Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway was an American politician who became the first woman elected to serve a full term as a United States Senator. Caraway represented Arkansas. She was the first woman to preside over the Senate. She won reelection to a full term in 1932 with the active support of fellow Senator Huey Long,of neighboring Louisiana.
David Hampton Pryor is an American politician and former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as the 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 and was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1960 to 1966. He served as the interim chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party,following Bill Gwatney's assassination.
James Henderson Berry was a United States Senator and served as the 14th governor of Arkansas.
Joseph Taylor Robinson,also known as Joe T. Robinson,was an American politician from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1937,serving for four years as Senate Majority Leader and ten as Minority Leader. He previously served as the state’s 23rd governor,and was also the Democratic vice presidential nominee in the 1928 presidential election.
Blanche Lambert Lincoln is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,she was first elected to the Senate in 1998;she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hattie Caraway in 1932 and youngest woman ever elected to the Senate at age 38. She previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives,representing Arkansas's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1997.
Young Timothy Hutchinson is an American Republican politician,lobbyist,and former United States senator from the state of Arkansas.
This article covers the history of women in the United States Senate and various milestones achieved by female senators. It includes a list of all women who have served in the Senate,a list of current female senators,and a list of states represented by women in the Senate. The first female U.S. senator,Rebecca Latimer Felton,represented Georgia for a single day in 1922,and the first woman elected to the Senate,Hattie Caraway,was elected from Arkansas in 1932. Fifty-nine women have served in the upper house of the United States Congress since its establishment in 1789. As of January 3,2023,there are 25 women serving as U.S. senators.
Jane Gray Nelson (born October 5,1951) is an American businesswoman and former educator who serves as the Secretary of State of Texas since 2023. She was a Texas state senator who represented Texas Senate District 12. She was elected to the Senate in 1992 after serving two two-year terms (1988–1992) on the Texas State Board of Education. In 2023,Governor Greg Abbott appointed Nelson to succeed John B. Scott as Secretary of State. She was sworn in to that office on Saturday,January 7.
Jane Marie Cordy is a Canadian Senator representing Nova Scotia and former teacher and administrator. As of 2023,she is the longest-serving member of the Senate.
Alberta Darling is an American educator,politician and former member of the Wisconsin State Senate. She represented Wisconsin's 8th State Senate district from 1993 through 2022 as a Republican. Her constituency included many of the municipalities directly north and northwest of Milwaukee and part of the city of Milwaukee. She also served three years in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Before entering public office,she was a teacher and marketing director.
The Arkansas State Senate is the upper branch of the Arkansas General Assembly. The Senate consists of 35 members,each representing a district with about 83,000 people. Service in the state legislature is part-time,and many state senators have full-time jobs during the rest of the year. During the current term,the Senate contains twenty-nine Republicans and six Democrats.
Mattie Hunter is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate,representing the 3rd district since 2003. She is the Senate secretary for the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus and the Senate majority caucus whip. Hunter is also the 20th Ward Democratic Committeewoman.
Lillie Louise Lucas is an American politician serving as a Virginia state senator,representing the 18th District in the southeast of the state since 1992. Democrats won a majority of seats in the 2019 Virginia Senate election,so Lucas succeeded Republican Stephen Newman as the Virginia Senate's President pro tempore. She is the first woman and first African American to hold that office.
Ann H. Rest is an American politician and President pro tempore of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represents District 45,which includes portions of the western suburbs of Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metro area.
The General Assembly of Arkansas is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The legislature is a bicameral body composed of the upper house Arkansas Senate with 35 members,and the lower Arkansas House of Representatives with 100 members. All 135 representatives and state senators represent an equal number of constituent districts.
Joyce Ann Elliott is an American politician from the state of Arkansas. Since 2009,she has been a member of the Arkansas Senate representing the 31st district,which consists of portions of Little Rock and Pulaski County. She was previously a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives,serving from 2001 to 2007. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Keith M. Ingram is an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party,Ingram represents the 24th district in the Arkansas Senate,of which he is the Minority Leader. Ingram's district includes Crittenden County and parts of Cross,Lee,Phillips and St. Francis counties in eastern Arkansas.
The 2022 Arkansas gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Arkansas. Incumbent Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term. Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders,daughter of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee,defeated Democrat Chris Jones to become the first woman ever elected to the office,and was sworn in on January 10,2023.
Bill Sample was a state legislator in Arkansas.
Doris Lenea Pryor is an American lawyer who is serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. She served as a United States magistrate judge for the Southern District of Indiana from 2018 to 2022.
