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Lynn Morley Martin became the first Republican woman elected to a House leadership position as vice chair of the House Republican Conference in 1985. Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman elected in both chambers of Congress; she first entered the House of Representatives in 1940, before her election into the Senate in 1948.
The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023. There were seven new senators (two Democrats, five Republicans) and 74 new representatives (34 Democrats, 40 Republicans), as well as one new delegate (a Republican), at the start of its first session.
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.
The number of women who will serve in Congress and governorships mostly held steady, though a slight decline in women elected to the House was the unsurprising outcome of a lackluster showing by ...
Speakers include Donald Trump Jr., Tucker Carlson, Vivek Ramaswamy, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Ron DeSantis.
January 9, 2023: Incumbent 2 years, 44 days Cathy Tilton Alaska: House of Representatives Republican: January 18, 2023: Incumbent 2 years, 35 days Joanna McClinton Pennsylvania: House of Representatives: Democratic: February 28, 2023: Incumbent 1 year, 360 days Valerie Longhurst Delaware: House of Representatives: Democratic: June 30, 2023 ...
The following list reports the religious affiliation of the members of the United States House of Representatives in the 119th Congress.In most cases, besides specific sources, the current representatives' religious affiliations are those mentioned in regular researches by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life at the Pew Research Center.
Between 2006 and 2023, the number of White evangelicals dropped from 23% to 13%, while the number of those with no religious affiliation rose from 16% to 27%, according to the Public Religion ...