Women have been elected to the House of Representatives from 48 of the 50 states. The states that have not elected a woman to the House of Representatives are Mississippi and North Dakota; both have sent women to the United States Senate. 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 to Congress. Women have also been sent to Congress from five of the six territories of the United States; the only territory that has not sent a woman to the House of Representatives is the Northern Mariana Islands. California has elected more women to Congress than any other state, with 46 U.S. representatives elected since 1923. To date, no woman who has served in the House has ever previously been a senator, been elected to represent more than one state in non-consecutive elections, switched parties, or served as a third-party member in her career, although one was reelected as an Independent.
Firsts
Sometimes called the "Lady of the House", Jeannette Rankin entered the House of Representatives in 1917 as the first woman in Congress.Alice Mary Robertson became the first woman to preside over the House or either chamber of Congress in 1921. In addition, she was the first woman elected from the American South (Oklahoma) and the first woman to defeat an incumbent representative.Nancy Pelosi, 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (2007–2011, 2019–2023), the only woman to hold the position.
Mae Nolan entered the House of Representatives in 1923 as the first Catholic woman in either chamber of Congress.[6]Clare Boothe Luce, who converted to the Catholic Church in 1946 before retiring as a Congresswoman, was the first female Catholic convert in either chamber.[7]
Florence Prag Kahn entered the House of Representatives in 1925 as the first Jewish and thus non-Christian woman in either chamber of Congress.[6]
Chase G. Woodhouse, born in Canada to American parents, entered the House of Representatives in 1945 as the first woman born outside the United States elected to either chamber of Congress. She went to become the first woman in congressional party leadership when elected secretary of the House Democratic Caucus in 1949. Lynn Morley Martin became the first Republican woman elected to a House leadership position as vice chair of the House Republican Conference in 1985.
Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman elected in both chambers of Congress; she first entered the House of Representatives in 1940, before her election into the Senate in 1948.[8]
Representative Vera Buchanan died in 1955, making her the first woman in either chamber of Congress to die in office.[9]
Patsy Mink, an Asian American, entered the House of Representatives in 1965 as the first woman of color in either chamber of Congress.[10][11]
Shirley Chisholm entered the House of Representatives in 1969 as the first African-American woman in either chamber of Congress.[11][12]
In 1969, Representative Charlotte Reid became the first woman to wear pants in the House of Representatives or Senate.[13]
In 1973, Representative Yvonne Brathwaite Burke became the first member of either the House of Representatives or Senate to give birth while in office, and she was the first member of Congress to be granted maternity leave, with the birth of her daughter Autumn.[14][15]
Mary Rose Oakar in 1977 became the first Arab-American woman elected to Congress.
The gym of the 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.[16]
Barbara Vucanovich entered the House of Representatives in 1983 as the first Hispanic or Latina woman in either chamber of Congress.
Apart from single-member House delegations, the first all-woman delegation in either chamber of Congress was from Hawaii, in late 1990—Pat Saiki and Patsy Mink. They were also the first all-woman of color delegation in either chamber.[17] In 2013, New Hampshire became the first state to have an all-woman delegation in both houses of Congress.[17]
Enid Greene Waldholtz entered the House of Representatives in 1995 as the first Mormon woman in that chamber; however, she was the second Mormon woman in Congress, after Senator Paula Hawkins of Florida.[18]
Jo Ann Emerson entered the House of Representatives in 1997 as the first and, so far, only woman (re)elected as neither a Democrat nor a Republican from any state to either chamber of Congress.[19] She won two elections scheduled on November 5, 1996: a special election to fill out the remainder of her husband's term in the 104th Congress, and a general election for a full term in the 105th Congress. Emerson received the Republican nomination for the unexpired term; however, the party slot for the regular election was already filled by another contender. According to Missouri law, she was ineligible to run as a GOP candidate, so she sought reelection and won her first full term as an independent.[20] Emerson was sworn into office as such before rejoining the Republicans a few days later.
Tammy Baldwin, a lesbian, entered the House of Representatives in 1999 as the first openly LGBT woman in either chamber of Congress.[21]
Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, rose through the ranks of her party leadership to be elected House whip in 2002,[22] before being elevated to House floor leader and minority leader the following year;[23] making her both the first woman whip and the first woman floor leader in either chamber of Congress. On January 4, 2007, she became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House.[24][25] On January 3, 2019, Pelosi become the first woman to reclaim the speakership.[25][26]
Mazie Hirono entered the House of Representatives in 2007 as one of the first two Buddhists (alongside Hank Johnson) and first Buddhist woman elected in either chamber of Congress.[27]
In 2011, the House of Representatives got its first women's bathroom near the chamber (Room H-211 of the Capitol building); women in the Senate have had their own restroom off the Senate floor since 1993.[28]
Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War combat veteran, entered the House of Representatives in 2013 as the first woman with a disability in either chamber of Congress.[29]
Tulsi Gabbard entered the House of Representatives in 2013 as the first Hindu person in either chamber of Congress.[30]Kyrsten Sinema also entered the House that same year as the first openly bisexual person in either chamber of Congress.[31]
In the 2018 House elections, there was a wave of firsts elected to the House of Representatives for the 116th Congress. A record-breaking 103 women were elected or reelected to the House, causing many to call it the "Year of the Woman" in a reference to the first such year, the 1992 Senate elections.[32][33][34]Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland became the first Native American women ever elected to either house of Congress.[35]Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib became the first Muslim women elected to either chamber, with Tlaib the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress and Omar the first Somali-American of either sex to be elected.[36]Angie Craig became the first lesbian mother to be elected. 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.[37][38]
Also in 2018, Jacky Rosen became the first sitting female House one-termer to be elected to the Senate.[39]
In 2020, Republican Stephanie Bice was elected to become the first Iranian American, Pakistani American, and first woman of Iranian parentage and Pakistani ancestry in Congress,[40][41] and her fellow Republican, Yvette Herrell, was also elected as the first Native American woman from the party in Congress.[42] Additionally, Republicans Michelle Steel and Young Kim, and Democrat Marilyn Strickland were the first Korean-American women elected.[43] Strickland is also the first Afro-Asian woman elected to the House of Representatives.[44]
Representative Marcy Kaptur, who has served in the House since January 3, 1983, has the longest-serving tenure of any female member in the chamber's history.[46] In 2018, she surpassed the record previously held by Edith Nourse Rogers, who served in the House from 1925 until her death in 1960.[47] She went on to surpass the record previously held by Barbara Mikulski, who served in the House and Senate for a combined 40 years, thus making her the longest-serving woman in congressional history.[48]
Pat Saiki (born 1930) is currently the oldest living former female member of the House. Yvonne Brathwaite Burke is the former member having survived longest since her first election (1973).
Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck of Illinois, the third woman ever elected to Congress, became the first woman followed into national office due to family connections. She succeeded her father into the House in the wake of his death in 1921; Huck won a special election to fill out the remainder of his term, but lost a primary election for renomination in her own right, so she served just 14 weeks.[49][50] In 1990, Rep. Susan Molinari become the first woman elected to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of her father rather than his death.[51]
Mae Nolan of California becomes the first woman elected to Congress to fill the vacant seat caused by the death of her husband in 1922, which is sometimes known as the widow's succession.[50][52] In the early years of women in Congress, such a seat was usually held only until the next general election, and the women retired after that single Congress, thereby becoming a placeholders to finishing elected terms of their husbands.[52] As the years progressed, however, more and more of these widow successors sought reelection. These women began to win their own elections, with Florence Prag Kahn of California becoming the first woman to do it. After entering the House of Representatives in 1925 to replace her late husband, she established herself as an effective legislator in her own right and would go on to win reelection five more times.[52][53] Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan succeeded her living spouse after his retirement, becoming the first woman to do it.[54]
To date, 45women have directly succeeded their late husbands in Congress, with 38of them seated in the House and eight in the Senate.[49] The only current example is Representative Doris Matsui of California.[lower-alpha 2] One of the most prominent examples was Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, who served a total of 32 years in both the House and the Senate and been the first woman to do so. 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 GOP Senate leadership (in the third-highest post of Chairwoman of the Senate Republican Conference).
Frances P. Bolton of Ohio became the first woman overlapping a tenure with her child in either chamber of Congress. She served alongside her son in the House of Representatives from 1953 to 1957 and again from 1963 to 1965; making them the first mother-son team ever to be simultaneously elected.[49][55]
In 1965, Elizabeth Kee of West Virginia became the first woman who directly preceded her own child in any chamber of Congress; event occurred after she stepped down from the House and her son was elected to a vacant seat.[56] Congresswomen Loretta and Linda Sánchez, both of California, served along each other from 2003 to 2017; making them the first pair of sisters elected to either chamber.[49][57]
Number of women
Number of women in the United States House of Representatives and Senate by Congress
Women U.S. representatives of the 113th CongressA map showing the U.S. House of Representatives districts held by female and male representatives on November 30, 2023 (the last time at which the House had no vacancies)
Male Representative
Female Representative
Pie chart showing the number of female and male U.S. representatives as of November 30, 2023 (the last time at which the House had no vacancies).
Male Representative
Female Representative
The number of women who sought and won election to Congress in each election cycle from 1974 to 2018.
Number of women in the United States Congress (1917–present):[60][61]
Congress
Years
in Congress
%
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
104
19.2%
114th
2015–2017
109
20.1%
115th
2017–2019
116
21.4%
116th
2019–2021
131
24.2%
117th
2021–2023
152
28.1%
118th
2023–2025
155
28.7%
Number of women in the United States House of Representatives by party
Notes: "% 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 Congress
Congress
Years
Women total
Republicans
% of women
% of party
Democrats
% 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
56
17
30.4%
7.5%
39
69.6%
18.8%
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
101
13
12.9%
6.5%
88
87.1%
37.4%
117th
2021–2023
126
33
26.2%
14.6%
93
73.8%
41.2%
118th
2023–2025
126
33
26.2%
14.9%
93
73.8%
42.9%
Percentage of women by party and year
Showing the data tabulated above (as of the 117th Congress) as a graph.
List of female members
This is a complete list of women who have served as U.S. representatives or delegates of the United States House of Representatives. 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.
Female members whose service began between 1917 and 1932
Retired to run successfully for the 1948 United States Senate election in Maine, thus becoming the first woman to serve in both houses of the United States Congress, and the first woman to represent Maine in either.
Retired to run successfully for the 2012 United States Senate election in Wisconsin, thus becoming the first openly LGBT person to serve in both houses of the United States Congress, and the first woman to represent Wisconsin in either.[66]
There have been 12women who gave birth while serving in the House at least once during their tenure.[49] Two women gave birth multiple times, each giving birth three times while in office, and one woman gave birth twice while serving in each chamber of Congress.
Gave birth to a daughter, Abigail.[90] Duckworth later gave birth as a sitting United States senator, thus becoming the first woman to give birth in office while serving in each chamber of Congress.[91]
1 2 Farrington elected as a non-voting delegate representing Territory of Hawaii before its admission to the Union as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959; Mink became, in 1965, Hawaii's first female Representative after statehood
↑ First woman incumbent defeated in a general election First woman to preside over the House First woman to defeat an incumbent congressman Formerly the oldest woman elected to Congress (at age 67)
1 2 Tallest-statured women in Congress, at 6 feet (1.83m)[73][74]
↑ First openly LGBT woman of color elected First openly LGBT Native American elected One of the first two Native American women (alongside Deb Haaland) elected
↑ First Native Catholic woman elected One of the first two Native American women (alongside Sharice Davids) elected
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