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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.
Representative Marcy Kaptur, the longest serving woman in the chamber's history, has represented Ohio's 9th congressional district since 1983. Representative Marcy Kaptur, who has served in the House since January 3, 1983, has the longest-serving tenure of any female member in the chamber's history. [46]
The 90th Congress was notable because for a period of 10 days (December 24, 1968 – January 3, 1969), it contained within the Senate, all 10 of what was at one point the top 10 longest-serving senators in history (Byrd, Inouye, Thurmond, Kennedy, Hayden, Stennis, Stevens, Hollings, Russell Jr., and Long) until January 7, 2013, when Patrick Leahy surpassed Russell B. Long as the 10th longest ...
The Ohio representative's decades-long tenure makes her the longest-serving woman in Congress in history. After 41 years in Congress, Rep. Marcy Kaptur isn't done yet Skip to main content
Democrat Rep. Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in House history, claimed victory early Wednesday, Nov. 6, after Election Day, hoping to go into her 22nd term, but the AP has yet to call the ...
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Now elected into her 22nd term, she has been a member of Congress since 1983. A member of the Democratic Party, Kaptur is the longest-serving woman in congressional history (having surpassed Barbara Mikulski in 2023) [1] and the dean of Ohio's congressional delegation.
Dianne Feinstein, whose three decades in the Senate made her the longest-serving female US senator in history, has died following months of declining health. She was 90.