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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.
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 ...
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 Ohio representative's decades-long tenure makes her the longest-serving woman in Congress in history.
Defiance, a city near Toledo is part of Ohio's 9th Congressional District. Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in Congress, won reelection in 2022 despite that the newly re ...
The longest-serving woman in House history could face her toughest election yet because of redistricting. She says she's running again for the Great Lakes — and to "help Joe as much as I can.”
From 1993 to 2001, Shalala served as the 18th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton. Shalala served as HHS secretary for all eight years of the Clinton administration, becoming the nation's longest-serving HHS secretary. She is the first Lebanese-American to serve in a Cabinet position.
Florida 1: Matt Gaetz (R) resigned on November 13, 2024, after being nominated by president-elect Donald Trump to become attorney general. [5] The special election will be held on April 1, 2025. Florida 6: Michael Waltz (R) resigned on January 20, 2025, to become National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump. [6]