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In 1917, Montana was the first state to send a woman to the House of Representatives and to Congress; in 2023, Vermont became the most recent state to send its first woman to the House, and in 2025, North Dakota will do the same to Congress. Women have also been sent to Congress from five of the six territories of the United States; the final ...
1 Congress. 2 State. ... This is the list of women who have served as speakers and leaders of federal, state and territorial legislatures in the United States ...
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of December 8, 2024, the 118th 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.
Democrats will set a new record for women's representation in the chamber with a total of 94 Democratic women elected to the 119th Congress, up from 93 currently serving (the previous record).
(The percentage for Democratic women has stayed relatively constant since 2020.) In the Senate, women make up a higher percentage of Democratic candidates than they did two years ago, but it’s ...
The number of women running for Congress is down this year after hitting record highs in 2020 and 2022. ... CAWP found a 5.7% increase in Democratic women running for state House across the ...
Ocasio-Cortez and Pressley unseated Joe Crowley and Mike Capuano, respectively, in primary elections.Omar won the seat previously held by Democrat Keith Ellison, who retired from the House to successfully run for Attorney General of Minnesota, and Tlaib won the seat once held by Dean of the House John Conyers, who resigned in 2017 after nearly 53 years in Congress.
Since its establishment in 1789, 60 women have served in the upper house of the United States Congress. As of December 9, 2024, there are 24 women (14 Democrats, 9 Republicans, and 1 Independent) serving as U.S. senators out of 100 possible seats. Additionally, Kamala Harris as vice president serves as President of the Senate.