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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]
In the House, Edith Nourse Rogers, who served 35 years from 1925 to 1960 as one of the first women elected to Congress (and the first woman elected from Massachusetts), was the longest-serving female Representative upon her death in office in 1960.
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 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.
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 ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives. It includes members of the United States House of Representatives that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
No women will lead a House committee for the first time in two decades after House Republicans revealed their list of committee leaders for the 119th Congress on Thursday. The 17 standing ...
House of Representatives Democratic: December 7, 2016: December 2, 2020: 3 years, 361 days Mitzi Johnson Vermont: House of Representatives Democratic: January 4, 2017: January 6, 2021: 4 years, 2 days Crisanta Duran [d] Colorado: House of Representatives Democratic: January 11, 2017: January 4, 2019: 1 year, 358 days KC Becker Colorado: House ...
The first African-American woman to serve as a representative was Shirley Chisholm from New York's 12th congressional district in 1969 during the Civil Rights Movement. Many African-American members of the House of Representatives serve majority-minority districts. [4]