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First female member Political party of first female member Years with female members Alabama: 1 2 3 Elizabeth B. Andrews: Democratic 1972–1973, 2011–present Alaska: 0 1 1 Mary Peltola: Democratic 2022–2025 Arizona: 1 7 8 Isabella Greenway: Democratic 1933–1937, 1993–1995, 2007–present Arkansas: 0 4 4 Pearl Oldfield: Democratic
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 3, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Patsy Mink, who was the dean of women in the House from 1997 to 2002, was the longest-serving Asian-American woman in the House (and Congress). Carol Moseley Braun is the longest-serving (and first) African-American woman (and woman of color) in the Senate. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the longest-serving Hispanic or Latina American woman in the House.
Here are the most powerful women in politics this year. Rep. Nancy Pelosi Pelosi holds a history-making role in the U.S. government as the first and only woman to serve as speaker of the House.
The new year brings a mixed picture for women’s political representation – the highest glass ceiling in American politics remains intact, but female governors and state legislators are setting ...
Also in 2018, Jacky Rosen made political history as the first female one-term outgoing U.S. representative ever elected to the Senate. [19] In 2023, Patty Murray became the first woman to serve as president pro tempore, a role traditionally given to the most senior member of the majority party in the United States Senate. Dianne Feinstein was ...
The event was a political fundraiser, and the guest list included tech industry billionaires, titans of the business world and leading political figures like California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who also ...
List of female speakers of legislatures in the United States; List of female state attorneys general in the United States; List of female state secretaries of state in the United States; List of female state supreme court justices