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Rebecca Latimer Felton (D-Georgia), the first female member of the United States Senate, who served for a single day in 1922. One woman (Barbara Mikulski) was reelected and four women were elected to the Senate in 1992, the "Year of the Woman," Left to right: Senators Murray, Moseley Braun, Mikulski, Feinstein, and Boxer.
The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress . Party affiliation
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Female candidates, particularly women of color, have long had more trouble raising funds for campaigns, Laphonza Butler, D-Calif., currently the only Black woman in the Senate, told USA TODAY.
Majority Leader of the Indiana Senate Indiana House of Representatives: 1967 Kansas 2: Derek Schmidt (R) No Open seat; replacing Jake LaTurner (R) Kansas Attorney General Kansas Senate: 1968 Louisiana 6: Cleo Fields (D) Yes Open seat; replacing Garret Graves (R) U.S. House of Representatives [i] Louisiana Senate: 1962 Maryland 2: Johnny ...
The following are historical lists of the youngest members of the United States Congress, in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.These members would be the equivalent to the "Baby of the House" in the parliaments of Commonwealth countries; the U.S. Congress does not confer a similar title upon its youngest members.
This is a complete list of all people who previously served in the United States Senate. As of December 2024 [update] , a total of 2,009 persons have served in the senate (including those currently serving).
Across both houses of Congress, Rogers' 35 years of service from 1925 to 1960 was the longest for a female member when she died in office in 1960. Her record was surpassed in 2012 by Mikulski, who served a total of 40 years in Congress from 1977 to 2017 (10 years in the House of Representatives and 30 years in the Senate).