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- Firsts
- Widow's succession
- Number of women Number of women in the United States House of Representatives and Senate by Congress Number of women in the United States House of Representatives by party Percentage of women by party and year
- List of female members 1917 to 1932 1933 to 1942 1943 to 1952 1953 to 1962 1963 to 1972 1973 to 1982 1983 to 1992 1993 to 2002 2003 to 2012 2013 to present
- Pregnancies
- See also
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{{Politics of the United States}}Women have served in the United States House of Representatives since the 1917 entrance of Jeannette Rankin from Montana, a member of the Republican Party. Over 300 women have since served as U.S. Representatives. As of January 2019, there are 102 women in the U.S. House of Representatives (not counting four female territorial delegates), making women 23.4% of the total of U.S. Representatives.[1] Women have been elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from 46 of the 50 states. The states that have not elected a woman to the U.S. House of Representatives are Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota and Vermont—though Alaska, Mississippi and North Dakota have elected women to the United States Senate. Women have also been sent to congress from 5 of the 6 territories of the United States; the only Territory that has not sent a woman to the U.S. House of Representatives is the Northern Mariana Islands. California has elected more women to Congress than any other state, with 41 U.S. Representatives elected since 1923. To date, no woman has ever been elected from more than one state at different times, switched parties, or served as a third-party member in her career (though one was elected as an Independent). FirstsJeannette Rankin entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 1917 as the first woman in either chamber of Congress.[2] Florence Prag Kahn entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 1925 as the first Jewish woman in either chamber of Congress.[3]U.S. Representative Vera Buchanan died in 1955, making her the first woman in either chamber to die in office.[4] Patsy Mink, an Asian American, entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 1965 as the first woman of color in either chamber of Congress.[5][6] U.S. Representative Charlotte Reid became the first woman to wear pants in the U.S. House of Representatives or U.S. Senate in 1969.[7] Shirley Chisholm entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 1969 as the first African-American woman in either chamber of Congress.[8] In 1973, U.S. Representative Yvonne Brathwaite Burke became the first member of the U.S. House of Representatives or U.S. Senate to give birth while in office, and first person to be granted maternity leave by the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, with the birth of her daughter Autumn.[9][10]The gym of the U.S. House of Representatives (with the exception of its swimming pool) first opened to women in 1985, the gym having previously been male-only. The swimming pool opened to women in 2009, the pool having previously been male-only.[11] Ileana Ros-Lehtinen entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 1989 as the first Latina in either chamber of Congress.[12] Tammy Baldwin entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 1999 as the first openly gay woman in either chamber of Congress.[13][14][15] Nancy Pelosi became the first female House Minority Whip in 2002.[16] She went on to become the first and only to date female Speaker of the United States House of Representatives in 2007.[17] Also in 2007, Mazie Hirono entered the U.S. House of Representatives as the first female Buddhist in either chamber of Congress. In 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives got its first women’s bathroom near the chamber (Room H-211 of the U.S. Capitol).[18] Tulsi Gabbard entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 2013 as the first Hindu person in either chamber of Congress.[19][20] Also in 2013, Kyrsten Sinema entered the U.S. House of Representatives as the first openly bisexual woman in either chamber of Congress. In the 2018 general elections, there was a wave of firsts elected to the United States House of Representatives for the 116th Congress. A record-breaking 103 women have been elected or re-elected into the United States House of Representatives, causing many to call it the "Year of the Woman".[21] Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib became the first Muslim women ever elected to either house of Congress, with Tlaib the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress and Omar the first Somali American of either gender to be elected. Also in this election, Angie Craig became the first lesbian mother to be elected to Congress. Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland became the first Native American women elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman to be elected into either house of Congress. Widow's successionMae Ella Nolan was the first woman elected to her husband's seat in Congress, which is sometimes known as the widow's succession. In the early years of women in Congress, the seat was held only until the next election and the women retired after that single Congress. She thereby became a placeholder merely finishing out her late husband's elected term. As the years progressed, however, more and more of these widow successors sought re-election. These women began to win their own elections. 38 widows have won their husbands' seats in the House, and eight in the Senate. The only current example is Representative Doris Matsui of California. The most successful example is Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, who served a total of 32 years in both houses and became the first woman elected to both the House and the Senate. She began the end of McCarthyism with a famous speech, "The Declaration of Conscience", became the first major-party female presidential candidate and the first woman to receive votes at a national nominating convention, and was the first (and highest ranking to date) woman to enter the Republican Party Senate leadership (in the third-highest post of Chairwoman of the Senate Republican Conference). The third woman elected to Congress, Winnifred Huck, was similarly elected to her father's seat. Number of womenNumber of women in the United States House of Representatives and Senate by CongressNumber of women in the United States Congress (1917–2021):[24][25] Congress | Years | in Congress | % |
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65th | 1917–1919 | 1 | 0.2% | 66th | 1919–1921 | 0 | 0% | 67th | 1921–1923 | 4 | 0.7% | 68th | 1923–1925 | 1 | 0.2% | 69th | 1925–1927 | 3 | 0.6% | 70th | 1927–1929 | 5 | 0.9% | 71st | 1929–1931 | 9 | 1.7% | 72nd | 1931–1933 | 8 | 1.5% | 73rd | 1933–1935 | 8 | 1.5% | 74th | 1935–1937 | 8 | 1.5% | 75th | 1937–1939 | 9 | 1.7% | 76th | 1939–1941 | 9 | 1.7% | 77th | 1941–1943 | 10 | 1.9% | 78th | 1943–1945 | 9 | 1.7% | 79th | 1945–1947 | 11 | 2.1% | 80th | 1947–1949 | 8 | 1.5% | 81st | 1949–1951 | 10 | 1.9% | 82nd | 1951–1953 | 11 | 2.1% | 83rd | 1953–1955 | 15 | 2.8% | 84th | 1955–1957 | 18 | 3.4% | 85th | 1957–1959 | 16 | 3.0% | 86th | 1959–1961 | 19 | 3.5% | 87th | 1961–1963 | 20 | 3.7% | 88th | 1963–1965 | 14 | 2.6% | 89th | 1965–1967 | 13 | 2.4% | 90th | 1967–1969 | 12 | 2.2% | 91st | 1969–1971 | 11 | 2.1% | 92nd | 1971–1973 | 15 | 2.8% | 93rd | 1973–1975 | 16 | 3.0% | 94th | 1975–1977 | 19 | 3.6% | 95th | 1977–1979 | 20 | 3.7% | 96th | 1979–1981 | 17 | 3.2% | 97th | 1981–1983 | 23 | 4.3% | 98th | 1983–1985 | 24 | 4.5% | 99th | 1985–1987 | 25 | 4.7% | 100th | 1987–1989 | 26 | 4.9% | 101st | 1989–1991 | 31 | 5.8% | 102nd | 1991–1993 | 33 | 6.2% | 103rd | 1993–1995 | 55 | 10.3% | 104th | 1995–1997 | 59 | 11.0% | 105th | 1997–1999 | 66 | 12.3% | 106th | 1999–2001 | 67 | 12.5% | 107th | 2001–2003 | 75 | 14.0% | 108th | 2003–2005 | 77 | 14.4% | 109th | 2005–2007 | 85 | 15.9% | 110th | 2007–2009 | 94 | 17.6% | 111th | 2009–2011 | 96 | 17.9% | 112th | 2011–2013 | 96 | 17.9% | 113th | 2013–2015 | 101[26] | 19.1% | 114th | 2015–2017 | 104 | 19.4% | 115th | 2017–2019 | 104 | 19.4% | 116th | 2019–2021 | 127 | 23.7% |
Number of women in the United States House of Representatives by partyNotes: "% of party" is taken from voting members at the beginning of the Congress, while numbers and "% of women" include all female House members of the given CongressCongress | Years | Women total | Republican | % of women | % of party | Democratic | % of women | % of party | 65th | 1917–1919 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 66th | 1919–1921 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 67th | 1921–1923 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 68th | 1923–1925 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 69th | 1925–1927 | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | 0.4% | 1 | 33.3% | 0.5% | 70th | 1927–1929 | 5 | 3 | 60.0% | 1.3% | 2 | 40.0% | 0.5% | 71st | 1929–1931 | 9 | 5 | 55.6% | 1.9% | 4 | 44.4% | 1.8% | 72nd | 1931–1933 | 7 | 3 | 42.9% | 1.4% | 4 | 57.1% | 1.4% | 73rd | 1933–1935 | 7 | 3 | 42.9% | 1.7% | 4 | 57.1% | 1.0% | 74th | 1935–1937 | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | 1.9% | 4 | 66.7% | 1.2% | 75th | 1937–1939 | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | 1.1% | 5 | 83.3% | 1.2% | 76th | 1939–1941 | 8 | 4 | 50.0% | 1.2% | 4 | 50.0% | 0.8% | 77th | 1941–1943 | 9 | 5 | 55.6% | 3.1% | 4 | 44.4% | 0.7% | 78th | 1943–1945 | 8 | 6 | 75.0% | 2.9% | 2 | 25.0% | 0.5% | 79th | 1945–1947 | 11 | 5 | 45.5% | 2.6% | 6 | 54.5% | 1.7% | 80th | 1947–1949 | 7 | 5 | 71.4% | 2.0% | 2 | 28.6% | 1.1% | 81st | 1949–1951 | 9 | 4 | 44.4% | 2.3% | 5 | 55.6% | 1.5% | 82nd | 1951–1953 | 10 | 6 | 60.0% | 3.0% | 4 | 40.0% | 0.9% | 83rd | 1953–1955 | 12 | 7 | 58.3% | 2.7% | 5 | 41.7% | 2.3% | 84th | 1955–1957 | 17 | 7 | 41.2% | 3.0% | 10 | 58.8% | 3.4% | 85th | 1957–1959 | 15 | 6 | 40.0% | 3.0% | 9 | 60.0% | 3.8% | 86th | 1959–1961 | 17 | 8 | 47.1% | 5.2% | 9 | 52.9% | 2.8% | 87th | 1961–1963 | 18 | 7 | 38.9% | 3.5% | 11 | 61.1% | 3.4% | 88th | 1963–1965 | 12 | 6 | 50.0% | 2.8% | 6 | 50.0% | 2.3% | 89th | 1965–1967 | 11 | 4 | 36.4% | 2.9% | 7 | 63.6% | 2.0% | 90th | 1967–1969 | 11 | 5 | 45.5% | 2.7% | 6 | 54.5% | 2.4% | 91st | 1969–1971 | 10 | 4 | 40.0% | 2.1% | 6 | 60.0% | 2.5% | 92nd | 1971–1973 | 13 | 3 | 23.1% | 1.1% | 10 | 76.9% | 3.5% | 93rd | 1973–1975 | 16 | 2 | 12.5% | 1.0% | 14 | 87.5% | 5.0% | 94th | 1975–1977 | 19 | 5 | 26.3% | 2.8% | 14 | 73.7% | 4.8% | 95th | 1977–1979 | 18 | 5 | 27.8% | 3.5% | 13 | 72.2% | 4.5% | 96th | 1979–1981 | 16 | 5 | 31.3% | 3.2% | 11 | 68.8% | 4.0% | 97th | 1981–1983 | 21 | 10 | 47.6% | 4.7% | 11 | 52.4% | 3.7% | 98th | 1983–1985 | 22 | 9 | 40.9% | 5.5% | 13 | 59.1% | 4.4% | 99th | 1985–1987 | 23 | 11 | 47.8% | 6.0% | 12 | 52.2% | 4.3% | 100th | 1987–1989 | 23 | 11 | 47.8% | 6.0% | 12 | 52.2% | 4.3% | 101st | 1989–1991 | 29 | 13 | 44.8% | 6.0% | 16 | 55.2% | 5.6% | 102nd | 1991–1993 | 30 | 9 | 30.0% | 5.5% | 21 | 70.0% | 7.0% | 103rd | 1993–1995 | 48 | 12 | 25.0% | 6.8% | 36 | 75.0% | 13.6% | 104th | 1995–1997 | 50 | 18 | 36.0% | 7.4% | 32 | 64.0% | 14.7% | 105th | 1997–1999 | 57 | 18 | 31.6% | 6.6% | 39 | 68.4% | 17.0% | 106th | 1999–2001 | 58 | 17 | 29.3% | 7.6% | 41 | 70.7% | 18.5% | 107th | 2001–2003 | 62 | 18 | 29.0% | 8.1% | 44 | 71.0% | 19.0% | 108th | 2003–2005 | 63 | 21 | 33.3% | 9.2% | 42 | 66.7% | 18.5% | 109th | 2005–2007 | 71 | 25 | 35.2% | 9.9% | 46 | 64.8% | 20.9% | 110th | 2007–2009 | 78 | 21 | 26.9% | 9.9% | 57 | 73.1% | 20.2% | 111th | 2009–2011 | 79 | 17 | 21.5% | 9.6% | 62 | 78.5% | 21.5% | 112th | 2011–2013 | 79 | 24 | 30.4% | 9.9% | 55 | 69.6% | 23.8% | 113th | 2013–2015 | 82 | 20 | 24.4% | 8.2% | 62 | 75.6% | 29.0% | 114th | 2015–2017 | 88 | 23 | 26.2% | 8.9% | 65 | 73.8% | 33.0% | 115th | 2017–2019 | 89 | 25 | 25.3% | 8.7% | 64 | 74.7% | 32.0% | 116th | 2019–2021 | 102 | 13 | 12.7% | 6.5% | 89 | 87.3% | 37.9% | |
Percentage of women by party and year
List of female membersThis is a complete list of women who have served as U.S. Representatives or delegates of the United States House of Representatives, ordered by seniority. Members are grouped by the apportionment period during which such member commenced serving. This list includes women who served in the past and who continue to serve in the present. 1917 to 1932 Image | {{small>(lifespan) | Party | District | Years | Notes |
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| {{sortname|Jeannette|Rankin}} {{small|(1880–1973)}} | Republican | MT|AL|Montana at-large}} | format=mdy|1917|3|4}} – March 4, 1919 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the 1918 United States Senate election in Montana First woman elected to a national office | Montana's 1st | format=mdy|1941|1|3}} – January 3, 1943 | Retired | Alice|Robertson|Alice Mary Robertson}} {{small|(1854–1931)}} | Republican | Oklahoma's 2nd | format=mdy|1921|3|4}} – March 4, 1923 | Lost reelection First woman to defeat an incumbent congressman | Winnifred|Huck|Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck}} {{small|(1882–1936)}} | Republican | Illinois at-large | format=mdy|1922|11|7}} – March 4, 1923 | Lost renomination Succeeded her father in a special election First woman incumbent defeated in a primary First woman to win a special election | Mae|Nolan}} {{small|(1886–1973)}} | Republican | California's 5th | format=mdy|1923|1|23}} – March 4, 1925 | Retired Succeeded her husband | Florence|Kahn|Florence Prag Kahn}} {{small|(1866–1948)}} | Republican | California's 4th | format=mdy|1925|3|4}} – January 3, 1937 | Lost reelection First woman to be reelected First Jewish woman elected Succeeded her husband | | {{sortname|Mary|Norton|Mary Teresa Norton}} {{small|(1875–1959)}} | Democratic | New Jersey's 12th | format=mdy|1925|3|4}} – March 4, 1933 | First Democratic woman elected Redistricted | New Jersey's 13th | format=mdy|1933|3|4}} – January 3, 1951 | Retired | Edith|Rogers|Edith Nourse Rogers}} {{small|(1881–1960)}} | Republican | Massachusetts's 5th | format=mdy|1925|6|30}} – September 10, 1960 | Died in office Succeeded her husband | Katherine G.|Langley}} {{small|(1888–1948)}} | Republican | Kentucky's 7th | format=mdy|1927|3|4}} – March 4, 1931 | Retired Succeeded her husband (though not immediately) Daughter of James M. Gudger Jr. | Pearl|Oldfield|Pearl Peden Oldfield}} {{small|(1876–1962)}} | Democratic | Arkansas's 2nd | format=mdy|1929|1|9}} – March 4, 1931 | Retired Succeeded her husband | Ruth|McCormick|Ruth Hanna McCormick}} {{small|(1880–1944)}} | Republican | Illinois at-large | format=mdy|1929|3|4}} – March 4, 1931 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 1930 United States Senate election in Illinois Daughter of Mark Hanna | Ruth|Owen|Ruth Bryan Owen}} {{small|(1885–1954)}} | Democratic | Florida's 4th | format=mdy|1929|3|4}} – March 4, 1933 | Lost renomination Daughter of William Jennings Bryan Later became United States Ambassador to Denmark | Ruth|Pratt|Ruth Baker Pratt}} {{small|(1877–1965)}} | Republican | New York's 17th | format=mdy|1929|3|4}} – March 4, 1933 | Lost reelection | Effiegene|Wingo|Effiegene Locke Wingo}} {{small|(1883–1962)}} | Democratic | Arkansas's 4th | format=mdy|1930|11|4}} – March 4, 1933 | Retired Succeeded her husband | Willa|Eslick|Willa McCord Blake Eslick}} {{small|(1878–1961)}} | Democratic | Tennessee's 7th | format=mdy|1932|8|14}} – March 4, 1933 | Not eligible for reelection having not qualified for nomination Succeeded her husband |
1933 to 1942 Image | {{small>(lifespan) | Party | District | Years | Notes |
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Virginia E.|Jenckes}} {{small|(1877–1975)}} | Democratic | Indiana's 6th | format=mdy|1933|3|4}} – January 3, 1939 | Lost reelection | Kathryn|O'Loughlin-McCarthy|Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy}} {{small|(1894–1952)}} | Democratic | Kansas's 6th | format=mdy|1933|3|4}} – January 3, 1935 | Lost reelection | Isabella|Greenway}} {{small|(1886–1953)}} | Democratic | Arizona at-large | format=mdy|1933|10|2}} – January 3, 1937 | Retired | Marian W.|Clarke}} {{small|(1880–1953)}} | Republican | New York's 34th | format=mdy|1933|12|28}} – January 3, 1935 | Retired Succeeded her husband | Caroline|O'Day|Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day}} {{small|(1869–1943)}} | Democratic | New York at-large | format=mdy|1935|1|3}} – January 3, 1943 | Retired | Nan|Honeyman|Nan Wood Honeyman}} {{small|(1881–1970)}} | Democratic | Oregon's 3rd | format=mdy|1937|1|3}} – January 3, 1939 | Lost reelection | Elizabeth|Gasque|Elizabeth Hawley Gasque}} {{small|(1886–1989)}} | Democratic | South Carolina's 6th | format=mdy|1938|9|13}} – January 3, 1939 | Retired Succeeded her husband | Jessie|Sumner}} {{small|(1898–1994)}} | Republican | Illinois's 18th | format=mdy|1939|1|3}} – January 3, 1947 | Retired | Clara G.|McMillan}} {{small|(1894–1976)}} | Democratic | South Carolina's 1st | format=mdy|1939|11|7}} – January 3, 1941 | Retired Succeeded her husband | Frances P.|Bolton}} {{small|(1885–1977)}} | Republican | Ohio's 22nd | format=mdy|1940|2|27}} – January 3, 1969 | Lost reelection Succeeded her husband | Margaret Chase|Smith}} {{small|(1897–1995)}} | Republican | Maine's 2nd | format=mdy|1940|6|3}} – January 3, 1949 | Retired to run successfully for the 1948 United States Senate election in Maine Succeeded her husband Later first woman elected to the United States Senate in a general election without previously being appointed, elected in a special election, or succeeding a husband | Florence|Gibbs|Florence Reville Gibbs}} {{small|(1890–1964)}} | Democratic | Georgia's 8th | format=mdy|1940|10|1}} – January 3, 1941 | Retired Succeeded her husband | Katharine|Byron}} {{small|(1903–1976)}} | Democratic | Maryland's 6th | format=mdy|1941|5|27}} – January 3, 1943 | Retired Succeeded her husband | Veronica|Boland|Veronica Grace Boland}} {{small|(1899–1982)}} | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 11th | format=mdy|1942|11|3}} – January 3, 1943 | Retired Succeeded her husband |
1943 to 1952 Image | {{small>(lifespan) | Party | District | Years | Notes |
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Clare Boothe|Luce}} {{small|(1903–1987)}} | Republican | Connecticut's 4th | format=mdy|1943|1|3}} – January 3, 1947 | Retired Later became United States Ambassador to Italy and United States Ambassador to Brazil | Winifred C.|Stanley}} {{small|(1909–1996)}} | Republican | New York at-large | format=mdy|1943|1|3}} – January 3, 1945 | Retired | Willa L.|Fulmer}} {{small|(1884–1968)}} | Democratic | South Carolina's 2nd | format=mdy|1944|11|7}} – January 3, 1945 | Retired Succeeded her husband | Emily|Douglas|Emily Taft Douglas}} {{small|(1899–1994)}} | Democratic | Illinois at-large | format=mdy|1945|1|3}} – January 3, 1947 | Lost reelection | Helen|Gahagan-Douglas|Helen Gahagan Douglas}} {{small|(1900–1980)}} | Democratic | California's 14th | format=mdy|1945|1|3}} – January 3, 1951 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 1950 United States Senate election in California | | {{sortname|Chase G.|Woodhouse}} {{small|(1890–1984)}} | Democratic | Connecticut's 2nd | format=mdy|1945|1|3}} – January 3, 1947 | Lost reelection | format=mdy|1949|1|3}} – January 3, 1951 | Lost reelection | Helen|Mankin|Helen Douglas Mankin}} {{small|(1896–1956)}} | Democratic | Georgia's 5th | format=mdy|1946|2|12}} – January 3, 1947 | Lost renomination | Eliza|Pratt|Eliza Jane Pratt}} {{small|(1902–1981)}} | Democratic | North Carolina's 8th | format=mdy|1946|5|25}} – January 3, 1947 | Retired | Georgia|Lusk|Georgia Lee Lusk}} {{small|(1893–1971)}} | Democratic | New Mexico at-large | format=mdy|1947|1|3}} – January 3, 1949 | Lost renomination | | {{sortname|Katharine|St. George}} {{small|(1894–1983)}} | Republican | New York's 29th | format=mdy|1947|1|3}} – January 3, 1953 | Redistricted | New York's 28th | format=mdy|1953|1|3}} – January 3, 1963 | Redistricted | New York's 27th | format=mdy|1963|1|3}} – January 3, 1965 | Lost reelection | Reva|Bosone|Reva Beck Bosone}} {{small|(1895–1983)}} | Democratic | Utah's 2nd | format=mdy|1949|1|3}} – January 3, 1953 | Lost reelection | Cecil M.|Harden}} {{small|(1894–1984)}} | Republican | Indiana's 6th | format=mdy|1949|1|3}} – January 3, 1959 | Lost reelection | | {{sortname|Edna F.|Kelly}} {{small|(1906–1997)}} | Democratic | New York's 10th | format=mdy|1949|11|8}} – January 3, 1963 | Redistricted | New York's 12th | format=mdy|1963|1|3}} – January 3, 1969 | Lost renomination | Marguerite S.|Church}} {{small|(1892–1990)}} | Republican | Illinois's 13th | format=mdy|1951|1|3}} – January 3, 1963 | Retired Succeeded her husband | Ruth|Thompson}} {{small|(1887–1970)}} | Republican | Michigan's 9th | format=mdy|1951|1|3}} – January 3, 1957 | Lost renomination | Elizabeth|Kee}} {{small|(1895–1975)}} | Democratic | West Virginia's 5th | format=mdy|1951|7|17}} – January 3, 1965 | Retired Succeeded her husband | | {{sortname|Vera|Buchanan}} {{small|(1902–1955)}} | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 33rd | format=mdy|1951|7|24}} – January 3, 1953 | Succeeded her husband Redistricted | Pennsylvania's 30th | format=mdy|1953|1|3}} – November 26, 1955 | Died in office |
1953 to 1962 Image | {{small>(lifespan) | Party | District | Years | Notes |
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Gracie|Pfost}} {{small|(1906–1965)}} | Democratic | Idaho's 1st | format=mdy|1953|1|3}} – January 3, 1963 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 1962 United States Senate election in Idaho | Leonor|Sullivan}} {{small|(1902–1988)}} | Democratic | Missouri's 3rd | format=mdy|1953|1|3}} – January 3, 1977 | Retired | Elizabeth P.|Farrington|Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington}} {{small|(1898–1984)}} | Republican | Hawaii's at-large | format=mdy|1954|7|31}} – January 3, 1957 | Lost reelection Succeeded her husband First woman territorial delegate | Iris|Blitch|Iris Faircloth Blitch}} {{small|(1912–1993)}} | Democratic | Georgia's 8th | format=mdy|1955|1|3}} – January 3, 1963 | Retired | Edith|Green}} {{small|(1910–1987)}} | Democratic | Oregon's 3rd | format=mdy|1955|1|3}} – December 31, 1974 | Retired | Martha|Griffiths}} {{small|(1912–2003)}} | Democratic | Michigan's 17th | format=mdy|1955|1|3}} – December 31, 1974 | Retired Later became Lieutenant Governor of Michigan | Coya|Knutson}} {{small|(1912–1996)}} | Democratic | Minnesota's 9th | format=mdy|1955|1|3}} – January 3, 1959 | Lost reelection | Kathryn E.|Granahan}} {{small|(1894–1979)}} | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 2nd | format=mdy|1956|11|6}} – January 3, 1963 | Retired Succeeded her husband Later became Treasurer of the United States | | {{sortname|Florence P.|Dwyer}} {{small|(1902–1976)}} | Republican | New Jersey's 6th | format=mdy|1957|1|3}} – January 3, 1967 | Redistricted | New Jersey's 12th | format=mdy|1967|1|3}} – January 3, 1973 | Retired | Catherine|May|Catherine Dean May}} {{small|(1914–2004)}} | Republican | Washington's 4th | format=mdy|1959|1|3}} – January 3, 1971 | Lost reelection | Edna O.|Simpson}} {{small|(1891–1984)}} | Republican | Illinois's 20th | format=mdy|1959|1|3}} – January 3, 1961 | Retired Succeeded her husband | Jessica M.|Weis}} {{small|(1901–1963)}} | Republican | New York's 38th | format=mdy|1959|1|3}} – January 3, 1963 | Retired | Julia|Hansen|Julia Butler Hansen}} {{small|(1907–1988)}} | Democratic | Washington's 3rd | format=mdy|1960|11|8}} – December 31, 1974 | Retired | Catherine|Norrell|Catherine Dorris Norrell}} {{small|(1901–1981)}} | Democratic | Arkansas's 6th | format=mdy|1961|4|19}} – January 3, 1963 | Retired Succeeded her husband | Louise|Reece|Louise Goff Reece}} {{small|(1898–1970)}} | Republican | Tennessee's 1st | format=mdy|1961|5|16}} – January 3, 1963 | Retired Succeeded her husband Daughter of Guy D. Goff | Corinne|Riley|Corinne Boyd Riley}} {{small|(1893–1979)}} | Democratic | South Carolina's 2nd | format=mdy|1962|4|10}} – January 3, 1963 | Retired Succeeded her husband |
1963 to 1972 Image | {{small>(lifespan) | Party | District | Years | Notes |
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Charlotte|Reid|Charlotte Thompson Reid}} {{small|(1913–2007)}} | Republican | Illinois's 15th | format=mdy|1963|1|3}} – October 7, 1971 | Resigned to become a member of the Federal Communications Commission Succeeded her husband as nominee before election | Irene|Baker}} {{small|(1901–1994)}} | Republican | Tennessee's 2nd | format=mdy|1964|1|7}} – January 3, 1965 | Retired Succeeded her husband | | {{sortname|Patsy|Mink}} {{small|(1927–2002)}} | Democratic | Hawaii's at-large | format=mdy|1965|1|3}} – January 3, 1971 | Redistricted | Hawaii's 2nd | format=mdy|1971|1|3}} – January 3, 1977 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the 1976 United States Senate election in Hawaii First Japanese American woman elected Later became Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs | {{dts|format=mdy|1990|9|22}} –}} September 28, 2002 | Died in office | Lera|Thomas|Lera Millard Thomas}} {{small|(1900–1993)}} | Democratic | Texas's 8th | format=mdy|1966|3|26}} – January 3, 1967 | Retired Succeeded her husband | Margaret|Heckler}} {{small|(1931–2018)}} | Republican | Massachusetts's 10th | format=mdy|1967|1|3}} – January 3, 1983 | Lost reelection Later became United States Secretary of Health and Human Services and United States Ambassador to Ireland | Shirley|Chisholm}} {{small|(1924–2005)}} | Democratic | New York's 12th | format=mdy|1969|1|3}} – January 3, 1983 | Retired First African American woman elected | | {{sortname|Bella|Abzug}} {{small|(1920–1998)}} | Democratic | New York's 19th | format=mdy|1971|1|3}} – January 3, 1973 | Redistricted | New York's 20th | format=mdy|1973|1|3}} – January 3, 1977 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the 1976 United States Senate election in New York | Ella T.|Grasso}} {{small|(1919–1981)}} | Democratic | Connecticut's 6th | format=mdy|1971|1|3}} – January 3, 1975 | Retired to run successfully for Governor of Connecticut Previously served as Connecticut Secretary of State | Louise Day|Hicks}} {{small|(1916–2003)}} | Democratic | Massachusetts's 9th | format=mdy|1971|1|3}} – January 3, 1973 | Lost reelection | Elizabeth B.|Andrews}} {{small|(1911–2002)}} | Democratic | Alabama's 3rd | format=mdy|1972|4|4}} – January 3, 1973 | Retired Succeeded her husband |
1973 to 1982 Image | {{small>(lifespan) | Party | District | Years | Notes |
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| {{sortname|Yvonne|Burke|Yvonne Brathwaite Burke}} {{small|(born 1932)}} | Democratic | California's 37th | format=mdy|1973|1|3}} – January 3, 1975 | Redistricted | California's 28th | format=mdy|1975|1|3}} – January 3, 1979 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for Attorney General of California | Marjorie|Holt}} {{small|(1920–2018)}} | Republican | Maryland's 4th | format=mdy|1973|1|3}} – January 3, 1987 | Retired | Elizabeth|Holtzman}} {{small|(born 1941)}} | Democratic | New York's 16th | format=mdy|1973|1|3}} – January 3, 1981 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 1980 United States Senate election in New York | Barbara|Jordan}} {{small|(1936–1996)}} | Democratic | Texas's 18th | format=mdy|1973|1|3}} – January 3, 1979 | Retired | Pat|Schroeder}} {{small|(born 1940)}} | Democratic | Colorado's 1st | format=mdy|1973|1|3}} – January 3, 1997 | Retired | Lindy|Boggs}} {{small|(1916–2013)}} | Democratic | Louisiana's 2nd | format=mdy|1973|3|20}} – January 3, 1991 | Retired Succeeded her husband Later became United States Ambassador to the Holy See | Cardiss|Collins}} {{small|(1931–2013)}} | Democratic | Illinois's 7th | format=mdy|1973|6|5}} – January 3, 1997 | Retired Succeeded her husband | Millicent|Fenwick}} {{small|(1910–1992)}} | Republican | New Jersey's 5th | format=mdy|1975|1|3}} – January 3, 1983 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 1982 United States Senate election in New Jersey Daughter of Ogden H. Hammond Later became United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture | Martha|Keys}} {{small|(born 1930)}} | Democratic | Kansas's 2nd | format=mdy|1975|1|3}} – January 3, 1979 | Lost reelection | Marilyn|Lloyd}} {{small|(1929–2018)}} | Democratic | Tennessee's 3rd | format=mdy|1975|1|3}} – January 3, 1995 | Retired Succeeded her husband as nominee before election | Virginia D.|Smith}} {{small|(1911–2006)}} | Republican | Nebraska's 3rd | format=mdy|1975|1|3}} – January 3, 1991 | Retired | Gladys|Spellman}} {{small|(1918–1988)}} | Democratic | Maryland's 5th | format=mdy|1975|1|3}} – January 3, 1981 | After suffering a debilitating heart attack and slipping into a comatose state, her seat was declared vacant by the House | Helen|Stevenson-Meyner|Helen Stevenson Meyner}} {{small|(1929–1997)}} | Democratic | New Jersey's 13th | format=mdy|1975|1|3}} – January 3, 1979 | Lost reelection | Shirley|Pettis|Shirley Neil Pettis}} {{small|(1924–2016)}} | Republican | California's 37th | format=mdy|1975|4|29}} – January 3, 1979 | Retired Succeeded her husband | Barbara|Mikulski}} {{small|(born 1936)}} | Democratic | Maryland's 3rd | format=mdy|1977|1|3}} – January 3, 1987 | Retired to run successfully for the 1986 United States Senate election in Maryland | Mary|Oakar|Mary Rose Oakar}} {{small|(born 1940)}} | Democratic | Ohio's 20th | format=mdy|1977|1|3}} – January 3, 1993 | Lost reelection | Beverly|Byron}} {{small|(born 1932)}} | Democratic | Maryland's 6th | format=mdy|1979|1|3}} – January 3, 1993 | Lost renomination Succeeded her husband | Geraldine|Ferraro}} {{small|(1935–2011)}} | Democratic | New York's 9th | format=mdy|1979|1|3}} – January 3, 1985 | Retired to run unsuccessfully as the Democrat nominee for Vice President of the United States during the 1984 United States presidential election Later became United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Olympia|Snowe}} {{small|(born 1947)}} | Republican | Maine's 2nd | format=mdy|1979|1|3}} – January 3, 1995 | Retired to run successfully for the 1994 United States Senate election in Maine | Bobbi|Fiedler}} {{small|(born 1937)}} | Republican | California's 21st | format=mdy|1981|1|3}} – January 3, 1987 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the 1986 United States Senate election in California | Lynn|Morley-Martin|Lynn Morley Martin}} {{small|(born 1939)}} | Republican | Illinois's 16th | format=mdy|1981|1|3}} – January 3, 1991 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 1990 United States Senate election in Illinois Later became United States Secretary of Labor | | {{sortname|Marge|Roukema}} {{small|(1929–2014)}} | Republican | New Jersey's 7th | format=mdy|1981|1|3}} – January 3, 1983 | Redistricted | New Jersey's 5th | format=mdy|1983|1|3}} – January 3, 2003 | Retired | Claudine|Schneider}} {{small|(born 1947)}} | Republican | Rhode Island's 2nd | format=mdy|1981|1|3}} – January 3, 1991 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 1990 United States Senate election in Rhode Island | Barbara B.|Kennelly}} {{small|(born 1936)}} | Democratic | Connecticut's 1st | format=mdy|1982|1|12}} – January 3, 1999 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Connecticut gubernatorial election, 1998 Previously served as Connecticut Secretary of State | Jean|Spencer-Ashbrook|Jean Spencer Ashbrook}} {{small|(born 1934)}} | Republican | Ohio's 17th | format=mdy|1982|6|29}} – January 3, 1983 | Retired Succeeded her husband | Katie|Hall|dab=politician}} {{small|(1938–2012)}} | Democratic | Indiana's 1st | format=mdy|1982|11|2}} – January 3, 1985 | Lost renomination |
1983 to 1992 Image | {{small>(lifespan) | Party | District | Years | Notes |
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Barbara|Boxer}} {{small|(born 1940)}} | Democratic | California's 6th | format=mdy|1983|1|3}} – January 3, 1993 | Retired to run successfully for the 1992 United States Senate election in California | | {{sortname|Nancy|Johnson}} {{small|(born 1935)}} | Republican | Connecticut's 6th | format=mdy|1983|1|3}} – January 3, 2003 | Redistricted | Connecticut's 5th | format=mdy|2003|1|3}} – January 3, 2007 | Lost reelection | Marcy|Kaptur}} {{small|(born 1946)}} | Democratic | Ohio's 9th | format=mdy|1983|1|3}} – present | Barbara|Vucanovich}} {{small|(1921–2013)}} | Republican | Nevada's 2nd | format=mdy|1983|1|3}} – January 3, 1997 | Retired First Hispanic woman elected | Sala|Burton}} {{small|(1925–1987)}} | Democratic | California's 5th | format=mdy|1983|6|21}} – February 1, 1987 | Died in office Succeeded her husband | Helen|Delich-Bentley|Helen Delich Bentley}} {{small|(1923–2016)}} | Republican | Maryland's 2nd | format=mdy|1985|1|3}} – January 3, 1995 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the Maryland gubernatorial election, 1994 | Jan|Meyers}} {{small|(born 1928)}} | Republican | Kansas's 3rd | format=mdy|1985|1|3}} – January 3, 1997 | Retired | Catherine|Small-Long|Catherine Small Long}} {{small|(born 1924)}} | Democratic | Louisiana's 8th | format=mdy|1985|3|30}} – January 3, 1987 | Retired Succeeded her husband | Connie|Morella}} {{small|(born 1931)}} | Republican | Maryland's 8th | format=mdy|1987|1|3}} – January 3, 2003 | Lost reelection Later became United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | Liz J.|Patterson}} {{small|(1939–2018)}} | Democratic | South Carolina's 4th | format=mdy|1987|1|3}} – January 3, 1993 | Lost reelection Daughter of Olin D. Johnston | Pat|Saiki}} {{small|(born 1930)}} | Republican | Hawaii's 1st | format=mdy|1987|1|3}} – January 3, 1991 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate special election in Hawaii, 1990 Later became Administrator of the Small Business Administration | | {{sortname|Louise|Slaughter}} {{small|(1929–2018)}} | Democratic | New York's 30th | format=mdy|1987|1|3}} – January 3, 1993 | Redistricted | New York's 28th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | New York's 25th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – March 16, 2018 | Died in office | | {{sortname|Nancy|Pelosi}} {{small|(born 1940)}} | Democratic | California's 5th | format=mdy|1987|6|2}} – January 3, 1993 | Redistricted | California's 8th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | First woman party leader First woman Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Redistricted | California's 12th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Elected Speaker Again | | {{sortname|Nita|Lowey}} {{small|(born 1937)}} | Democratic | New York's 20th | format=mdy|1989|1|3}} – January 3, 1993 | Redistricted | New York's 18th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | New York's 17th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | First female Chair of the House Appropriations Committee | Jolene|Unsoeld}} {{small|(born 1931)}} | Democratic | Washington's 3rd | format=mdy|1989|1|3}} – January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection | Jill|Long-Thompson|Jill Long Thompson}} {{small|(born 1952)}} | Democratic | Indiana's 4th | format=mdy|1989|3|20}} – January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection | | {{sortname|Ileana|Ros-Lehtinen}} {{small|(born 1952)}} | Republican | Florida's 18th | format=mdy|1989|8|29}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | Florida's 27th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – January 3, 2019 | Retired | | {{sortname|Susan|Molinari}} {{small|(born 1958)}} | Republican | New York's 14th | format=mdy|1990|3|20}} – January 3, 1993 | Redistricted | New York's 13th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – August 2, 1997 | Resigned to become co-host of CBS This Morning Daughter of Guy Molinari | | {{sortname|Barbara-Rose|Collins}} {{small|(born 1939)}} | Democratic | Michigan's 13th | format=mdy|1991|1|3}} – January 3, 1993 | Redistricted | Michigan's 15th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 1997 | Lost renomination | Rosa|DeLauro}} {{small|(born 1943)}} | Democratic | Connecticut's 3rd | format=mdy|1991|1|3}} – present | Eleanor|Holmes-Norton|Eleanor Holmes Norton}} {{small|(born 1937)}} | Democratic | DC at-large | format=mdy|1991|1|3}} – present | Joan|Horn|Joan Kelly Horn}} {{small|(born 1936)}} | Democratic | Missouri's 2nd | format=mdy|1991|1|3}} – January 3, 1993 | Lost reelection | | {{sortname|Maxine|Waters}} {{small|(born 1938)}} | Democratic | California's 29th | format=mdy|1991|1|3}} – January 3, 1993 | Redistricted | California's 35th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | California's 43rd | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Eva M.|Clayton}} {{small|(born 1934)}} | Democratic | North Carolina's 1st | format=mdy|1992|11|3}} – January 3, 2003 | Retired |
1993 to 2002 Image | {{small>(lifespan) | Party | District | Years | Notes |
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| {{sortname|Corrine|Brown}} {{small|(born 1946)}} | Democratic | Florida's 3rd | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | Florida's 5th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – January 3, 2017 | Lost renomination | Leslie L.|Byrne}} {{small|(born 1946)}} | Democratic | Virginia's 11th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection | Maria|Cantwell}} {{small|(born 1958)}} | Democratic | Washington's 1st | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection Later ran successfully for the 2000 United States Senate election in Washington | Pat|Danner}} {{small|(born 1934)}} | Democratic | Missouri's 6th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 2001 | Retired | Jennifer|Dunn|dab=politician}} {{small|(1941–2007)}} | Republican | Washington's 8th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 2005 | Retired | Karan|English}} {{small|(born 1949)}} | Democratic | Arizona's 6th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection | | {{sortname|Anna|Eshoo}} {{small|(born 1942)}} | Democratic | California's 14th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | California's 18th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Tillie K.|Fowler}} {{small|(1942–2005)}} | Republican | Florida's 4th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 2001 | Retired | Elizabeth|Furse}} {{small|(born 1936)}} | Democratic | Oregon's 1st | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 1999 | Retired | | {{sortname|Jane|Harman}} {{small|(born 1945)}} | Democratic | California's 36th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 1999 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the California gubernatorial election, 1998 | format=mdy|2001|1|3}} – February 28, 2011 | Resigned to become the Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | Eddie|Johnson|Eddie Bernice Johnson}} {{small|(born 1936)}} | Democratic | Texas's 30th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – present | Blanche|Lincoln}} {{small|(born 1960)}} | Democratic | Arkansas's 1st | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 1997 | Retired Later ran successfully for the 1998 United States Senate election in Arkansas | | Carolyn Maloney {{small|(born 1946)}} | Democratic | New York's 14th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | New York's 12th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Marjorie|Margolies}} {{small|(born 1942)}} | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 13th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection | | {{sortname|Cynthia|McKinney}} {{small|(born 1955)}} | Democratic | Georgia's 11th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 1997 | Redistricted | Georgia's 4th | format=mdy|1997|1|3}} – January 3, 2003 | Lost renomination | format=mdy|2005|1|3}} – January 3, 2007 | Lost renomination Ran for President of the United States as the nominee of the Green Party for the 2008 United States presidential election | Carrie P.|Meek}} {{small|(born 1926)}} | Democratic | Florida's 17th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 2003 | Retired | Deborah|Pryce}} {{small|(born 1951)}} | Republican | Ohio's 15th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 2009 | Retired | | {{sortname|Lucille|Roybal-Allard}} {{small|(born 1941)}} | Democratic | California's 33rd | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 2003 | Retired Daughter of Edward R. Roybal | California's 34th | format=mdy|2003|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | California's 40th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Lynn|Schenk}} {{small|(born 1945)}} | Democratic | California's 49th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection | Karen|Shepherd}} {{small|(born 1940)}} | Democratic | Utah's 2nd | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection | Karen|Thurman}} {{small|(born 1951)}} | Democratic | Florida's 5th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 2003 | Lost reelection | | {{sortname|Nydia|Velázquez}} {{small|(born 1953)}} | Democratic | New York's 12th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | New York's 7th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Lynn|Woolsey}} {{small|(born 1937)}} | Democratic | California's 6th | format=mdy|1993|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Retired | Helen|Chenoweth-Hage}} {{small|(1938–2006)}} | Republican | Idaho's 1st | format=mdy|1995|1|3}} – January 3, 2001 | Retired | Barbara|Cubin}} {{small|(born 1946)}} | Republican | Wyoming's at-large | format=mdy|1995|1|3}} – January 3, 2009 | Retired | Enid|Greene|Enid Greene Mickelsen}} {{small|(born 1958)}} | Republican | Utah's 2nd | format=mdy|1995|1|3}} – January 3, 1997 | Retired | Sheila|Jackson-Lee|Sheila Jackson Lee}} {{small|(born 1950)}} | Democratic | Texas's 18th | format=mdy|1995|1|3}} – present | Sue|Kelly|Sue W. Kelly}} {{small|(born 1936)}} | Republican | New York's 19th | format=mdy|1995|1|3}} – January 3, 2007 | Lost reelection | | {{sortname|Zoe|Lofgren}} {{small|(born 1947)}} | Democratic | California's 16th | format=mdy|1995|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | California's 19th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Karen|McCarthy}} {{small|(1947–2010)}} | Democratic | Missouri's 5th | format=mdy|1995|1|3}} – January 3, 2005 | Retired | Sue|Myrick}} {{small|(born 1941)}} | Republican | North Carolina's 9th | format=mdy|1995|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Retired | Lynn N.|Rivers}} {{small|(born 1956)}} | Democratic | Michigan's 13th | format=mdy|1995|1|3}} – January 3, 2003 | Lost renomination | Andrea|Seastrand}} {{small|(born 1941)}} | Republican | California's 22nd | format=mdy|1995|1|3}} – January 3, 1997 | Lost reelection | Linda|Smith|dab=American politician}} {{small|(born 1950)}} | Republican | Washington's 3rd | format=mdy|1995|1|3}} – January 3, 1999 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 1998 United States Senate election in Washington | Juanita|Millender-McDonald}} {{small|(1938–2007)}} | Democratic | California's 37th | format=mdy|1996|3|26}} – April 22, 2007 | Died in office | | {{sortname|Jo Ann|Emerson}} {{small|(born 1950)}} | Republican | Missouri's 8th | format=mdy|1996|11|5}} – January 3, 1997 | Succeeded her husband | Independent | format=mdy|1997|1|3}} – January 8, 1997 | First woman elected as an Independent or third-party Changed parties | Republican | format=mdy|1997|1|8}} – January 22, 2013 | Resigned to become the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association | | {{sortname|Julia|Carson}} {{small|(1938–2007)}} | Democratic | Indiana's 10th | format=mdy|1997|1|3}} – January 3, 2003 | Redistricted | Indiana's 7th | format=mdy|2003|1|3}} – December 15, 2007 | Died in office | | {{sortname|Carolyn|Cheeks-Kilpatrick|Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick}} {{small|(born 1945)}} | Democratic | Michigan's 15th | format=mdy|1997|1|3}} – January 3, 2003 | Redistricted | Michigan's 13th | format=mdy|2003|1|3}} – January 3, 2011 | Lost renomination | Donna|Christian-Christensen}} {{small|(born 1945)}} | Democratic | U.S. Virgin Island's at-large | format=mdy|1997|1|3}} – January 3, 2015 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 2014 United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election | Diana|DeGette}} {{small|(born 1957)}} | Democratic | Colorado's 1st | format=mdy|1997|1|3}} – present | Kay|Granger}} {{small|(born 1943)}} | Republican | Texas's 12th | format=mdy|1997|1|3}} – present | Darlene|Hooley}} {{small|(born 1939)}} | Democratic | Oregon's 5th | format=mdy|1997|1|3}} – January 3, 2009 | Retired | Carolyn|McCarthy}} {{small|(born 1944)}} | Democratic | New York's 4th | format=mdy|1997|1|3}} – January 3, 2015 | Retired | Anne|Northup}} {{small|(born 1948)}} | Republican | Kentucky's 3rd | format=mdy|1997|1|3}} – January 3, 2007 | Lost reelection | | {{sortname|Loretta|Sánchez|Loretta Sanchez}} {{small|(born 1960)}} | Democratic | California's 46th | format=mdy|1997|1|3}} – January 3, 2003 | Redistricted | California's 47th | format=mdy|2003|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | California's 46th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – January 3, 2017 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 2016 United States Senate election in California | Debbie|Stabenow}} {{small|(born 1950)}} | Democratic | Michigan's 8th | format=mdy|1997|1|3}} – January 3, 2001 | Retired to run successfully for the 2000 United States Senate election in Michigan | Ellen|Tauscher}} {{small|(born 1951)}} | Democratic | California's 10th | format=mdy|1997|1|3}} – June 26, 2009 | Resigned to become Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs | | {{sortname|Lois|Capps}} {{small|(born 1938)}} | Democratic | California's 22nd | format=mdy|1998|3|10}} – January 3, 2003 | Redistricted | California's 23rd | format=mdy|2003|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | California's 24th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – January 3, 2017 | Retired Succeeded her husband | | {{sortname|Mary|Bono}} {{small|(born 1961)}} | Republican | California's 44th | format=mdy|1998|4|7}} – January 3, 2003 | Redistricted | California's 45th | format=mdy|2003|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Lost reelection Succeeded her husband | | {{sortname|Barbara|Lee}} {{small|(born 1946)}} | Democratic | California's 9th | format=mdy|1998|4|7}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | California's 13th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Heather|Wilson}} {{small|(born 1960)}} | Republican | New Mexico's 1st | format=mdy|1998|6|25}} – January 3, 2009 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the 2008 United States Senate election in New Mexico Later became Secretary of the Air Force | Tammy|Baldwin}} {{small|(born 1962)}} | Democratic | Wisconsin's 2nd | format=mdy|1999|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Retired to run successfully for the 2012 United States Senate election in Wisconsin | Shelley|Berkley}} {{small|(born 1951)}} | Democratic | Nevada's 1st | format=mdy|1999|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 2012 United States Senate election in Nevada | Judy|Biggert}} {{small|(born 1937)}} | Republican | Illinois's 13th | format=mdy|1999|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Lost reelection | | {{sortname|Grace|Napolitano}} {{small|(born 1936)}} | Democratic | California's 34th | format=mdy|1999|1|3}} – January 3, 2003 | Redistricted | California's 38th | format=mdy|2003|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | California's 32nd | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Jan|Schakowsky}} {{small|(born 1944)}} | Democratic | Illinois's 9th | format=mdy|1999|1|3}} – present | Stephanie|Tubbs Jones|Stephanie Tubbs Jones}} {{small|(1949–2008)}} | Democratic | Ohio's 11th | format=mdy|1999|1|3}} – August 20, 2008 | Died in office | Jo Ann|Davis}} {{small|(1950–2007)}} | Republican | Virginia's 1st | format=mdy|2001|1|3}} – October 6, 2007 | Died in office | | {{sortname|Susan|Davis|dab=politician}} {{small|(born 1944)}} | Democratic | California's 49th | format=mdy|2001|1|3}} – January 3, 2003 | Redistricted | California's 53rd | format=mdy|2003|1|3}} – present | Melissa|Hart|dab=politician}} {{small|(born 1962)}} | Republican | Pennsylvania's 4th | format=mdy|2001|1|3}} – January 3, 2007 | Lost reelection | Betty|McCollum}} {{small|(born 1954)}} | Democratic | Minnesota's 4th | format=mdy|2001|1|3}} – present | Shelley|Moore-Capito|Shelley Moore Capito}} {{small|(born 1953)}} | Republican | West Virginia's 2nd | format=mdy|2001|1|3}} – January 3, 2015 | Retired to run successfully for the 2014 United States Senate election in West Virginia | | {{sortname|Hilda|Solis}} {{small|(born 1957)}} | Democratic | California's 31st | format=mdy|2001|1|3}} – January 3, 2003 | Redistricted | California's 32nd | format=mdy|2003|1|3}} – February 24, 2009 | Resigned to become United States Secretary of Labor | | {{sortname|Diane|Watson}} {{small|(born 1933)}} | Democratic | California's 32nd | format=mdy|2001|6|5}} – January 3, 2003 | Redistricted | California's 33rd | format=mdy|2003|1|3}} – January 3, 2011 | Retired Previously served as United States Ambassador to Micronesia |
2003 to 2012 Image | {{small>(lifespan) | Party | District | Years | Notes |
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Marsha|Blackburn}} {{small|(born 1952)}} | Republican | Tennessee's 7th | format=mdy|2003|1|3}} – January 3, 2019 | Retired to run successfully for the 2018 United States Senate election in Tennessee | Madeleine|Bordallo}} {{small|(born 1933)}} | Democratic | Guam's at-large | format=mdy|2003|1|3}} – January 3, 2019 | Lost renomination Previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Guam | Ginny|Brown-Waite}} {{small|(born 1943)}} | Republican | Florida's 5th | format=mdy|2003|1|3}} – January 3, 2011 | Retired | Katherine|Harris}} {{small|(born 1957)}} | Republican | Florida's 13th | format=mdy|2003|1|3}} – January 3, 2007 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 2006 United States Senate election in Florida Previously served as Florida Secretary of State | Denise|Majette}} {{small|(born 1955)}} | Democratic | Georgia's 4th | format=mdy|2003|1|3}} – January 3, 2005 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 2004 United States Senate election in Georgia | Candice|Miller}} {{small|(born 1954)}} | Republican | Michigan's 10th | format=mdy|2003|1|3}} – January 1, 2017 | Retired to run successfully for Public Works Commissioner of Macomb County Previously served as Michigan Secretary of State | Marilyn|Musgrave}} {{small|(born 1949)}} | Republican | Colorado's 4th | format=mdy|2003|1|3}} – January 3, 2009 | Lost reelection | | {{sortname|Linda|Sánchez}} {{small|(born 1969)}} | Democratic | California's 39th | format=mdy|2003|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | California's 38th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Stephanie|Herseth-Sandlin|Stephanie Herseth Sandlin}} {{small|(born 1970)}} | Democratic | South Dakota's at-large | format=mdy|2004|6|1}} – January 3, 2011 | Lost reelection | Melissa|Bean}} {{small|(born 1962)}} | Democratic | Illinois's 8th | format=mdy|2005|1|3}} – January 3, 2011 | Lost reelection | Thelma|Drake}} {{small|(born 1949)}} | Republican | Virginia's 2nd | format=mdy|2005|1|3}} – January 3, 2009 | Lost reelection | Virginia|Foxx}} {{small|(born 1944)}} | Republican | North Carolina's 5th | format=mdy|2005|1|3}} – present | Cathy|McMorris-Rodgers|Cathy McMorris Rodgers}} {{small|(born 1969)}} | Republican | Washington's 5th | format=mdy|2005|1|3}} – present | Gwen|Moore}} {{small|(born 1951)}} | Democratic | Wisconsin's 4th | format=mdy|2005|1|3}} – present | Allyson|Schwartz}} {{small|(born 1948)}} | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 13th | format=mdy|2005|1|3}} – January 3, 2015 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the 2014 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election | | {{sortname|Debbie|Wasserman-Schultz|Debbie Wasserman Schultz}} {{small|(born 1966)}} | Democratic | Florida's 20th | format=mdy|2005|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | Florida's 23rd | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | | {{sortname|Doris|Matsui}} {{small|(born 1944)}} | Democratic | California's 5th | format=mdy|2005|3|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Succeeded her husband Redistricted | California's 6th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Jean|Schmidt}} {{small|(born 1951)}} | Republican | Ohio's 2nd | format=mdy|2005|9|6}} – January 3, 2013 | Lost renomination | Shelley|Sekula-Gibbs}} {{small|(born 1953)}} | Republican | Texas's 22nd | format=mdy|2006|11|13}} – January 3, 2007 | Lost election to full term | Michele|Bachmann}} {{small|(born 1956)}} | Republican | Minnesota's 6th | format=mdy|2007|1|3}} – January 3, 2015 | Retired | Nancy|Boyda}} {{small|(born 1955)}} | Democratic | Kansas's 2nd | format=mdy|2007|1|3}} – January 3, 2009 | Lost reelection | | {{sortname|Kathy|Castor}} {{small|(born 1966)}} | Democratic | Florida's 11th | format=mdy|2007|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | Florida's 14th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | | {{sortname|Yvette|Clarke}} {{small|(born 1964)}} | Democratic | New York's 11th | format=mdy|2007|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | New York's 9th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Mary|Fallin}} {{small|(born 1954)}} | Republican | Oklahoma's 5th | format=mdy|2007|1|3}} – January 3, 2011 | Retired to run successfully for the 2010 Oklahoma gubernatorial election Previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma | Gabrielle|Giffords}} {{small|(born 1970)}} | Democratic | Arizona's 8th | format=mdy|2007|1|3}} – January 25, 2012 | Resigned due to the injuries of being shot in the head at close range during an assassination attempt during the 2011 Tucson shooting | Kirsten|Gillibrand}} {{small|(born 1966)}} | Democratic | New York's 20th | format=mdy|2007|1|3}} – January 25, 2009 | Resigned to accept appointment to the United States Senate Later ran successfully for the 2010 United States Senate special election in New York | Mazie|Hirono}} {{small|(born 1947)}} | Democratic | Hawaii's 2nd | format=mdy|2007|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Retired to run successfully for the 2012 United States Senate election in Hawaii | Laura|Richardson}} {{small|(born 1962)}} | Democratic | California's 37th | format=mdy|2007|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Lost reelection | | {{sortname|Carol|Shea-Porter}} {{small|(born 1952)}} | Democratic | New Hampshire's 1st | format=mdy|2007|1|3}} – January 3, 2011 | Lost reelection | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – January 3, 2015 | Lost reelection | format=mdy|2017|1|3}} – January 3, 2019 | Retired | Betty|Sutton}} {{small|(born 1963)}} | Democratic | Ohio's 13th | format=mdy|2007|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Lost reelection | | {{sortname|Niki|Tsongas}} {{small|(born 1946)}} | Democratic | Massachusetts's 5th | format=mdy|2007|10|16}} – January 3, 2013 | Succeeded her husband (though not immediately) Redistricted | Massachusetts's 3rd | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – January 3, 2019 | Retired | | {{sortname|Jackie|Speier}} {{small|(born 1950)}} | Democratic | California's 12th | format=mdy|2008|4|8}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | California's 14th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Donna|Edwards}} {{small|(born 1958)}} | Democratic | Maryland's 4th | format=mdy|2008|6|17}} – January 3, 2017 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the 2016 United States Senate election in Maryland | Marcia|Fudge}} {{small|(born 1952)}} | Democratic | Ohio's 11th | format=mdy|2008|11|18}} – present | Kathy|Dahlkemper}} {{small|(born 1957)}} | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 3rd | format=mdy|2009|1|3}} – January 3, 2011 | Lost reelection | Debbie|Halvorson}} {{small|(born 1958)}} | Democratic | Illinois's 11th | format=mdy|2009|1|3}} – January 3, 2011 | Lost reelection | Lynn|Jenkins}} {{small|(born 1963)}} | Republican | Kansas's 2nd | format=mdy|2009|1|3}} – January 3, 2019 | Retired Previously served as Kansas Treasurer | Mary Jo|Kilroy}} {{small|(born 1949)}} | Democratic | Ohio's 15th | format=mdy|2009|1|3}} – January 3, 2011 | Lost reelection | | {{sortname|Ann|Kirkpatrick}} {{small|(born 1950)}} | Democratic | Arizona's 1st | format=mdy|2009|1|3}} – January 3, 2011 | Lost reelection | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – January 3, 2017 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 2016 United States Senate election in Arizona | |
Arizona's 2nd | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Suzanne|Kosmas}} {{small|(born 1944)}} | Democratic | Florida's 24th | format=mdy|2009|1|3}} – January 3, 2011 | Lost reelection | Cynthia|Lummis}} {{small|(born 1954)}} | Republican | Wyoming's at-large | format=mdy|2009|1|3}} – January 3, 2017 | Retired Previously served as Wyoming Treasurer | Betsy|Markey}} {{small|(born 1956)}} | Democratic | Colorado's 4th | format=mdy|2009|1|3}} – January 3, 2011 | Lost reelection | Chellie|Pingree}} {{small|(born 1955)}} | Democratic | Maine's 1st | format=mdy|2009|1|3}} – present | | {{sortname|Dina|Titus}} {{small|(born 1950)}} | Democratic | Nevada's 3rd | format=mdy|2009|1|3}} – January 3, 2011 | Lost reelection | Nevada's 1st | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | | {{sortname|Judy|Chu}} {{small|(born 1953)}} | Democratic | California's 32nd | format=mdy|2009|6|19}} – January 3, 2013 | First Chinese American woman elected Redistricted | California's 27th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Sandy|Adams}} {{small|(born 1956)}} | Republican | Florida's 24th | format=mdy|2011|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Lost renomination | | {{sortname|Karen|Bass}} {{small|(born 1953)}} | Democratic | California's 33rd | format=mdy|2011|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | California's 37th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Diane|Black}} {{small|(born 1951)}} | Republican | Tennessee's 6th | format=mdy|2011|1|3}} – January 3, 2019 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election | Ann Marie|Buerkle}} {{small|(born 1951)}} | Republican | New York's 25th | format=mdy|2011|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Lost reelection | Renee|Ellmers}} {{small|(born 1964)}} | Republican | North Carolina's 2nd | format=mdy|2011|1|3}} – January 3, 2017 | Lost renomination | | {{sortname|Colleen|Hanabusa}} {{small|(born 1951)}} | Democratic | Hawaii's 1st | format=mdy|2011|1|3}} – January 3, 2015 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the 2014 United States Senate special election in Hawaii | format=mdy|2016|11|14}} – January 3, 2019 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the 2018 Hawaii gubernatorial election | Vicky|Hartzler}} {{small|(born 1960)}} | Republican | Missouri's 4th | format=mdy|2011|1|3}} – present | Nan|Hayworth}} {{small|(born 1959)}} | Republican | New York's 19th | format=mdy|2011|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Lost reelection | Jaime|Herrera-Beutler|Jaime Herrera Beutler}} {{small|(born 1978)}} | Republican | Washington's 3rd | format=mdy|2011|1|3}} – present | Kristi|Noem}} {{small|(born 1971)}} | Republican | South Dakota's at-large | format=mdy|2011|1|3}} – January 3, 2019 | Retired to run successfully for the 2018 South Dakota gubernatorial election | Martha|Roby}} {{small|(born 1976)}} | Republican | Alabama's 2nd | format=mdy|2011|1|3}} – present | Terri|Sewell}} {{small|(born 1965)}} | Democratic | Alabama's 7th | format=mdy|2011|1|3}} – present | | {{sortname|Frederica|Wilson}} {{small|(born 1942)}} | Democratic | Florida's 17th | format=mdy|2011|1|3}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | Florida's 24th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Kathy|Hochul}} {{small|(born 1958)}} | Democratic | New York's 26th | format=mdy|2011|6|1}} – January 3, 2013 | Lost reelection Later became Lieutenant Governor of New York | | {{sortname|Janice|Hahn}} {{small|(born 1952)}} | Democratic | California's 36th | format=mdy|2011|7|12}} – January 3, 2013 | Redistricted | California's 44th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – December 4, 2016 | Retired to run successfully for Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors | Suzanne|Bonamici}} {{small|(born 1954)}} | Democratic | Oregon's 1st | format=mdy|2012|1|21}} – present | Suzan|DelBene}} {{small|(born 1962)}} | Democratic | Washington's 1st | format=mdy|2012|11|6}} – present |
2013 to present Image | {{small>(lifespan) | Party | District | Years | Notes |
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Joyce|Beatty}} {{small|(born 1950)}} | Democratic | Ohio's 3rd | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Susan|Brooks}} {{small|(born 1960)}} | Republican | Indiana's 5th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Previously served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana | Julia|Brownley}} {{small|(born 1952)}} | Democratic | California's 26th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Cheri|Bustos}} {{small|(born 1961)}} | Democratic | Illinois's 17th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Tammy|Duckworth}} {{small|(born 1968)}} | Democratic | Illinois's 8th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – {{dts|format=mdy|2017|1|3}} | Retired to run successfully for the 2016 United States Senate election in Illinois Previously served as Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs | Elizabeth|Esty}} {{small|(born 1959)}} | Democratic | Connecticut's 5th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – January 3, 2019 | Retired | Lois|Frankel}} {{small|(born 1948)}} | Democratic | Florida's 21st | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Tulsi|Gabbard}} {{small|(born 1981)}} | Democratic | Hawaii's 2nd | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | First Hindu elected to Congress | Michelle|Lujan-Grisham|Michelle Lujan Grisham}} {{small|(born 1959)}} | Democratic | New Mexico's 1st | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – {{dts|format=mdy|2018|12|31}} | Resigned to become Governor of New Mexico | Ann|McLane-Kuster|Ann McLane Kuster}} {{small|(born 1956)}} | Democratic | New Hampshire's 2nd | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Grace|Meng}} {{small|(born 1975)}} | Democratic | New York's 6th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Gloria|Negrete-McLeod|Gloria Negrete McLeod}} {{small|(born 1941)}} | Democratic | California's 35th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – January 3, 2015 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors | Kyrsten|Sinema}} {{small|(born 1976)}} | Democratic | Arizona's 9th | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – January 3, 2019 | Retired to run successfully for the 2018 United States Senate election in Arizona First openly bisexual woman elected | Ann|Wagner}} {{small|(born 1962)}} | Republican | Missouri's 2nd | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Previously served as United States Ambassador to Luxembourg | Jackie|Walorski}} {{small|(born 1963)}} | Republican | Indiana's 2nd | format=mdy|2013|1|3}} – present | Robin|Kelly}} {{small|(born 1956)}} | Democratic | Illinois's 2nd | format=mdy|2013|4|11}} – present | Katherine|Clark}} {{small|(born 1963)}} | Democratic | Massachusetts's 5th | format=mdy|2013|12|10}} – present | Alma|Adams}} {{small|(born 1946)}} | Democratic | North Carolina's 12th | format=mdy|2014|11|12}} – present | Barbara|Comstock}} {{small|(born 1959)}} | Republican | Virginia's 10th | format=mdy|2015|1|3}} – January 3, 2019 | Lost reelection | Debbie|Dingell}} {{small|(born 1953)}} | Democratic | Michigan's 12th | format=mdy|2015|1|3}} – present | Succeeded her husband First woman to succeed her husband while he is still alive | Gwen|Graham}} {{small|(born 1963)}} | Democratic | Florida's 2nd | format=mdy|2015|1|3}} – January 3, 2017 | Retired Daughter of Bob Graham | Brenda|Lawrence}} {{small|(born 1954)}} | Democratic | Michigan's 14th | format=mdy|2015|1|3}} – present | Mia|Love}} {{small|(born 1975)}} | Republican | Utah's 4th | format=mdy|2015|1|3}} – January 3, 2019 | Lost reelection First African-American Republican woman elected to Congress | Martha|McSally}} {{small|(born 1966)}} | Republican | Arizona's 2nd | format=mdy|2015|1|3}} – January 3, 2019 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 2018 United States Senate election in Arizona Later appointed to the United States Senate | Stacey|Plaskett}} {{small|(born 1966)}} | Democratic | U.S. Virgin Island's at-large | format=mdy|2015|1|3}} – present | Amata|Radewagen|Amata Coleman Radewagen}} {{small|(born 1947)}} | Republican | American Samoa's at-large | format=mdy|2015|1|3}} – present | Daughter of Peter Tali Coleman | Kathleen|Rice}} {{small|(born 1965)}} | Democratic | New York's 4th | format=mdy|2015|1|3}} – present | Elise|Stefanik}} {{small|(born 1984)}} | Republican | New York's 21st | format=mdy|2015|1|3}} – present | Norma|Torres}} {{small|(born 1965)}} | Democratic | California's 35th | format=mdy|2015|1|3}} – present | Mimi|Walters}} {{small|(born 1962)}} | Republican | California's 45th | format=mdy|2015|1|3}} – January 3, 2019 | Lost reelection | Bonnie|Watson-Coleman|Bonnie Watson Coleman}} {{small|(born 1945)}} | Democratic | New Jersey's 12th | format=mdy|2015|1|3}} – present | Nanette|Barragán}} {{small|(born 1976)}} | Democratic | California's 44th | format=mdy|2017|1|3}} – present | Lisa|Blunt-Rochester|Lisa Blunt Rochester}} {{small|(born 1962)}} | Democratic | Delaware at-large | format=mdy|2017|1|3}} – present | Liz|Cheney}} {{small|(born 1966)}} | Republican | Wyoming's at-large | format=mdy|2017|1|3}} – present | Daughter of Dick Cheney | Val|Demings}} {{small|(born 1957)}} | Democratic | Florida's 10th | format=mdy|2017|1|3}} – present | Jenniffer|González}} {{small|(born 1976)}} | Republican | Puerto Rico's at-large | format=mdy|2017|1|3}} – present | Pramila|Jayapal}} {{small|(born 1965)}} | Democratic | Washington's 7th | format=mdy|2017|1|3}} – present | First Indian American woman elected | Stephanie|Murphy}} {{small|(born 1978)}} | Democratic | Florida's 7th | format=mdy|2017|1|3}} – present | First Vietnamese American woman elected | Jacky|Rosen}} {{small|(born 1957)}} | Democratic | Nevada's 3rd | format=mdy|2017|1|3}} – January 3, 2019 | Retired to run successfully for the 2018 United States Senate election in Nevada | Claudia|Tenney}} {{small|(born 1961)}} | Republican | New York's 22nd | format=mdy|2017|1|3}} – January 3, 2019 | Lost reelection | Karen|Handel}} {{small|(born 1962)}} | Republican | Georgia's 6th | format=mdy|2017|6|26}} – January 3, 2019 | Lost reelection Previously served as Georgia Secretary of State | Debbie|Lesko}} {{small|(born 1958)}} | Republican | Arizona's 8th | format=mdy|2018|5|7}} – present | | {{sortname|Mary Gay|Scanlon}} {{small|(born 1959)}} | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 7th | format=mdy|2018|11|13}} – January 3, 2019 | Redistricted | Pennsylvania's 5th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | | {{sortname|Susan|Wild}} {{small|(born 1957)}} | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 15th | format=mdy|2018|11|27}} – January 3, 2019 | Redistricted | Pennsylvania's 7th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Brenda|Jones|dab=politician}} {{small|(born 1959)}} | Democratic | Michigan's 13th | November 29, 2018 – January 3, 2019 | Term expired | Cindy|Axne}} {{small|(born 1965)}} | Democratic | Iowa's 3rd | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Angie|Craig}} {{small|(born 1972)}} | Democratic | Minnesota's 2nd | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Sharice|Davids}} {{small|(born 1980)}} | Democratic | Kansas's 3rd | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | One of the first two Native American women (alongside Deb Haaland) elected to Congress | Madeleine|Dean}} {{small|(born 1959)}} | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 4th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Veronica|Escobar}} {{small|(born 1969)}} | Democratic | Texas's 16th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Abby|Finkenauer}} {{small|(born 1988)}} | Democratic | Iowa's 1st | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Lizzie|Fletcher|Lizzie Pannill Fletcher}} {{small|(born 1975)}} | Democratic | Texas's 7th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Sylvia|Garcia}} {{small|(born 1950)}} | Democratic | Texas's 29th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Deb|Haaland}} {{small|(born 1960)}} | Democratic | New Mexico's 1st | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | One of the first two Native American women (alongside Sharice Davids) elected to Congress | Jahana|Hayes}} {{small|(born 1973)}} | Democratic | Connecticut's 5th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Katie|Hill|dab=politician}} {{small|(born 1987)}} | Democratic | California's 25th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Kendra|Horn}} {{small|(born 1976)}} | Democratic | Oklahoma's 5th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Chrissy|Houlahan}} {{small|(born 1968)}} | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 6th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Susie|Lee}} {{small|(born 1966)}} | Democratic | Nevada's 3rd | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Elaine|Luria}} {{small|(born 1975)}} | Democratic | Virginia's 2nd | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Lucy|McBath}} {{small|(born 1960)}} | Democratic | Georgia's 6th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Carol|Miller|dab=politician}} {{small|(born 1950)}} | Republican | West Virginia's 3rd | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Daughter of Samuel L. Devine | Debbie|Mucarsel-Powell}} {{small|(born 1971)}} | Democratic | Florida's 26th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Alexandria|Ocasio-Cortez}} {{small|(born 1989)}} | Democratic | New York's 14th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Youngest woman elected to Congress (at age 29) | Ilhan|Omar}} {{small|(born 1981)}} | Democratic | Minnesota's 5th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | One of the first two Muslim women (alongside Rashida Tlaib) and first Somali-American elected to Congress | Katie|Porter}} {{small|(born 1974)}} | Democratic | California's 45th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Ayanna|Pressley}} {{small|(born 1974)}} | Democratic | Massachusetts's 7th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Kim|Schrier}} {{small|(born 1968)}} | Democratic | Washington's 8th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Donna|Shalala}} {{small|(born 1941)}} | Democratic | Florida's 27th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Previously served as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | Mikie|Sherrill}} {{small|(born 1972)}} | Democratic | New Jersey's 11th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Elissa|Slotkin}} {{small|(born 1976)}} | Democratic | Michigan's 8th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Abigail|Spanberger}} {{small|(born 1979)}} | Democratic | Virginia's 7th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Haley|Stevens}} {{small|(born 1983)}} | Democratic | Michigan's 11th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Rashida|Tlaib}} {{small|(born 1976)}} | Democratic | Michigan's 13th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | One of the first two Muslim women (alongside Ilhan Omar) and the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress | Xochitl|Torres Small}} {{small|(born 1984)}} | Democratic | New Mexico's 2nd | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Lori|Trahan}} {{small|(born 1973)}} | Democratic | Massachusetts's 3rd | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Lauren|Underwood}} {{small|(born 1986)}} | Democratic | Illinois's 14th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present | Jennifer|Wexton}} {{small|(born 1968)}} | Democratic | Virginia's 10th | format=mdy|2019|1|3}} – present |
PregnanciesThere have been ten female members of the House of Representatives who were pregnant and gave birth at least once during their tenure (one member three times).[27] Representatives who have been pregnant while in office |
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Congresswoman | State | Party | Date of delivery | Mother's age | Notes |
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Yvonne Brathwaite Burke | California | Democratic | November 23, 1973 | 41 | The daughter, Autumn Burke, became notable in her own right. | Enid Greene Waldholtz | Utah | Republican | August 31, 1995 | 37 | [28] | Susan Molinari | New York | Republican | May 10, 1996 | 38 | The child's father was fellow congressman Bill Paxon.[29] | Blanche Lincoln | Arkansas | Democratic | June 1996 | 35 | Chose not to run for re-election due to the pregnancy. Gave birth to twin boys.[30] | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Washington | Republican | April 29, 2007 | 37 | [31] | Kirsten Gillibrand | New York | Democratic | May 15, 2008 | 41 | [32] | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | South Dakota | Democratic | December 15, 2008 | 38 | The child's father was former congressman Max Sandlin.[33] | Linda Sánchez | California | Democratic | May 13, 2009 | 40 | Unmarried when pregnancy announced, married a month before delivery[34] | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Washington | Republican | December 1, 2010 | 41 | First member to give birth in office twice[35] | Jaime Herrera Beutler | Washington | Republican | July 15, 2013 | 34 | [36] | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Washington | Republican | November 24, 2013 | 44 | First member to give birth in office three times[37] | Tammy Duckworth | Illinois | Democratic | November 18, 2014 | 46 | Would later go on to become the first and thus far only woman to give birth while a sitting US Senator. [38] | Jaime Herrera Beutler | Washington | Republican | May 18, 2016 | 37 | [39] |
See also - Women in the United States government
- Women in the United States Senate
- List of female state governors in the United States
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External links- Women in Congress — Companion site to book produced by the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
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