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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]
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.
Female members of the United States House of Representatives. 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.
Florida House of Representatives: 1970 [29] Georgia 3: Brian Jack (R) No Open seat; replacing Drew Ferguson (R) White House Director of Political Affairs: 1988 [30] Indiana 3: Marlin Stutzman (R) No Open seat; replacing Jim Banks (R) U.S. House of Representatives [h] Indiana Senate Indiana House of Representatives: 1976 [31] Indiana 6 ...
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]
Rosa Luisa DeLauro [1] [2] (/ d ɪ ˈ l ɔː r oʊ / dih-LOR-oh; born March 2, 1943) is an American politician who is in her 18th term the U.S. representative for Connecticut's 3rd congressional district, having served since 1991.
Even as women have reached near-parity in Sacramento, the ranks of female House members from California are shrinking. For the first time in decades, men also hold both U.S. Senate seats.
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. Her record was surpassed in 2018 by Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, who has served in the House since 1983.