Women in the United States House of Representatives
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Women have served in the United States House of Representatives since 1917; the first woman representative was Jeannette Rankin, a Republican from Montana elected in 1917. Over 200 women have served in the House of Representatives; there are currently 76 women (constituting 16.6% of all representatives) serving there.[1]
Women have been elected to the House of Representatives from 44 of the 50 states in the United States. The states that have not elected a woman to the House are Alaska, Delaware, Iowa, Mississippi, North Dakota, and Vermont -- though both Alaska and North Dakota have been represented by women in 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 2004, 36 widows have won their husbands' seats in the House, and 8 in the Senate. Current examples are Representatives Mary Bono Mack (widow of Sonny Bono) and Lois Capps and Doris Matsui, all of California, and Jo Ann Emerson of Missouri. 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 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 Chairman 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 the United States Congress (1917–2013):[2]
Congress | Years | in Congress | % | in House | % | in Senate | % |
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65th | 1917–1919 | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0% |
66th | 1919–1921 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
67th | 1921–1923 | 4 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.7% | 1 | 1% |
68th | 1923–1925 | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0% |
69th | 1925–1927 | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.7% | 0 | 0% |
70th | 1927–1929 | 5 | 0.9% | 5 | 1.1% | 0 | 0% |
71st | 1929–1931 | 9 | 1.7% | 9 | 2.1% | 0 | 0% |
72nd | 1931–1933 | 8 | 1.5% | 7 | 1.6% | 1 | 1% |
73rd | 1933–1935 | 8 | 1.5% | 7 | 1.6% | 1 | 1% |
74th | 1935–1937 | 8 | 1.5% | 6 | 1.4% | 2 | 2% |
75th | 1937–1939 | 9 | 1.7% | 6 | 1.4% | 3 | 3% |
76th | 1939–1941 | 9 | 1.7% | 8 | 1.8% | 1 | 1% |
77th | 1941–1943 | 10 | 1.9% | 9 | 2.1% | 1 | 1% |
78th | 1943–1945 | 9 | 1.7% | 8 | 1.8% | 1 | 1% |
79th | 1945–1947 | 11 | 2.1% | 11 | 2.5% | 0 | 0% |
80th | 1947–1949 | 8 | 1.5% | 7 | 1.6% | 1 | 1% |
81st | 1949–1951 | 10 | 1.9% | 9 | 2.1% | 1 | 1% |
82nd | 1951–1953 | 11 | 2.1% | 10 | 2.3% | 1 | 1% |
83rd | 1953–1955 | 15 | 2.8% | 12 | 2.8% | 3 | 3% |
84th | 1955–1957 | 18 | 3.4% | 17 | 3.9% | 1 | 1% |
85th | 1957–1959 | 16 | 3.0% | 15 | 3.4% | 1 | 1% |
86th | 1959–1961 | 19 | 3.6% | 17 | 3.9% | 2 | 2% |
87th | 1961–1963 | 20 | 3.7% | 18 | 4.1% | 2 | 2% |
88th | 1963–1965 | 14 | 2.6% | 12 | 2.8% | 2 | 2% |
89th | 1965–1967 | 13 | 2.4% | 11 | 2.5% | 2 | 2% |
90th | 1967–1969 | 12 | 2.2% | 11 | 2.5% | 1 | 1% |
91st | 1969–1971 | 11 | 2.1% | 10 | 2.3% | 1 | 1% |
92nd | 1971–1973 | 15 | 2.8% | 13 | 3.0% | 2 | 2% |
93rd | 1973–1975 | 16 | 3.0% | 16 | 3.7% | 0 | 0% |
94th | 1975–1977 | 19 | 3.6% | 19 | 4.4% | 0 | 0% |
95th | 1977–1979 | 20 | 3.7% | 18 | 4.1% | 2 | 2% |
96th | 1979–1981 | 17 | 3.2% | 16 | 3.7% | 1 | 1% |
97th | 1981–1983 | 23 | 4.3% | 21 | 4.8% | 2 | 2% |
98th | 1983–1985 | 24 | 4.5% | 22 | 5.0% | 2 | 2% |
99th | 1985–1987 | 25 | 4.7% | 23 | 5.3% | 2 | 2% |
100th | 1987–1989 | 25 | 4.7% | 23 | 5.3% | 2 | 2% |
101st | 1989–1991 | 31 | 5.8% | 29 | 6.7% | 2 | 2% |
102nd | 1991–1993 | 33 | 6.2% | 30 | 6.9% | 3 | 3% |
103rd | 1993–1995 | 55 | 10.3% | 48 | 11.0% | 7 | 7% |
104th | 1995–1997 | 59 | 11.0% | 50 | 11.5% | 9 | 9% |
105th | 1997–1999 | 65 | 12.1% | 56 | 12.9% | 9 | 9% |
106th | 1999–2001 | 67 | 12.5% | 58 | 13.3% | 9 | 9% |
107th | 2001–2003 | 75 | 14.0% | 62 | 14.3% | 13 | 13% |
108th | 2003–2005 | 77 | 14.4% | 63 | 14.5% | 14 | 14% |
109th | 2005–2007 | 85 | 15.9% | 71 | 16.3% | 14 | 14% |
110th | 2007–2009 | 91 | 17.0% | 75 | 17.2% | 16 | 16% |
111th | 2009–2011 | 93 | 17.4% | 76 | 17.5% | 17 | 17% |
112th | 2011–2013 | 92 | 17.2% | 75 | 17.2% | 17 | 17% |
113th | 2013–2015 | 98 | 18.3% | 78 | 17.9% | 20 | 20% |
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.
Service
- w indicates a widow's succession; an asterisk (*) indicates a non-voting delegate.
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Republican | Montana At-large | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 |
First woman elected to a national office & Retired | |
Montana's 1st | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | ||||
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Republican | Oklahoma's 2nd | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 |
First woman to defeat an incumbent congressman & Defeated | |
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Republican | Illinois At-large | November 7, 1922 – March 3, 1923 |
Succeeded her father in a special election; First woman incumbent defeated in a primary & Defeated | |
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Republican | California's 5th | January 23, 1923 – March 3, 1925 |
First woman to win a special election; Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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Republican | California's 4th | March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1937 |
First woman to be re-elected; First Jewish woman elected; Succeeded her husband & Defeated | |
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Democratic | New Jersey's 12th | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 |
First Democratic woman elected; First woman to chair a standing committee (House Committee on the District of Columbia) & Retired | |
New Jersey's 13th | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1951 | ||||
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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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Republican | Kentucky's 7th | March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1931 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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Democratic | Arkansas's 2nd | January 9, 1929 – March 3, 1931 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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Republican | Illinois At-large | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931 |
Daughter of Mark Hanna & Retired to run unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate | |
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Democratic | Florida's 4th | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 |
Daughter of William Jennings Bryan; Later became first woman Ambassador of the United States & Lost renomination | |
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Republican | New York's 17th | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 |
Retired | |
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Democratic | Arkansas's 4th | November 4, 1930 – March 3, 1933 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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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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Democratic | Kansas's 6th | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | Indiana's 6th | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | Arizona At-large | October 3, 1933 – January 3, 1937 |
Retired | |
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Republican | New York's 34th | December 28, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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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 & Died in office | |
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Democratic | Oregon's 3rd | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | South Carolina's 6th | September 13, 1938 – January 3, 1939 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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Republican | Illinois's 18th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1947 |
Retired | |
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Democratic | South Carolina's 1st | November 7, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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Republican | Ohio's 22nd | February 27, 1940 – January 3, 1969 |
Succeeded her husband & Defeated | |
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Republican | Maine's 2nd | June 3, 1940 – January 3, 1949 |
Succeeded her husband; Later first woman elected to the U.S. 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 for a major party and to have her name entered for nomination at a major party's national convention. | |
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Democratic | Georgia's 8th | October 1, 1940 – January 3, 1941 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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Democratic | Maryland's 6th | May 27, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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Democratic | Pennsylvania's 11th | November 3, 1942 – January 3, 1943 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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Republican | Connecticut's 4th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947 |
Retired & Later the U.S. Ambassador to Italy | |
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Republican | New York At-large | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
Retired | |
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Democratic | South Carolina's 2nd | November 7, 1944 – January 3, 1945 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
Emily Taft Douglas | Democratic | Illinois At-large | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | California's 14th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951 |
Retired to unsuccessfully run for United States Senate election in California, 1950 | |
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Democratic | Connecticut's 2nd | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Defeated | |
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||||
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Democratic | Georgia's 5th | February 12, 1946 – January 3, 1947 |
Lost renomination | |
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Democratic | North Carolina's 8th | May 25, 1946 – January 3, 1947 |
Retired | |
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Republican | New Mexico At-large | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Lost renomination | |
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Republican | New York's 29th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 |
Defeated | |
New York's 28th | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 | ||||
New York's 27th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | ||||
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Democratic | Utah's 2nd | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 |
Defeated | |
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Republican | Indiana's 6th | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1959 |
Defeated | |
Rep. Kelly Edna F. Kelly | Democratic | New York's 10th | November 8, 1949 – January 3, 1963 |
Retired | |
New York's 12th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1969 | ||||
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Republican | Illinois's 13th | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1963 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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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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Democratic | West Virginia's 5th | July 17, 1951 – January 3, 1965 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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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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Democratic | Idaho's 1st | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 |
Retired to unsuccessfully run for the U.S. Senate | |
Rep. Sullivan Leonor Sullivan | Democratic | Missouri's 3rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1977 |
Succeeded her husband (though not immediately) & Retired | |
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Republican | Hawaii Territory's At-large | July 31, 1954 – January 3, 1957 |
Succeeded her husband; First woman elected to Congress as a territorial delegate & Defeated | |
Rep. Blitch Iris Faircloth Blitch | Democratic | Georgia's 8th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963 |
Retired | |
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Democratic | Oregon's 3rd | January 3, 1955 – December 31, 1974 |
Resigned | |
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Democratic | Michigan's 17th | January 3, 1955 – December 31, 1974 |
Retired & Later the Lt. Governor of Michigan | |
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Democratic | Minnesota's 9th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1959 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | Pennsylvania's 2nd | November 6, 1956 – January 3, 1963 |
Succeeded her husband; Retired & Later Treasurer of the United States | |
Rep. Dwyer 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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Republican | Washington's 4th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971 |
Defeated | |
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Republican | Illinois's 20th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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Republican | New York's 38th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963 |
Retired | |
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Democratic | Washington's 3rd | November 8, 1960 – December 31, 1974 |
Retired | |
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Democratic | Arkansas's 6th | April 19, 1961 – January 3, 1963 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
Rep. Reece Louise Goff Reece | Republican | Tennessee's 1st | May 16, 1961 – January 3, 1963 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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Democratic | South Carolina's 2nd | April 10, 1962 – January 3, 1963 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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Republican | Illinois's 15th | January 3, 1963 – October 7, 1971 |
Succeeded her husband who had won the Republican Primary but died before the election. First representative to resign, to become a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission | |
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Republican | Tennessee's 2nd | 7 January 1964 – January 3, 1965 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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Democratic | Hawaii's At-Large | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971 |
First woman of colour and first Asian American women elected. Between Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. Died in office | |
Hawaii's 2nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 | ||||
September 22, 1990 – September 28, 2002 | |||||
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Democratic | Texas's 8th | March 26, 1966 – January 3, 1967 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
Republican | Massachusetts's 10th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1983 |
Defeated & later the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland | ||
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Democratic | New York's 12th | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1983 |
First African American female elected & Retired | |
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Democratic | New York's 19th | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
Retired to unsuccessfully run 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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Democratic | Connecticut's 6th | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1975 |
Retired to run successfully for Governor of Connecticut | |
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Democratic | Massachusetts's 9th | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
Defeated | |
Rep. Andrews Elizabeth B. Andrews | Democratic | Alabama's 3rd | April 4, 1972– January 3, 1973 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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Democratic | California's 37th | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
Retired to unsuccessfully run for California Attorney General | |
California's 28th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979 | ||||
Rep. Holt Marjorie Holt | Republican | Maryland's 4th | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1987 |
Retired | |
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Democratic | New York's 16th | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981 |
Retired to unsuccessfully run for United States Senate election in New York, 1980 | |
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Democratic | Texas's 18th | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 |
Retired | |
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Democratic | Colorado's 1st | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1997 |
Retired | |
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Democratic | Louisiana's 2nd | March 20, 1973 – January 3, 1991 |
Succeeded her husband, retired & later U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See | |
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Democratic | Illinois's 7th | June 5, 1973 – January 3, 1997 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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Republican | New Jersey's 5th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 |
Retired to unsuccessfully run for the United States Senate election in New Jersey, 1982 & later U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture | |
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Democratic | Kansas's 2nd | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | Tennessee's 3rd | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1995 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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Democratic | New Jersey's 13th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979 |
Defeated | |
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Republican | Nebraska's 3rd | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1991 |
Retired | |
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Democratic | Marylands's 5th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981 |
Resigned | |
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Republican | California's 37th | February 14, 1975 – January 3, 1979 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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Democratic | Maryland's 3rd | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1987 |
Retired to successfully run for United States Senate election in Maryland, 1986 | |
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Democratic | Ohio's 20th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1993 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | Maryland's 6th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993 |
Succeeded her husband & Lost renomination | |
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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 and later the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council | |
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Republican | Maine's 2nd | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1995 |
Retired to successfully run for United States Senate election in Maine, 1994 | |
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Republican | California's 21st | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987 |
Retired to unsuccessfully run for the U.S. Senate | |
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Republican | Illinois's 16th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991 |
Retired to unsuccessfully run for United States Senate election in Illinois, 1990 and Later the Secretary of Labor | |
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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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Republican | Rhode Island's 2nd | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991 |
Retired to unsuccessfully run for United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 1990 | |
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Democratic | Connecticut's 1st | January 12, 1982 – January 3, 1999 |
Retired to unsuccessfully run for Governor of Connecticut | |
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Republican | Ohio's 17th | June 29, 1982 – January 3, 1983 |
Succeeded her husband & Retired | |
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Democratic | Indiana's 1st | November 2, 1982 – January 3, 1985 |
Lost renomination | |
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Democratic | California's 6th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
Retired to successfully run for United States Senate election in California, 1992 | |
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Republican | Connecticut's 6th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2003 |
Defeated | |
Connecticut's 5th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 | ||||
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Democratic | Ohio's 9th | January 3, 1983 – |
Dean of the women in the House | |
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Republican | Nevada's 2nd | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997 |
Retired | |
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Democratic | California's 5th | June 21, 1983 – February 1, 1987 |
Succeeded her husband; Died in office | |
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Republican | Maryland's 2nd | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1995 |
Retired | |
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Republican | Kansas's 3rd | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1997 |
First female chairperson of the House Small Business Committee & Retired | |
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Democratic | Louisiana's 8th | March 30, 1985 – January 3, 1987 |
Succeeded her husband & Defeated | |
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Republican | Maryland's 8th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2003 |
Defeated and later the U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development | |
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Democratic | South Carolina's 4th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993 |
Defeated | |
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Republican | Hawaii's 1st | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1991 |
Retired to unsuccessfully run for United States Senate special election in Hawaii, 1990 & Later Administrator of the Small Business Administration | |
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Democratic | New York's 30th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993 |
First female chairperson of the House Rules Committee | |
New York's 28th | January 3, 1993 – | ||||
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Democratic | California's 5th | June 2, 1987 – January 3, 1993 |
First female Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | |
California's 8th | January 3, 1993 – | ||||
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Democratic | New York's 20th | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1993 |
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New York's 18th | January 3, 1993 – | ||||
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Democratic | Washington's 3rd | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1995 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | Indiana's 4th | March 28, 1989 – January 3, 1995 |
Defeated | |
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Republican | Florida's 18th | August 29, 1989 – |
First Hispanic woman elected; First female chairperson of the House Foreign Affairs Committee | |
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Republican | New York's 14th | March 20, 1990 – January 3, 1993 |
Retired | |
New York's 13th | January 3, 1993 – August 2, 1997 | ||||
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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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Democratic | Connecticut's 3rd | January 3, 1991 – |
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Democratic | Missouri's 2nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | DC At-large | January 3, 1991 – |
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Democratic | California's 29th | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
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California's 35th | January 3, 1993 – | ||||
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Democratic | North Carolina's 1st | November 3, 1992 – January 3, 2003 |
Retired | |
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Democratic | Florida's 3rd | January 3, 1993 – |
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Democratic | Virginia's 11th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Defeated | ||
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Democratic | Washington's 1st | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Defeated and later ran successfully for the United States Senate election in Washington, 2000 | |
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Democratic | Missouri's 6th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 |
Retired | |
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Republican | Washington's 8th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005 |
Retired | |
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Democratic | Arizona's 6th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | California's 14th | January 3, 1993 – |
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Republican | Florida's 4th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 |
Retired | |
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Democratic | Oregon's 1st | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999 |
Retired | |
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Democratic | California's 36th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999 |
Resigned to head the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | |
January 3, 2001 – February 28, 2011 | |||||
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Democratic | Texas's 30th | January 3, 1993 – |
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Democratic | Arkansas's 1st | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 |
Retired to successfully run for the United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1998 | |
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Democratic | New York's 14th | January 3, 1993 – |
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Democratic | Pennsylvania's 13th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | Georgia's 11th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 |
Lost renomination both times & ran as the Green Party nominee in the 2008 presidential election | |
Georgia's 4th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 | ||||
January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||||
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Democratic | Florida's 17th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
Retired | |
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Republican | Ohio's 15th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2009 |
First female Chairman of House Republican Conference & Retired | |
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Democratic | California's 33rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
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California's 34th | January 3, 2003 – | ||||
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Democratic | California's 49th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | Utah's 2nd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | Florida's 5th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | New York's 12th | January 3, 1993 – |
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Democratic | California's 6th | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 |
Retired | |
Republican | Idaho's 1st | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001 |
Retired | ||
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Republican | Wyoming's At-Large | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2009 |
Retired | |
Democratic | Texas's 18th | January 3, 1995 – |
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Republican | New York's 19th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | California's 16th | January 3, 1995 – |
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Democratic | Missouri's 5th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2005 |
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Republican | North Carolina's 9th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2013 |
Retired | |
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Democratic | Michigan's 13th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003 |
Lost renomination | |
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Republican | California's 22nd | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
Defeated | |
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Republican | Washington's 3rd | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999 |
Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate election in Washington, 1998 | |
Rep. Greene Enid Greene Waldholtz | Republican | Utah's 2nd | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
Retired | |
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Democratic | California's 37th | March 26, 1996 – April 22, 2007 |
Died in office | |
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Republican | Missouri's 8th | November 5, 1996 – |
Succeeded her husband | |
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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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Democratic | U.S. Virgin Island's At-large | January 3, 1997 – |
A non-voting delegate | |
Democratic | Colorado's 1st | January 3, 1997 – |
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Republican | Texas's 12th | January 3, 1997 – |
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Democratic | Oregon's 5th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009 |
Retired | |
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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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Democratic | New York's 4th | January 3, 1997 – |
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Republican | Kentucky's 3rd | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2007 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | California's 46th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 |
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California's 47th | January 3, 2003 – | ||||
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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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Democratic | California's 10th | January 3, 1997 – June 26, 2009 |
Resigned to become the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs and a Special Envoy for Strategic Stability and Missile Defense | |
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Democratic | California's 22nd | March 10, 1998 – January 3, 2003 |
Succeeded her husband | |
California's 23rd | January 3, 2003 – | ||||
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Republican | California's 44th | April 7, 1998 – January 3, 2003 |
Succeeded her husband and defeated | |
California's 45th | January 3, 2003 – January 3 2013 | ||||
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Democratic | California's 9th | April 7, 1998 – |
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Republican | New Mexico's 1st | June 25, 1998 – January 3, 2009 |
Retired to unsuccessfully run for Republican nomination for the United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2008 | |
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Democratic | Wisconsin's 2nd | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2013 |
Retired to successfully run for the United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 2012 and is the First openly gay person elected to congress and first lesbian | |
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Democratic | Nevada's 1st | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2013 |
Retired to unsuccessfully run for the United States Senate election in Nevada, 2012 | |
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Republican | Illinois's 13th | January 3, 1999 – January 2013 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | Ohio's 11th | January 3, 1999 – August 20, 2008 |
Died in office | |
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Democratic | California's 34th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2003 |
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California's 38th | January 3, 2003 – | ||||
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Democratic | Illinois's 9th | January 3, 1999 – |
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Republican | West Virginia's 2nd | January 3, 2001 – |
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Republican | Virginia's 1st | January 3, 2001 – October 6, 2007 |
Died in office | |
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Democratic | California's 49th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
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California's 53rd | January 3, 2003 – | ||||
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Republican | Pennsylvania's 4th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | Minnesota's 4th | January 3, 2001 – |
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Democratic | California's 31st | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
Resigned to become the Secretary of Labor | |
California's 32nd | January 3, 2003 – February 24, 2009 | ||||
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Democratic | California's 32nd | June 5, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
Retired and was previously the United States Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia | |
California's 33rd | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011 | ||||
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Republican | Tennessee's 7th | January 3, 2003 – |
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Democratic | Guam's At-Large | January 3, 2003 – |
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Republican | Florida's 5th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011 |
Retired | |
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Republican | Florida's 13th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 |
Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate election in Florida, 2006 | |
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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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Republican | Michigan's 10th | January 3, 2003 – |
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Republican | Colorado's 4th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | California's 30th | January 3, 2003 – |
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Democratic | South Dakota's At-Large | June 1, 2004 – January 3, 2011 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | Illinois's 8th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2011 |
Defeated | |
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Republican | Virginia's 2nd | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2009 |
Defeated | |
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Republican | North Carolina's 5th | January 3, 2005 – |
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Republican | Washington's 5th | January 3, 2005 – |
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Democratic | Wisconsin's 4th | January 3, 2005 – |
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Rep. Schwartz Allyson Schwartz | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 13th | January 3, 2005 – |
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Democratic | Florida's 20th | January 3, 2005 – |
Chair of the Democratic National Committee | |
Democratic | California's 5th | March 3, 2005 – |
Succeeded her husband | ||
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Republican | Ohio's 2nd | September 6, 2005 – January 3, 2013 |
Lost renomination | |
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Republican | Texas's 22nd | November 13, 2006 – January 3, 2007 |
Defeated | |
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Republican | Minnesota 6th | January 3, 2007 – |
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Democratic | Kansas's 2nd | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | Florida's 7th | January 3, 2007 – |
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Democratic | New York's 11th | January 3, 2007 – |
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Rep. Fallin Mary Fallin | Republican | Oklahoma 5th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 |
Retired to run successfully for the Oklahoma gubernatorial election, 2010 & previously was the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma | |
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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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Democratic | New York's 20th | January 3, 2007 – January 25, 2009 |
Resigned to successfully run for the United States Senate special election in New York, 2010 | |
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Democratic | Hawaii's 2nd | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013 |
First Buddhist woman elected; Retired to successfully run for the United States Senate election in Hawaii, 2012 | |
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Democratic | New Hampshire's 1st | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | Ohio's 13th | January 3, 2007 – January 3 2013 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | California's 37th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | Massachusetts's 5th | October 16, 2007 – |
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Democratic | California's 12th | April 8, 2008 – |
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Democratic | Maryland's 4th | June 17, 2008 – |
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Democratic | Ohio's 11th | November 18, 2008 – |
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Democratic | Pennsylvania's 3rd | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | Illinois's 11th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Defeated | |
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Republican | Kansas's 2nd | January 3, 2009 – |
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Democratic | Ohio's 15th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | Arizona's 1st | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Defeated | |
Democratic | Florida's 24th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Defeated | ||
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Republican | Wyoming's At-Large | January 3, 2009 – |
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Democratic | Colorado's 4th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Defeated | ||
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Democratic | Maine's 1st | January 3, 2009 – |
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Democratic | Nevada's 3rd | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | Califorina's 32nd | June 19, 2009 – |
First Chinese American woman elected | |
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Republican | Florida's 24th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
Lost renomination | |
Rep. Bass Karen Bass | Democratic | Califorina's 33rd | January 3, 2011 – |
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Republican | Tennessee's 6th | January 3, 2011 – |
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Republican | New York's 25th | January 3, 2011 – January 3 2013 |
Defeated | |
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Republican | North Carolina's 2nd | January 3, 2011 – |
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Rep. Hanabusa Colleen Hanabusa | Democratic | Hawaii's 1st | January 3, 2011 – |
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Republican | Missouri's 4th | January 3, 2011 – |
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Rep. Hayworth Nan Hayworth | Republican | New York's 19th | January 3, 2011 – January 3 2013 |
Defeated | |
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Republican | Washington's 3rd | January 3, 2011 – |
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Republican | South Dakota's At-Large | January 3, 2011 – |
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Rep. Roby Martha Roby | Republican | Alabama's 2nd | January 3, 2011 – |
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Democratic | Alabama's 7th | January 3, 2011 – |
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Democratic | Florida's 17th | January 3, 2011 – |
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Democratic | New York's 26th | June 1, 2011 – January 3 2013 |
Defeated | |
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Democratic | California's 36th | July 12, 2011 – |
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Democratic | Oregon's 1st | January 21, 2012 – |
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Democratic | Washington's 1st | November 6, 2012 – |
Women starting in the 113th United States Congress
- Susan Brooks — Republican — Indiana's 5th congressional district
- Julia Brownley — Democratic — California's 26th congressional district
- Cheri Bustos — Democratic — Illinois's 17th congressional district
- Tammy Duckworth — Democratic — Illinois's 8th congressional district
- Elizabeth Esty — Democratic — Connecticut's 5th congressional district
- Lois Frankel — Democratic — Florida's 22nd congressional district
- Tulsi Gabbard — Democratic — Hawaii's 2nd congressional district
- Ann Kirkpatrick — Democratic — Arizona's 1st congressional district (return to Congress)
- Michelle Lujan Grisham — Democratic — New Mexico's 1st congressional district
- Ann McLane Kuster — Democratic — New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district
- Gloria Negrete McLeod — Democratic — California's 35th congressional district
- Carol Shea-Porter — Democratic — New Hampshire's 1st congressional district (return to Congress)
- Kyrsten Sinema — Democratic — Arizona's 9th congressional district
- Dina Titus — Democratic — Nevada's 1st congressional district (return to Congress)
- Ann Wagner — Republican — Missouri's 2nd congressional district
- Jackie Walorski — Republican — Indiana's 2nd congressional district
Pregnancies
There have been eight members of the House of Representatives who were pregnant during their tenure (one member twice). They are[3]
Congresswoman | State | Date of delivery | Mother's age | Baby gender | Notes |
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Yvonne Braithwaite Burke | California | November 1973 | 40 | Girl | |
Enid Greene Waldholtz | Utah | August 1995 | 37 | Girl | [4] |
Susan Molinari | New York | May 10, 1996 | 38 | Girl | [5] |
Blanche Lincoln | Arkansas | June 1996 | 35 | Twin boys | Chose not to run for re-election due to the pregnancy[6] |
Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Washington | April 29, 2007 | 37 | Boy | [7] |
Kirsten Gillibrand | New York | May 15, 2008 | 41 | Boy | [8] |
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | South Dakota | December 15, 2008 | 38 | Boy | [9] |
Linda Sanchez | California | May 13, 2009 | 40 | Boy | Unmarried when pregnancy announced, married a month before delivery[10] |
Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Washington | December 2010 | 41 | Girl | First member to give birth in office twice[11] |
See also
References
- ^ http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/fast_facts/levels_of_office/Current_Numbers.php
- ^ Women in the United States Congress: 1917-2011
- ^ 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.
- ^ Akers, Mary Ann (May 13, 2009). "New Mama in the House: Linda Sanchez". Washington Post.
- ^ Barone, Michael (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.
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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)