Women in the United States House of Representatives
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Women have served in the United States House of Representatives since the 1917 entrance of Jeannette Rankin, a Republican from Montana. Nearly 300 women have since served in the House. As of January 2015, there are 84 female representatives, or 19.3% of the body.[1]
Women have been elected to the House of Representatives from 45 of the 50 states in the United States. The states that have not elected a woman to the House are Alaska, Iowa, Mississippi, North Dakota, and Vermont—though Alaska, Iowa, and North Dakota have elected women to the United States Senate.
Widow's succession
Mae Ella Nolan was the first woman elected to her husband's seat in Congress, which is sometimes known as the widow's succession. In the early years of women in Congress, the seat was held only until the next election and the women retired after that single Congress. She thereby became a placeholder merely finishing out her late husband's elected term. As the years progressed, however, more and more of these widow successors sought re-election. These women began to win their own elections.
As of 2013, 38 widows have won their husbands' seats in the House, and 8 in the Senate. The only current examples are Representatives Lois Capps and Doris Matsui of California. The most successful example is Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, who served a total of 32 years in both houses and became the first woman elected to both the House and the Senate. She began the end of McCarthyism with a famous speech, "The Declaration of Conscience", became the first major-party female presidential candidate and the first woman to receive votes at a national nominating convention, and was the first (and highest ranking to date) woman to enter the Republican Party Senate leadership (in the third-highest post of Chairwoman of the Senate Republican Conference). The third woman elected to Congress, Winnifred Huck, was similarly elected to her father's seat.
Number of Women
Number of Women in Congress by House
Number of women in the United States Congress (1917–2013):[2]
Congress | Years | in Congress | % |
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65th | 1917–1919 | 1 | 0.2% |
66th | 1919–1921 | 0 | 0% |
67th | 1921–1923 | 4 | 0.7% |
68th | 1923–1925 | 1 | 0.2% |
69th | 1925–1927 | 3 | 0.6% |
70th | 1927–1929 | 5 | 0.9% |
71st | 1929–1931 | 9 | 1.7% |
72nd | 1931–1933 | 8 | |
73rd | 1933–1935 | 8 | 1.5% |
74th | 1935–1937 | 8 | 1.5% |
75th | 1937–1939 | 9 | 1.7% |
76th | 1939–1941 | 9 | 1.7% |
77th | 1941–1943 | 10 | 1.9% |
78th | 1943–1945 | 9 | |
79th | 1945–1947 | 11 | 2.1% |
80th | 1947–1949 | 8 | 1.5% |
81st | 1949–1951 | 10 | 1.9% |
82nd | 1951–1953 | 11 | 2.1% |
83rd | 1953–1955 | 15 | 2.8% |
84th | 1955–1957 | 18 | 3.4% |
85th | 1957–1959 | 16 | 3.0% |
86th | 1959–1961 | 19 | 3.5% |
87th | 1961–1963 | 20 | |
88th | 1963–1965 | 14 | 2.6% |
89th | 1965–1967 | 13 | |
90th | 1967–1969 | 12 | 2.2% |
91st | 1969–1971 | 11 | 2.1% |
92nd | 1971–1973 | 15 | 2.8% |
93rd | 1973–1975 | 16 | 3.0% |
94th | 1975–1977 | 19 | 3.6% |
95th | 1977–1979 | 20 | 3.7% |
96th | 1979–1981 | 17 | 3.2% |
97th | 1981–1983 | 23 | 4.3% |
98th | 1983–1985 | 24 | 4.5% |
99th | 1985–1987 | 25 | 4.7% |
100th | 1987–1989 | 26 | 4.9% |
101st | 1989–1991 | 31 | 5.8% |
102nd | 1991–1993 | 33 | 6.2% |
103rd | 1993–1995 | 55 | 10.3% |
104th | 1995–1997 | 59 | 11.0% |
105th | 1997–1999 | 66 | 12.3% |
106th | 1999–2001 | 67 | 12.5% |
107th | 2001–2003 | 75 | 14.0% |
108th | 2003–2005 | 77 | 14.4% |
109th | 2005–2007 | 85 | 15.9% |
110th | 2007–2009 | 94 | 17.6% |
111th | 2009–2011 | 96 | 17.9% |
112th | 2011–2013 | 96 | 17.9% |
113th | 2013–2015 | 102 | 19.1% |
114th | 2015–2017 | 104 | 19.4% |
Number of Women in the United States House of Representatives by Party
Notes: "% of party" is taken from voting members at the beginning of the Congress, while numbers and "% of women" include all female House members of the given Congress
Congress | Years | Women total | Republican | % of women | % of party | Democratic | % of women | % of party |
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65th | 1917–1919 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
66th | 1919–1921 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
67th | 1921–1923 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
68th | 1923–1925 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
69th | 1925–1927 | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | 0.4% | 1 | 33.3% | 0.5% |
70th | 1927–1929 | 5 | 3 | 60.0% | 1.3% | 2 | 40.0% | 0.5% |
71st | 1929–1931 | 9 | 5 | 55.6% | 1.9% | 4 | 44.4% | 1.8% |
72nd | 1931–1933 | 7 | 3 | 42.9% | 1.4% | 4 | 57.1% | 1.4% |
73rd | 1933–1935 | 7 | 3 | 42.9% | 1.7% | 4 | 57.1% | 1.0% |
74th | 1935–1937 | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | 1.9% | 4 | 66.7% | 1.2% |
75th | 1937–1939 | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | 1.1% | 5 | 83.3% | 1.2% |
76th | 1939–1941 | 8 | 4 | 50.0% | 1.2% | 4 | 50.0% | 0.8% |
77th | 1941–1943 | 9 | 5 | 55.6% | 3.1% | 4 | 44.4% | 0.7% |
78th | 1943–1945 | 8 | 6 | 75.0% | 2.9% | 2 | 25.0% | 0.5% |
79th | 1945–1947 | 11 | 5 | 45.5% | 2.6% | 6 | 54.5% | 1.7% |
80th | 1947–1949 | 7 | 5 | 71.4% | 2.0% | 2 | 28.6% | 1.1% |
81st | 1949–1951 | 9 | 4 | 44.4% | 2.3% | 5 | 55.6% | 1.5% |
82nd | 1951–1953 | 10 | 6 | 60.0% | 3.0% | 4 | 40.0% | 0.9% |
83rd | 1953–1955 | 12 | 7 | 58.3% | 2.7% | 5 | 41.7% | 2.3% |
84th | 1955–1957 | 17 | 7 | 41.2% | 3.0% | 10 | 58.8% | 3.4% |
85th | 1957–1959 | 15 | 6 | 40.0% | 3.0% | 9 | 60.0% | 3.8% |
86th | 1959–1961 | 17 | 8 | 47.1% | 5.2% | 9 | 52.9% | 2.8% |
87th | 1961–1963 | 18 | 7 | 38.9% | 3.5% | 11 | 61.1% | 3.4% |
88th | 1963–1965 | 12 | 6 | 50.0% | 2.8% | 6 | 50.0% | 2.3% |
89th | 1965–1967 | 11 | 4 | 36.4% | 2.9% | 7 | 63.6% | 2.0% |
90th | 1967–1969 | 11 | 5 | 45.5% | 2.7% | 6 | 54.5% | 2.4% |
91st | 1969–1971 | 10 | 4 | 40.0% | 2.1% | 6 | 60.0% | 2.5% |
92nd | 1971–1973 | 13 | 3 | 23.1% | 1.1% | 10 | 76.9% | 3.5% |
93rd | 1973–1975 | 16 | 2 | 12.5% | 1.0% | 14 | 87.5% | 5.0% |
94th | 1975–1977 | 19 | 5 | 26.3% | 2.8% | 14 | 73.7% | 4.8% |
95th | 1977–1979 | 18 | 5 | 27.8% | 3.5% | 13 | 72.2% | 4.5% |
96th | 1979–1981 | 16 | 5 | 31.3% | 3.2% | 11 | 68.8% | 4.0% |
97th | 1981–1983 | 21 | 10 | 47.6% | 4.7% | 11 | 52.4% | 3.7% |
98th | 1983–1985 | 22 | 9 | 40.9% | 5.5% | 13 | 59.1% | 4.4% |
99th | 1985–1987 | 23 | 11 | 47.8% | 6.0% | 12 | 52.2% | 4.3% |
100th | 1987–1989 | 24 | 11 | 45.8% | 6.2% | 13 | 54.2% | 4.3% |
101st | 1989–1991 | 29 | 13 | 44.8% | 6.0% | 16 | 55.2% | 5.6% |
102nd | 1991–1993 | 30 | 9 | 30.0% | 5.5% | 21 | 70.0% | 7.0% |
103rd | 1993–1995 | 48 | 12 | 25.0% | 6.8% | 36 | 75.0% | 13.6% |
104th | 1995–1997 | 50 | 18 | 36.0% | 7.4% | 32 | 64.0% | 14.7% |
105th | 1997–1999 | 57 | 18 | 31.6% | 6.6% | 39 | 68.4% | 17.0% |
106th | 1999–2001 | 58 | 17 | 29.3% | 7.6% | 41 | 70.7% | 18.5% |
107th | 2001–2003 | 62 | 18 | 29.0% | 8.1% | 44 | 71.0% | 19.0% |
108th | 2003–2005 | 63 | 21 | 33.3% | 9.2% | 42 | 66.7% | 18.5% |
109th | 2005–2007 | 71 | 25 | 35.2% | 9.9% | 46 | 64.8% | 20.9% |
110th | 2007–2009 | 78 | 21 | 26.9% | 9.9% | 57 | 73.1% | 20.2% |
111th | 2009–2011 | 79 | 17 | 21.5% | 9.6% | 62 | 78.5% | 21.5% |
112th | 2011–2013 | 79 | 24 | 30.4% | 9.9% | 55 | 69.6% | 23.8% |
113th | 2013–2015 | 82 | 20 | 24.4% | 8.2% | 62 | 75.6% | 29.0% |
114th | 2015–2017 | 84 | 22 | 26.2% | 8.9% | 62 | 73.8% | 33.0% |
List of female members
This is a complete list of women who have served as members of the United States House of Representatives, ordered by seniority. This list includes women who served in the past and who continue to serve in the present.
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Jeannette Rankin | Republican | Montana At-large | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 |
First woman elected to a national office Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate (first time) Retired[3] |
Montana's 1st | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | ||||
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Alice Mary Robertson | Republican | Oklahoma's 2nd | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 |
First woman to defeat an incumbent congressman Lost re-election |
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Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck | Republican | Illinois At-large | November 7, 1922 – March 3, 1923 |
Succeeded her father in a special election First woman incumbent defeated in a primary First woman to win a special election |
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Mae Nolan | Republican | California's 5th | January 23, 1923 – March 3, 1925 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Florence Prag Kahn | Republican | California's 4th | March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1937 |
First woman to be re-elected First Jewish woman elected Succeeded her husband Lost re-election |
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Mary Teresa Norton | Democratic | New Jersey's 12th | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 |
First Democratic woman elected First woman to chair a standing committee (House Committees on the District of Columbia, Labor, Memorials, and House Administration) Retired |
New Jersey's 13th | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1951 | ||||
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Edith Nourse Rogers | Republican | Massachusetts's 5th | June 30, 1925 – September 10, 1960 |
Succeeded her husband First chair of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee Died in office |
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Katherine G. Langley | Republican | Kentucky's 7th | March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1931 |
Succeeded her husband (though not immediately) Daughter of James M. Gudger, Jr. Retired |
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Pearl Peden Oldfield | Democratic | Arkansas's 2nd | January 9, 1929 – March 3, 1931 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Ruth Hanna McCormick | Republican | Illinois At-large | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931 |
Daughter of Mark Hanna Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the United States Senate |
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Ruth Bryan Owen | Democratic | Florida's 4th | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 |
Daughter of William Jennings Bryan Lost renomination Later became first woman Ambassador of the United States (to Denmark) |
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Ruth Baker Pratt | Republican | New York's 17th | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 |
Lost re-election |
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Effiegene Locke Wingo | Democratic | Arkansas's 4th | November 4, 1930 – March 3, 1933 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Willa McCord Blake Eslick | Democratic | Tennessee's 7th | August 14, 1932 – March 3, 1933 |
Succeeded her husband Not eligible for re-election having not qualified for nomination |
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Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy | Democratic | Kansas's 6th | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Lost re-election |
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Virginia E. Jenckes | Democratic | Indiana's 6th | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 |
Lost re-election |
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Isabella Greenway | Democratic | Arizona At-large | October 3, 1933 – January 3, 1937 |
Retired |
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Marian W. Clarke | Republican | New York's 34th | December 28, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day | Democratic | New York At-large | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943 |
First woman chair of the House Committee on the Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress Retired |
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Nan Wood Honeyman | Democratic | Oregon's 3rd | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
Lost re-election |
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Elizabeth Hawley Gasque | Democratic | South Carolina's 6th | September 13, 1938 – January 3, 1939 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Jessie Sumner | Republican | Illinois's 18th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1947 |
Retired |
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Clara G. McMillan | Democratic | South Carolina's 1st | November 7, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Frances P. Bolton | Republican | Ohio's 22nd | February 27, 1940 – January 3, 1969 |
Succeeded her husband Lost re-election |
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Margaret Chase Smith | Republican | Maine's 2nd | June 3, 1940 – January 3, 1949 |
Succeeded her husband Later first woman elected to the United States Senate in a general election without previously being appointed, elected in a special election, or succeeding a husband In 1964, she became the first woman to run for President of the United States for a major party and to have her name entered for nomination at a major party's national convention. |
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Florence Reville Gibbs | Democratic | Georgia's 8th | October 1, 1940 – January 3, 1941 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Katharine Byron | Democratic | Maryland's 6th | May 27, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Veronica Grace Boland | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 11th | November 3, 1942 – January 3, 1943 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Clare Boothe Luce | Republican | Connecticut's 4th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947 |
Retired Later became United States Ambassador to Italy and Brazil |
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Winifred C. Stanley | Republican | New York At-large | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
Retired |
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Willa L. Fulmer | Democratic | South Carolina's 2nd | November 7, 1944 – January 3, 1945 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Emily Taft Douglas | Democratic | Illinois At-large | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Lost re-election |
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Helen Gahagan Douglas | Democratic | California's 14th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the United States Senate election in California, 1950 |
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Chase G. Woodhouse | Democratic | Connecticut's 2nd | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Lost re-election twice |
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||||
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Helen Douglas Mankin | Democratic | Georgia's 5th | February 12, 1946 – January 3, 1947 |
Lost renomination |
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Eliza Jane Pratt | Democratic | North Carolina's 8th | May 25, 1946 – January 3, 1947 |
Retired |
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Georgia Lee Lusk | Democratic | New Mexico At-large | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Lost renomination |
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Katharine St. George | Republican | New York's 29th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 |
Lost re-election |
New York's 28th | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 | ||||
New York's 27th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | ||||
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Reva Beck Bosone | Democratic | Utah's 2nd | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 |
Lost re-election |
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Cecil M. Harden | Republican | Indiana's 6th | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1959 |
Lost re-election |
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Edna F. Kelly | Democratic | New York's 10th | November 8, 1949 – January 3, 1963 |
Lost renomination |
New York's 12th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1969 | ||||
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Marguerite S. Church | Republican | Illinois's 13th | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1963 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Ruth Thompson | Republican | Michigan's 9th | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1957 |
First woman to sit on the House Judiciary Committee Lost renomination |
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Elizabeth Kee | Democratic | West Virginia's 5th | July 17, 1951 – January 3, 1965 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Vera Buchanan | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 33rd | July 24, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
Succeeded her husband Died in office |
Pennsylvania's 30th | January 3, 1953 – November 26, 1955 | ||||
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Gracie Pfost | Democratic | Idaho's 1st | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the United States Senate |
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Leonor Sullivan | Democratic | Missouri's 3rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1977 |
Succeeded her husband (though not immediately) First woman chair of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Retired |
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Elizabeth P. Farrington | Republican | Hawaii Territory's At-large | July 31, 1954 – January 3, 1957 |
Succeeded her husband First woman elected to Congress as a territorial delegate Lost re-election |
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Iris Faircloth Blitch | Democratic | Georgia's 8th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963 |
Retired |
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Edith Green | Democratic | Oregon's 3rd | January 3, 1955 – December 31, 1974 |
Retired |
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Martha Griffiths | Democratic | Michigan's 17th | January 3, 1955 – December 31, 1974 |
Retired Later became Lieutenant Governor of Michigan |
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Coya Knutson | Democratic | Minnesota's 9th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1959 |
Lost re-election |
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Kathryn E. Granahan | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 2nd | November 6, 1956 – January 3, 1963 |
Succeeded her husband Retired Later became Treasurer of the United States |
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Florence P. Dwyer | Republican | New Jersey's 6th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1967 |
Retired |
New Jersey's 12th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973 | ||||
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Catherine Dean May | Republican | Washington's 4th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971 |
Lost re-election |
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Edna O. Simpson | Republican | Illinois's 20th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Jessica M. Weis | Republican | New York's 38th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963 |
Retired |
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Julia Butler Hansen | Democratic | Washington's 3rd | November 8, 1960 – December 31, 1974 |
Retired |
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Catherine Dorris Norrell | Democratic | Arkansas's 6th | April 19, 1961 – January 3, 1963 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Louise Goff Reece | Republican | Tennessee's 1st | May 16, 1961 – January 3, 1963 |
Succeeded her husband Daughter of Guy D. Goff Retired |
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Corinne Boyd Riley | Democratic | South Carolina's 2nd | April 10, 1962 – January 3, 1963 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Charlotte Thompson Reid | Republican | Illinois's 15th | January 3, 1963 – October 7, 1971 |
Succeeded her husband (as nominee) Resigned to become a member of the Federal Communications Commission |
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Irene Baker | Republican | Tennessee's 2nd | January 7, 1964 – January 3, 1965 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Patsy Mink | Democratic | Hawaii's at-large | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971 |
First woman of color and first Asian American woman elected Ran for President of the United States in the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1972 (Oregon only); was the First Asian American woman to run for President Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1976 Later became Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Returned to Congress and died in office |
Hawaii's 2nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 | ||||
September 22, 1990 – September 28, 2002 | |||||
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Lera Millard Thomas | Democratic | Texas's 8th | March 26, 1966 – January 3, 1967 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Margaret Heckler | Republican | Massachusetts's 10th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1983 |
Lost re-election Later became United States Secretary of Health and Human Services and United States Ambassador to Ireland |
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Shirley Chisholm | Democratic | New York's 12th | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1983 |
First African American woman elected Ran for President of the United States in the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1972 Retired |
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Bella Abzug | Democratic | New York's 19th | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate election in New York, 1976 |
New York's 20th | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977 | ||||
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Ella T. Grasso | Democratic | Connecticut's 6th | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1975 |
Previously served as Connecticut Secretary of State Retired to run (successfully) for Governor of Connecticut First female U.S. state Governor not a wife or widow of a previous Governor |
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Louise Day Hicks | Democratic | Massachusetts's 9th | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
Lost re-election |
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Elizabeth B. Andrews | Democratic | Alabama's 3rd | April 4, 1972– January 3, 1973 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Yvonne Brathwaite Burke | Democratic | California's 37th | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for California Attorney General |
California's 28th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979 | ||||
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Marjorie Holt | Republican | Maryland's 4th | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1987 |
Retired |
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Elizabeth Holtzman | Democratic | New York's 16th | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the United States Senate election in New York, 1980 |
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Barbara Jordan | Democratic | Texas's 18th | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 |
Retired |
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Patricia Schroeder | Democratic | Colorado's 1st | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1997 |
Retired |
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Lindy Boggs | Democratic | Louisiana's 2nd | March 20, 1973 – January 3, 1991 |
Succeeded her husband Retired Later became United States Ambassador to the Holy See |
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Cardiss Collins | Democratic | Illinois's 7th | June 5, 1973 – January 3, 1997 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Millicent Fenwick | Republican | New Jersey's 5th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 |
Daughter of Ogden H. Hammond Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the United States Senate election in New Jersey, 1982 Later became United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture |
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Martha Keys | Democratic | Kansas's 2nd | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979 |
Lost re-election |
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Marilyn Lloyd | Democratic | Tennessee's 3rd | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1995 |
Succeeded her husband (as nominee) Retired |
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Helen Stevenson Meyner | Democratic | New Jersey's 13th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979 |
Lost re-election |
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Virginia D. Smith | Republican | Nebraska's 3rd | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1991 |
Retired |
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Gladys Spellman | Democratic | Marylands's 5th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981 |
After suffering a debilitating heart attack and slipping into a comatose state, her seat was declared vacant by the House |
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Shirley Neil Pettis | Republican | California's 37th | April 29, 1975 – January 3, 1979 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Barbara Mikulski | Democratic | Maryland's 3rd | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1987 |
Retired to run (successfully) for the United States Senate election in Maryland, 1986 |
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Mary Rose Oakar | Democratic | Ohio's 20th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1993 |
Lost re-election |
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Beverly Byron | Democratic | Maryland's 6th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993 |
Succeeded her husband Lost renomination |
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Geraldine Ferraro | Democratic | New York's 9th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1985 |
Retired to run as the first female Vice Presidential candidate representing a major party during United States presidential election, 1984 Later became United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights |
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Olympia Snowe | Republican | Maine's 2nd | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1995 |
Retired to run (successfully) for the United States Senate election in Maine, 1994 |
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Bobbi Fiedler | Republican | California's 21st | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate election in California, 1986 |
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Lynn Morley Martin | Republican | Illinois's 16th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the United States Senate election in Illinois, 1990 Later became United States Secretary of Labor |
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Marge Roukema | Republican | New Jersey's 7th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
Retired |
New Jersey's 5th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2003 | ||||
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Claudine Schneider | Republican | Rhode Island's 2nd | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1990 |
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Barbara B. Kennelly | Democratic | Connecticut's 1st | January 12, 1982 – January 3, 1999 |
Previously served as Connecticut Secretary of State Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the Connecticut gubernatorial election, 1998 |
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Jean Spencer Ashbrook | Republican | Ohio's 17th | June 29, 1982 – January 3, 1983 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Katie Hall | Democratic | Indiana's 1st | November 2, 1982 – January 3, 1985 |
Lost renomination |
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Barbara Boxer | Democratic | California's 6th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
Retired to run (successfully) for the United States Senate election in California, 1992 |
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Nancy Johnson | Republican | Connecticut's 6th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2003 |
Lost re-election |
Connecticut's 5th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 | ||||
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Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | Ohio's 9th | January 3, 1983 – Present |
Current Dean of women in the House |
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Barbara Vucanovich | Republican | Nevada's 2nd | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997 |
Retired |
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Sala Burton | Democratic | California's 5th | June 21, 1983 – February 1, 1987 |
Succeeded her husband Died in office |
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Helen Delich Bentley | Republican | Maryland's 2nd | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1995 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the Republican nomination for Governor of Maryland |
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Jan Meyers | Republican | Kansas's 3rd | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1997 |
First woman chair of the House Small Business Committee Retired |
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Catherine Small Long | Democratic | Louisiana's 8th | March 30, 1985 – January 3, 1987 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
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Connie Morella | Republican | Maryland's 8th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2003 |
Lost re-election Later became United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
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Liz J. Patterson | Democratic | South Carolina's 4th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993 |
Daughter of Olin D. Johnston Lost re-election |
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Pat Saiki | Republican | Hawaii's 1st | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1991 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the United States Senate special election in Hawaii, 1990 Later became Administrator of the Small Business Administration |
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Louise Slaughter | Democratic | New York's 30th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993 |
First woman chair of the House Rules Committee |
New York's 28th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 | ||||
New York's 25th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | California's 5th | June 2, 1987 – January 3, 1993 |
First woman party Whip First woman party Leader First woman Speaker of the United States House of Representatives |
California's 8th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 | ||||
California's 12th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Nita Lowey | Democratic | New York's 20th | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1993 |
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New York's 18th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 | ||||
New York's 17th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Jolene Unsoeld | Democratic | Washington's 3rd | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1995 |
Lost re-election |
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Jill Long Thompson | Democratic | Indiana's 4th | March 28, 1989 – January 3, 1995 |
Lost re-election |
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Republican | Florida's 18th | August 29, 1989 – January 3, 2013 |
First Hispanic woman elected First woman chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee |
Florida's 27th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Susan Molinari | Republican | New York's 14th | March 20, 1990 – January 3, 1993 |
Daughter of Guy Molinari Resigned to become co-host of CBS This Morning |
New York's 13th | January 3, 1993 – August 2, 1997 | ||||
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Barbara-Rose Collins | Democratic | Michigan's 13th | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
Lost renomination |
Michigan's 15th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 | ||||
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Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | Connecticut's 3rd | January 3, 1991 – Present |
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Joan Kelly Horn | Democratic | Missouri's 2nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
Lost re-election |
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Eleanor Holmes Norton | Democratic | DC At-large | January 3, 1991 – Present |
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Maxine Waters | Democratic | California's 29th | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
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California's 35th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 | ||||
California's 43rd | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Eva M. Clayton | Democratic | North Carolina's 1st | November 3, 1992 – January 3, 2003 |
Retired |
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Corrine Brown | Democratic | Florida's 3rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 |
Lost renomination |
Florida's 5th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Leslie L. Byrne | Democratic | Virginia's 11th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Lost re-election |
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Maria Cantwell | Democratic | Washington's 1st | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Lost re-election Later ran (successfully) for the United States Senate election in Washington, 2000 |
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Pat Danner | Democratic | Missouri's 6th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 |
Retired |
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Jennifer Dunn | Republican | Washington's 8th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005 |
Retired |
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Karan English | Democratic | Arizona's 6th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Lost re-election |
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Anna Eshoo | Democratic | California's 14th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 |
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California's 18th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Tillie K. Fowler | Republican | Florida's 4th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 |
Retired |
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Elizabeth Furse | Democratic | Oregon's 1st | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999 |
Retired |
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Jane Harman | Democratic | California's 36th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the Democratic nomination for California gubernatorial election, 1998 (first time) Resigned to become the Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars |
January 3, 2001 – February 28, 2011 | |||||
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Eddie Bernice Johnson | Democratic | Texas's 30th | January 3, 1993 – Present |
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Blanche Lincoln | Democratic | Arkansas's 1st | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 |
Retired Later ran (successfully) for the United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1998 |
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Carolyn Maloney | Democratic | New York's 14th | January 3, 1993 – Present |
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Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 13th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Lost re-election |
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Cynthia McKinney | Democratic | Georgia's 11th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 |
Lost renomination twice In 2008, ran for President of the United States as the nominee of the Green Party |
Georgia's 4th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 | ||||
January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||||
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Carrie P. Meek | Democratic | Florida's 17th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
Retired |
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Deborah Pryce | Republican | Ohio's 15th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2009 |
First woman chair of the House Republican Conference Retired |
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Lucille Roybal-Allard | Democratic | California's 33rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
Daughter of Edward R. Roybal |
California's 34th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 | ||||
California's 40th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Lynn Schenk | Democratic | California's 49th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Lost re-election |
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Karen Shepherd | Democratic | Utah's 2nd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Lost re-election |
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Karen Thurman | Democratic | Florida's 5th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
Lost re-election |
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Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | New York's 12th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 |
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New York's 7th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Lynn Woolsey | Democratic | California's 6th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 |
Retired |
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Helen Chenoweth-Hage | Republican | Idaho's 1st | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001 |
Retired |
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Barbara Cubin | Republican | Wyoming's at-large | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2009 |
Retired |
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Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | Texas's 18th | January 3, 1995 – Present |
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Sue Kelly | Republican | New York's 19th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007 |
Lost re-election |
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Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | California's 16th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2013 |
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California's 19th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Karen McCarthy | Democratic | Missouri's 5th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2005 |
Retired |
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Sue Myrick | Republican | North Carolina's 9th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2013 |
Retired |
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Lynn N. Rivers | Democratic | Michigan's 13th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003 |
Lost renomination |
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Andrea Seastrand | Republican | California's 22nd | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
Lost re-election |
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Linda Smith | Republican | Washington's 3rd | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the United States Senate election in Washington, 1998 |
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Enid Greene Waldholtz | Republican | Utah's 2nd | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
Retired |
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Juanita Millender-McDonald | Democratic | California's 37th | March 26, 1996 – April 22, 2007 |
Died in office |
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Jo Ann Emerson | Republican | Missouri's 8th | November 5, 1996 – January 22, 2013 |
Succeeded her husband Resigned to become the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association |
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Julia Carson | Democratic | Indiana's 10th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 |
Died in office |
Indiana's 7th | January 3, 2003 – December 15, 2007 | ||||
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Donna Christian-Christensen | Democratic | U.S. Virgin Island's At-large | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2015 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election, 2014 |
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Diana DeGette | Democratic | Colorado's 1st | January 3, 1997 – Present |
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Kay Granger | Republican | Texas's 12th | January 3, 1997 – Present |
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Darlene Hooley | Democratic | Oregon's 5th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009 |
Retired |
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Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick | Democratic | Michigan's 15th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 |
Lost renomination |
Michigan's 13th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011 | ||||
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Carolyn McCarthy | Democratic | New York's 4th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2015 |
Retired |
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Anne Northup | Republican | Kentucky's 3rd | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2007 |
Lost re-election |
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Loretta Sanchez | Democratic | California's 46th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the United States Senate election in California, 2016 |
California's 47th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 | ||||
California's 46th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | Michigan's 8th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001 |
Retired to run (successfully) for the United States Senate election in Michigan, 2000 |
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Ellen Tauscher | Democratic | California's 10th | January 3, 1997 – June 26, 2009 |
Resigned to become Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs and Special Envoy for Strategic Stability and Missile Defense |
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Lois Capps | Democratic | California's 22nd | March 10, 1998 – January 3, 2003 |
Succeeded her husband Retired |
California's 23rd | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 | ||||
California's 24th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Mary Bono Mack | Republican | California's 44th | April 7, 1998 – January 3, 2003 |
Succeeded her husband Lost re-election |
California's 45th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 | ||||
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Barbara Lee | Democratic | California's 9th | April 7, 1998 – January 3, 2013 |
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California's 13th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Heather Wilson | Republican | New Mexico's 1st | June 25, 1998 – January 3, 2009 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2008 |
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Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | Wisconsin's 2nd | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2013 |
First openly gay person elected to Congress and first lesbian Retired to run (successfully) for the United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 2012 |
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Shelley Berkley | Democratic | Nevada's 1st | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2013 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the United States Senate election in Nevada, 2012 |
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Judy Biggert | Republican | Illinois's 13th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2013 |
Lost re-election |
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Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Democratic | Ohio's 11th | January 3, 1999 – August 20, 2008 |
Died in office |
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Grace Napolitano | Democratic | California's 34th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2003 |
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California's 38th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 | ||||
California's 32nd | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | Illinois's 9th | January 3, 1999 – Present |
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Shelley Moore Capito | Republican | West Virginia's 2nd | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2015 |
Retired to run (successfully) for the United States Senate election in West Virginia, 2014 |
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Jo Ann Davis | Republican | Virginia's 1st | January 3, 2001 – October 6, 2007 |
Died in office |
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Susan Davis | Democratic | California's 49th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
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California's 53rd | January 3, 2003 – Present | ||||
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Melissa Hart | Republican | Pennsylvania's 4th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007 |
Lost re-election |
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Betty McCollum | Democratic | Minnesota's 4th | January 3, 2001 – Present |
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Hilda Solis | Democratic | California's 31st | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
Resigned to become United States Secretary of Labor |
California's 32nd | January 3, 2003 – February 24, 2009 | ||||
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Diane Watson | Democratic | California's 32nd | June 5, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
Previously served as United States Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia Retired |
California's 33rd | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011 | ||||
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Marsha Blackburn | Republican | Tennessee's 7th | January 3, 2003 – Present |
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Madeleine Bordallo | Democratic | Guam's at-large | January 3, 2003 – Present |
Previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Guam |
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Ginny Brown-Waite | Republican | Florida's 5th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011 |
Retired |
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Katherine Harris | Republican | Florida's 13th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 |
Previously served as Florida Secretary of State Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the United States Senate election in Florida, 2006 |
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Denise Majette | Democratic | Georgia's 4th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the United States Senate election in Georgia, 2004 |
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Candice Miller | Republican | Michigan's 10th | January 3, 2003 – Present |
Previously served as Michigan Secretary of State Retired |
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Marilyn Musgrave | Republican | Colorado's 4th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009 |
Lost re-election |
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Linda Sánchez | Democratic | California's 39th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 |
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California's 38th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Democratic | South Dakota's at-large | June 1, 2004 – January 3, 2011 |
Lost re-election |
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Melissa Bean | Democratic | Illinois's 8th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2011 |
Lost re-election |
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Thelma Drake | Republican | Virginia's 2nd | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2009 |
Lost re-election |
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Virginia Foxx | Republican | North Carolina's 5th | January 3, 2005 – Present |
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Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Republican | Washington's 5th | January 3, 2005 – Present |
Current chair of the House Republican Conference |
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Gwen Moore | Democratic | Wisconsin's 4th | January 3, 2005 – Present |
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Allyson Schwartz | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 13th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2015 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 2014 |
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | Florida's 20th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013 |
Former Chair of the Democratic National Committee |
Florida's 23rd | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Doris Matsui | Democratic | California's 5th | March 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013 |
Succeeded her husband |
California's 6th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Jean Schmidt | Republican | Ohio's 2nd | September 6, 2005 – January 3, 2013 |
Lost renomination |
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs | Republican | Texas's 22nd | November 13, 2006 – January 3, 2007 |
Lost re-election |
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Michele Bachmann | Republican | Minnesota 6th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2015 |
Ran for President of the United States in the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012 Retired |
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Nancy Boyda | Democratic | Kansas's 2nd | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 |
Lost re-election |
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Kathy Castor | Democratic | Florida's 11th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013 |
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Florida's 14th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Yvette Clarke | Democratic | New York's 11th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013 |
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New York's 9th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Mary Fallin | Republican | Oklahoma 5th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 |
Previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma; Retired to run (successfully) for the Oklahoma gubernatorial election, 2010 |
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Gabrielle Giffords | Democratic | Arizona's 8th | January 3, 2007 – January 25, 2012 |
Resigned due to the injuries of being shot in the head at close range during an assassination attempt during the 2011 Tucson shooting and survived |
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Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic | New York's 20th | January 3, 2007 – January 25, 2009 |
Resigned to accept appointment to the United States Senate, ran (successfully) for the United States Senate special election in New York, 2010 |
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Mazie Hirono | Democratic | Hawaii's 2nd | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013 |
First Buddhist woman elected; Retired to run (successfully) for the United States Senate election in Hawaii, 2012 |
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Carol Shea-Porter | Democratic | New Hampshire's 1st | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 |
Lost re-election twice Returned to Congress |
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | |||||
January 3, 2017 | |||||
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Betty Sutton | Democratic | Ohio's 13th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013 |
Lost re-election |
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Laura Richardson | Democratic | California's 37th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013 |
Lost re-election |
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Niki Tsongas | Democratic | Massachusetts's 5th | October 16, 2007 – January 3, 2013 |
Succeeded her husband (though not immediately) |
Massachusetts's 3rd | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Jackie Speier | Democratic | California's 12th | April 8, 2008 – January 3, 2013 |
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California's 14th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Donna Edwards | Democratic | Maryland's 4th | June 17, 2008 – Present |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate election in Maryland, 2016 |
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Marcia Fudge | Democratic | Ohio's 11th | November 18, 2008 – Present |
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Kathy Dahlkemper | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 3rd | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Lost re-election |
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Debbie Halvorson | Democratic | Illinois's 11th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Lost re-election |
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Lynn Jenkins | Republican | Kansas's 2nd | January 3, 2009 – Present |
Previously served as Kansas State Treasurer |
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Mary Jo Kilroy | Democratic | Ohio's 15th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Lost re-election |
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Ann Kirkpatrick | Democratic | Arizona's 1st | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Lost re-election (first time) Retiring to run (unsuccessfully) for the United States Senate election in Arizona, 2016 |
January 3, 2013 – Present | |||||
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Suzanne Kosmas | Democratic | Florida's 24th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Lost re-election |
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Cynthia Lummis | Republican | Wyoming's at-large | January 3, 2009 – Present |
Previously served as Wyoming State Treasurer Retired |
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Betsy Markey | Democratic | Colorado's 4th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Lost re-election |
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Chellie Pingree | Democratic | Maine's 1st | January 3, 2009 – Present |
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Dina Titus | Democratic | Nevada's 3rd | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Lost re-election Returned to Congress |
Nevada's 1st | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Judy Chu | Democratic | California's 32nd | June 19, 2009 – January 3, 2013 |
First Chinese American woman elected |
California's 27th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Sandy Adams | Republican | Florida's 24th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
Lost renomination |
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Karen Bass | Democratic | California's 33rd | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
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California's 37th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Diane Black | Republican | Tennessee's 6th | January 3, 2011 – Present |
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Ann Marie Buerkle | Republican | New York's 25th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
Lost re-election |
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Renee Ellmers | Republican | North Carolina's 2nd | January 3, 2011 – Present |
Lost renomination |
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Colleen Hanabusa | Democratic | Hawaii's 1st | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate special election in Hawaii, 2014 Returned to Congress |
November 14, 2016 – Present | |||||
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Vicky Hartzler | Republican | Missouri's 4th | January 3, 2011 – Present |
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Nan Hayworth | Republican | New York's 19th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
Lost re-election |
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Jaime Herrera Beutler | Republican | Washington's 3rd | January 3, 2011 – Present |
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Kristi Noem | Republican | South Dakota's at-large | January 3, 2011 – Present |
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Martha Roby | Republican | Alabama's 2nd | January 3, 2011 – Present |
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Terri Sewell | Democratic | Alabama's 7th | January 3, 2011 – Present |
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Frederica Wilson | Democratic | Florida's 17th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
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Florida's 24th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Kathy Hochul | Democratic | New York's 26th | June 1, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
Lost re-election Later became Lieutenant Governor of New York |
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Janice Hahn | Democratic | California's 36th | July 12, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
Retired to run (successfully) for Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors |
California's 44th | January 3, 2013 – Present | ||||
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Suzanne Bonamici | Democratic | Oregon's 1st | January 21, 2012 – Present |
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Suzan DelBene | Democratic | Washington's 1st | November 6, 2012 – Present |
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Joyce Beatty | Democratic | Ohio's 3rd | January 3, 2013 – Present |
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Susan Brooks | Republican | Indiana's 5th | January 3, 2013 – Present |
Previously served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana |
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Julia Brownley | Democratic | California's 26th | January 3, 2013 – Present |
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Cheri Bustos | Democratic | Illinois's 17th | January 3, 2013 – Present |
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Tammy Duckworth | Democratic | Illinois's 8th | January 3, 2013 – Present |
Previously served as Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs in the Department of Veterans Affairs Retired to run (successfully) for the United States Senate election in Illinois, 2016 |
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Elizabeth Esty | Democratic | Connecticut's 5th | January 3, 2013 – Present |
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Lois Frankel | Democratic | Florida's 22nd | January 3, 2013 – Present |
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Tulsi Gabbard | Democratic | Hawaii's 2nd | January 3, 2013 – Present |
First Hindu elected to Congress |
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Ann McLane Kuster | Democratic | New Hampshire's 2nd | January 3, 2013 – Present |
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Michelle Lujan Grisham | Democratic | New Mexico's 1st | January 3, 2013 – Present |
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Grace Meng | Democratic | New York's 6th | January 3, 2013 – Present |
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Gloria Negrete McLeod | Democratic | California's 35th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
Retired to run (unsuccessfully) for San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors |
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Kyrsten Sinema | Democratic | Arizona's 9th | January 3, 2013 – Present |
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Ann Wagner | Republican | Missouri's 2nd | January 3, 2013 – Present |
Previously served as United States Ambassador to Luxembourg |
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Jackie Walorski | Republican | Indiana's 2nd | January 3, 2013 – Present |
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Robin Kelly | Democratic | Illinois's 2nd | April 11, 2013 – Present |
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Katherine Clark | Democratic | Massachusetts's 5th | December 10, 2013 – Present |
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Alma Adams | Democratic | North Carolina's 12th | November 12, 2014 – Present |
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Barbara Comstock | Republican | Virginia's 10th | January 3, 2015 – Present |
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Debbie Dingell | Democratic | Michigan's 12th | January 3, 2015 – Present |
Succeeded her husband |
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Gwen Graham | Democratic | Florida's 2nd | January 3, 2015 – Present |
Daughter of Bob Graham Retired |
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Brenda Lawrence | Democratic | Michigan's 14th | January 3, 2015 – Present |
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Mia Love | Republican | Utah's 4th | January 3, 2015 – Present |
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Martha McSally | Republican | Arizona's 2nd | January 3, 2015 – Present |
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Stacey Plaskett | Democratic | U.S. Virgin Island's At-large | January 3, 2015 – Present |
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Amata Coleman Radewagen | Republican | American Samoa's at-large | January 3, 2015 – Present |
Daughter of Peter Tali Coleman |
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Kathleen Rice | Democratic | New York's 4th | January 3, 2015 – Present |
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Elise Stefanik | Republican | New York's 21st | January 3, 2015 – Present |
Youngest woman elected to Congress (at age 30) |
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Norma Torres | Democratic | California's 35th | January 3, 2015 – Present |
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Mimi Walters | Republican | California's 45th | January 3, 2015 – Present |
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Bonnie Watson Coleman | Democratic | New Jersey's 12th | January 3, 2015 – Present |
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Nanette Barragán | Democratic | California's 44th | January 3, 2017 | Elect |
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Liz Cheney | Republican | Wyoming's At-large | January 3, 2017 | Elect |
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Val Demings | Democratic | Florida's 10th | January 3, 2017 | Elect |
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Jenniffer González | Republican | Puerto Rico's at-large | January 3, 2017 | Elect |
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Pramila Jayapal | Democratic | Washington's 7th | January 3, 2017 | Elect |
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Stephanie Murphy | Democratic | Florida's 7th | January 3, 2017 | Elect |
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Jacky Rosen | Democratic | Nevada's 3rd | January 3, 2017 | Elect |
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Claudia Tenney | Republican | New York's 22nd | January 3, 2017 | Elect |
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Lisa Blunt Rochester | Democratic | Delaware at-Large | January 3, 2017 | Elect |
Pregnancies
There have been ten women members of the House of Representatives who were pregnant at least once during their tenure (one member three times). They are[4]
Congresswoman | State | Date of delivery | Mother's age | Baby's gender | Notes |
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Yvonne Brathwaite Burke | California | November 1973 | 41 | Girl | |
Enid Greene Waldholtz | Utah | August 1995 | 37 | Girl | [5] |
Susan Molinari | New York | May 10, 1996 | 38 | Girl | [6] |
Blanche Lincoln | Arkansas | June 1996 | 35 | Twin boys | Chose not to run for re-election due to the pregnancy[7] |
Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Washington | April 29, 2007 | 37 | Boy | [8] |
Kirsten Gillibrand | New York | May 15, 2008 | 41 | Boy | [9] |
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | South Dakota | December 15, 2008 | 38 | Boy | [10] |
Linda Sánchez | California | May 13, 2009 | 40 | Boy | |
Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Washington | December 2010 | 41 | Girl | First member to give birth in office twice[11] |
Jaime Herrera Beutler | Washington | July 15, 2013 | 34 | Girl | [12] |
Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Washington | November 24, 2013 | 44 | Girl | First member to give birth in office three times[13] |
Tammy Duckworth | Illinois | November 18, 2014 | 46 | Girl | [14] |
See also
References
- ↑ "Current Numbers of Women Officeholders". Rutgers Center for American Women and Politics - Eagleton Institute of Politics. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
- ↑ Women in the United States Congress: 1917-2011
- ↑ for the predecessors and successors of each Women Representative's/Delegate's district or Senator with their date of birth and death, click on the U.S. representative/delegate or senator, for the number of congresses, click on the congress.
- ↑ Akers, Mary Ann (November 20, 2008). "Rep. Linda Sanchez Expecting a Baby". Washington Post.
- ↑ "Enid Greene Waldholtz". womenincongress.house.gov.
- ↑ "Susan Molinari". womenincongress.house.gov.
- ↑ Geranios, Nicholas K. (April 21, 2007). "Baby in the House: Pregnant congresswoman due to give birth next month". San Diego Union Tribune. Associated Press.
- ↑ "It's A Boy". Spokesman Review. April 30, 2007.
- ↑ "Son Born to New York Congresswoman". New York Times. Associated Press. May 16, 2008.
- ↑ Woster, Kevin (December 16, 2008). "Something we can all agree on: Congratulations!". Rapid City Journal.
- ↑ Barone, Michael; Chuck McCutcheon (2011). "Washington/Fifth District". The Almanac of American Politics (2012 ed.). University of Chicago Press, National Journal Group, Inc. pp. 1716–1718. ISBN 978-0-226-03808-7.
- ↑ "Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler celebrates 'miracle' baby girl born with Potter's sequence". New York Daily News. July 29, 2013.
- ↑ Korte, Gregory (2013-11-25). "Rep sets congressional record -- mom x 3". USA Today. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
- ↑ Skiba, Katherine (November 20, 2014). "Rep. Tammy Duckworth gives birth to daughter". Chicago Tribune.
External links
- Women in Congress — Companion site to book produced by the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Associated Press. "Husbands' deaths often propel widows to office". Columbia Daily Tribune, January 22, 2005. Retrieved February 15, 2005. (alternate source, via journalstar.com)