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Women U.S. representatives of the 113th Congress Gender of the members of the House of Representatives. The number of women who sought and won election to Congress in each election cycle from 1974 to 2018. [58] [59] Number of women in the United States Congress (1917–present): [60] [61]
On December 16, 2024, ahead of the 119th United States Congress, Spartz announced she would leave the House Republican Conference and would not receive Republican committee assignments until she saw "that Republican leadership in Congress is governing". She stated that she would remain a member of the Republican Party. [80]
The table below lists the tenure of when each member was selected for their current term as committee lead. The Republican party rules stipulate that their leads of standing committees may serve no more than three congressional terms (two years each) as chair or ranking member unless the full party conference grants them a waiver to do so. [50]
Several Republican women, however, are in position to chair committees in the Senate, including Maine’s Susan Collins atop the powerful Appropriations Committee. Women’s growth in Congress ...
While Republicans have 36 women in the House, Democrats have 94, including two nonvoting members. Democratic women have gotten sizable boosts over the years from EMILY’s List, which backs female ...
In 2020, every single Republican who flipped a Democratic House seat was either a woman, veteran or minority. Republicans look to women, veterans and minorities in battle for House Skip to main ...
First Republican woman to serve in the Senate Appointment ended Senate vacant of women (December 26, 1948–January 3, 1949) Margaret C. Smith (1897–1995) Republican: Maine: January 3, 1949: Upon taking office January 3, 1973: 24 years, 0 days 24 years, 0 days Lost reelection Senate vacant of women (January 3, 1973–January 25, 1978) Muriel ...
A record number of Republican women serve in the 118th Congress, although they’re still a small minority. ... The National Republican Congressional Committee, for example, is targeting about 40 ...