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Additionally, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Donna Shalala became, respectively, the youngest woman ever elected to Congress and the oldest woman to be elected to Congress for the first time. [36] [37] Also in 2018, Jacky Rosen became the first sitting female House one-termer to be elected to the Senate. [38]
This list of members of the United States Congress by wealth includes the fifty richest members of Congress as of 2018. It displays the net worth (the difference between assets and liabilities ) for the member and their immediate family, such as a spouse or dependent children.
As of January 2025, 64 women have served in the upper house of the United States Congress, of which 26 (16 Democrats and 10 Republicans) are currently serving (out of 100 possible seats). Nancy Kassebaum (born July 29, 1932) is the oldest living former female member of the Senate at the age of 92.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also made history as the youngest woman ever sworn into Congress at just 29 years old. And while the young Congresswoman may be known for her pioneering efforts to reform ...
The 35-year-old representative for New York's 21st congressional district is the youngest Republican woman ever elected to Congress. She was 30 when she was first elected and is now in her third term.
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 ...
Became most senior woman Tenure ended Total Tenure Tenure as Dean Notes Rebecca Felton (1835–1930) Democratic: Georgia: November 21, 1922: Upon taking office November 22, 1922: 1 day 1 day First woman to serve in the Senate Appointment ended Senate vacant of women (November 22, 1922–December 9, 1931) Hattie Caraway (1878–1950) Democratic ...
Women Members Who Became Cabinet Members and United States Diplomats - Provided by the U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Historian. Part of the History, Art & Archives, Women in Congress, 1917–2006 website. Retrieved January 11, 2016.