House.
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1978Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R-KS) became the first woman elected to the Senate without having previously filled an unexpired Congressional term. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) was the first Democratic woman to do so in 1987.
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1992Carol Moseley Braun (D-IL) became the first woman of color elected to the Senate.
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1998Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) became the first openly gay or lesbian person elected to an initial Congressional term. She is now the first openly gay member of the Senate.