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Of the 385 women who have served in the House, 253 have been Democrats (including four from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia) and 132 have been Republicans (including three from U.S. territories, including pre-statehood Hawaii). One woman was the 52nd Speaker of the House, Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California.
Maxine Moore Waters (née Carr; born August 15, 1938) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 43rd congressional district since 1991. . The district, numbered as the 29th district from 1991 to 1993 and as the 35th district from 1993 to 2013, includes much of southern Los Angeles, as well as portions of Gardena, Inglewood and Torra
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe. David Chadwick. Defeated incumbent, Fay Jones. Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross. Jamie Stone. Seat held (Notional gain) Carshalton and Wallington. Bobby Dean. Defeated incumbent, Elliot Colburn.
Succeeded her husband J. C. C. Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson as MP after he became a member of the House of Lords after being raised to the peerage as Viscount Davidson. Daughter of Willoughby Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson. In 1963 she was created a life peer as Baroness Northchurch, of Chiswick in the County of Middlesex.
Black women have been involved in American socio-political issues and advocating for the community since the American Civil War era through organizations, clubs, community-based social services, and advocacy. Black women are currently underrepresented in the United States in both elected offices and in policy made by elected officials. [1]
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas became the first Black woman to play ball for the Democrats in the annual Congressional Baseball Game on Wednesday night.
Eleven Liberal Democrat members of Parliament (MPs) were elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom at the 2019 general election. [1] Four more were subsequently elected at parliamentary by-elections in Chesham and Amersham, North Shropshire, Tiverton and Honiton and Somerton and Frome bringing the total to 15.
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of November 12, 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.