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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.
The first woman to be elected to Congress was Montana's Jeannette Rankin, a Republican, in the 1916 House elections; [2] notably, this occurred before the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, which prohibits the federal government or any state from denying citizens the right to vote on the basis of sex. [3]
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.
Republican 2023 Texas State Representative: J. M. Lozano Mexico: Unknown Republican 2011 Texas State Representative: Eric Lucero West Germany: Unknown Republican 2023 Minnesota State Senator: Zohran Mamdani Uganda: Unknown Democratic 2021 New York State Assemblyman: Alice Mann Brazil: Unknown Democratic 2023 Minnesota State Senator: Monica ...
Women in Congress may refer to: Women in the United States House of Representatives; ... This page was last edited on 1 May 2023, at 04:07 (UTC).
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
[35] [36] McMorris Rodgers is the 12th woman to give the response, [37] and the fifth female Republican, but only the third Republican to do so alone, after New Jersey governor Christine Todd Whitman in 1995 [38] and the Spanish response by Florida representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the most senior female Republican in the U.S. House of ...
The Council of Women World Leaders, created in 1996, is a network of 83 current and former presidents and prime ministers. It is the only organization in the world dedicated to women heads of state and government. The council's Ministerial Initiative also involves current and former cabinet ministers and secretaries in the work of the council.