Women in the United States House of Representatives

Women have served in the United States House of Representatives since the 1917 entrance of Jeannette Rankin from Montana, a Republican. In total, 347 women have been U.S. representatives and seven more women have been non-voting delegates. As of June 14, 2021, there were 119 women in the U.S. House of Representatives (not counting four female non-voting delegates), making women 27.4% of the total.^[1] Of the 354 women who have served in the House, 232 have been Democrats (including four from U.S. territories or the District of Columbia) and 122 have been Republicans (including three from U.S. territories, including pre-statehood Hawaii). One woman has been Speaker of the House, Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California.

Women have been elected to the House of Representatives from 46 of the 50 states. The states that have not elected a woman to the 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 House of Representatives is the Northern Mariana Islands. California has elected more women to Congress than any other state, with 47 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, though one was reelected as an Independent.

Firsts[]

Sometimes called the "Lady of the House", Jeannette Rankin entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 1917 as the first woman in Congress.

Alice M. Robertson became the first woman to preside over the House in 1921. She was also the first woman elected from a Southern state (Oklahoma) and the first woman to defeat an incumbent congressman.

Nancy Pelosi, 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (2007–2011, 2019–), the only woman to hold the position.

Jeannette Rankin entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 1917 as the first woman in either chamber of Congress.^[2]

Mae Nolan was the first Catholic woman elected to Congress, in 1923.^[3] 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.^[4]

Florence Prag Kahn also entered the House of Representatives in 1925 as the first Jewish and thus non-Christian woman in either chamber of Congress.^[5]

Chase G. Woodhouse, born in British Columbia to American parents, entered the House in 1945 to become the first woman born outside the United States elected to either chamber. As of 2021, she has been the only woman elected to Congress whose birth country is Canada.

U.S. Representative Vera Buchanan died in 1955, making her the first woman in either chamber to die in office.^[6]

Patsy Mink, an Asian American, entered the House of Representatives in 1965 as the first woman of color in either chamber of Congress.^[7]^[8]

In 1969, U.S. Representative Charlotte Reid became the first woman to wear pants in the U.S. House of Representatives or Senate.^[9]

Shirley Chisholm entered the House of Representatives in 1969 as the first African-American woman in either chamber of Congress.^[10]

In 1973, U.S. 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 person to be granted maternity leave by the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, with the birth of her daughter Autumn.^[11]^[12]

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.^[13]

Barbara Vucanovich entered the House of Representatives in 1983 as the first Hispanic woman or Latina in either chamber of Congress.

In late 1990, Hawaii became the first state with a House delegation of all women of color, Patsy Mink and Pat Saiki.

Jo Ann Emerson made history for 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.^[14] Initially, she was specially elected as a Republican late in the 104th Congress following the death of her husband. However, due to Missouri law, Emerson was unable to run as a Republican in the regular election, so she sought reelection as an independent and won her first full term in the 1996 election. Emerson was sworn in to her second and full term as an independent in the 105th Congress and rejoined the Republicans a few days later.

Tammy Baldwin entered the House of Representatives in 1999 as the first openly gay woman in either chamber of Congress.^[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 House of Representatives as the first female Buddhist in either chamber of Congress.

In 2011, the 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 House of Representatives in 2013 as the first Hindu person in either chamber of Congress.^[19]^[20]

Also in 2013, Kyrsten Sinema entered the House of Representatives as the first openly bisexual woman in either chamber of Congress.^[21]

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 were elected or reelected into the United States House of Representatives, causing many to call it the "Year of the Woman".^[22] 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 sex to be elected. Angie Craig became the first lesbian mother to be elected. Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland became the first Native American women elected to the federal House of Representatives. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also became the youngest woman ever elected.^[23]

In 2020, Republican Stephanie Bice was elected to become the first Iranian American and first woman of Iranian parentage in Congress,^[24] and her fellow Republican, Yvette Herrell, was also elected as the Grand Old Party's first Native woman in Congress.^[25] Additional Republicans Michelle Steel and Young Kim, and Democrat Marilyn Strickland were the first Korean-American women elected.^[26] Strickland is also the first Afro-Asian woman elected to the House of Representatives.^[27]

List of states represented by women[]

State	Current members	Previous members	Total	First female member	Political party of first female member	Years with female members
Alabama	1	2	3	Elizabeth B. Andrews	Democratic	1972–1973, 2011–present
Alaska	0	0	0
Arizona	2	5	7	Isabella Greenway	Democratic	1933–1937, 1993–1995, 2007–present
Arkansas	0	4	4	Pearl Oldfield	Democratic	1929–1933, 1961–1963, 1993–1997
California	19	25	44	Mae Nolan	Republican	1923–1937, 1945–1951, 1973–1979, 1981–present
Colorado	2	3	5	Pat Schroeder	Democratic	1973–present
Connecticut	2	6	8	Claire Boothe Luce	Republican	1943–1947, 1949–1951, 1971–1975, 1982–present
Delaware	1	0	1	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Democratic	2017–present
Florida	7	13	20	Ruth Owen	Democratic	1929–1933, 1989–present
Georgia	4	5	9	Florence Gibbs	Democratic	1940–1941, 1946–1947, 1955–1963, 1993–2007, 2017–present
Hawaii	0	6	6	Elizabeth P. Farrington^[a]	Republican	1954–1957, 1965–1977, 1987–2002, 2007–2021
Idaho	0	2	2	Gracie Pfost	Democratic	1953–1963, 1995–2001
Illinois	5	13	18	Winnifred Huck	Republican	1922–1923, 1929–1931, 1939–1947, 1951–1971, 1973–1997, 1999–present
Indiana	2	6	8	Virginia E. Jenckes	Democratic	1933–1939, 1949–1959, 1982–1985, 1989–1995, 1997–2007, 2013–present
Iowa	3	1	4	Cindy Axne & Abby Finkenauer	Democratic	2019–present
Kansas	1	5	6	Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy	Democratic	1933–1935, 1975–1979, 1985–1997, 2007–present
Kentucky	0	2	2	Katherine G. Langley	Republican	1927–1931, 1997–2007
Louisiana	1	2	3	Lindy Boggs	Democratic	1973–1991, 2021–present
Maine	1	2	3	Margaret Chase Smith	Republican	1940–1949, 1979–1995, 2009–present
Maryland	0	8	8	Katharine Byron	Democratic	1941–1943, 1973–2003, 2008–2017
Massachusetts	3	4	7	Edith Rogers	Republican	1925–1960, 1967–1983, 2007–present
Michigan	6	7	13	Ruth Thompson	Republican	1951–1974, 1995–present
Minnesota	4	2	6	Coya Knutson	Democratic–Farmer–Labor	1955–1959, 2001–present
Mississippi	0	0	0
Missouri	2	5	7	Leonor Sullivan	Democratic	1953–1977, 1991–present
Montana	0	1	1	Jeannette Rankin	Republican	1917–1919, 1941–1943
Nebraska	0	1	1	Virginia D. Smith	Republican	1975–1991
Nevada	2	3	5	Barbara Vucanovich	Republican	1983–1997, 1999–present
New Hampshire	1	1	2	Carol Shea-Porter	Democratic	2007–2011, 2013–present
New Jersey	2	5	7	Mary Norton	Democratic	1925–1951, 1957–1973, 1975–2003, 2015–present
New Mexico	3	5	8	Georgia Lusk	Democratic	1947–1949, 1998–2009, 2013–present
New York	9	21	30	Ruth Pratt	Republican	1929–1945, 1947–1983, 1987–present
North Carolina	4	4	8	Eliza Pratt	Democratic	1946–1947, 1992–present
North Dakota	0	0	0
Ohio	1	9	10	Frances P. Bolton	Republican	1940–1969, 1977–present
Oklahoma	1	3	4	Alice Robertson	Republican	1921–1923, 2007–2011, 2019–present
Oregon	1	3	4	Nan Honeyman	Democratic	1937–1939, 1955–1974, 1993–2009, 2012–present
Pennsylvania	4	6	10	Veronica Boland	Democratic	1942–1943, 1951–1963, 1993–1995, 2001–2015, 2018–present
Rhode Island	0	1	1	Claudine Schneider	Republican	1981–1991
South Carolina	1	5	6	Elizabeth Gasque	Democratic	1938–1941, 1944–1945, 1962–1963, 1987–1993, 2021–present
South Dakota	0	2	2	Stephanie Sandlin	Democratic	2004–2019
Tennessee	1	6	7	Willa Eslick	Democratic	1932–1933, 1961–1965, 1975–1995, 2003–2019, 2021–present
Texas	7	3	10	Lera Thomas	Democratic	1966–1967, 1973–1979, 1993–present
Utah	0	4	4	Reva Bosone	Democratic	1949–1953, 1993–1997, 2015–2019
Vermont	0	0	0
Virginia	3	4	7	Leslie L. Byrne	Democratic	1993–1995, 2001–2009, 2015–present
Washington	6	5	11	Catherine May	Republican	1959–1974, 1989–present
West Virginia	1	2	3	Elizabeth Kee	Democratic	1951–1965, 2001–2015, 2019–present
Wisconsin	1	1	2	Tammy Baldwin	Democratic	1999–present
Wyoming	1	2	3	Barbara Cubin	Republican	1995–present

Widow's succession[]

Mae 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 reelection. These women began to win their own elections.

39 widows have won their husbands' seats in the House, and eight have won their husbands' seats 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 women[]

Number of women in the United States House of Representatives and Senate by Congress[]

Women U.S. representatives of the 113th Congress

A gradient map showing the current numbers of each gender in the US House of Representatives by state. (Last updated: January 10, 2021)

Only male representatives

Even male/female split

Only female representatives

The number of women who sought and won election to Congress in each election cycle from 1974 to 2018.^[28] ^[29]

Number of women in the United States Congress (1917–2023):^[30]^[31]

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	147	27.2%

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	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	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	121	31	25.6%	14.2%	90	74.4%	40.1%

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[]

Name (lifespan)	Party	District	Term start	Term end	Reason(s) for leaving
Jeannette Rankin (1880–1973) ^[b]	Republican	Montana at-large	March 4, 1917	March 3, 1919	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the 1918 United States Senate election in Montana
Jeannette Rankin (1880–1973) ^[b]	Republican	Montana's 1st	January 3, 1941	January 3, 1943	Retired
Alice Robertson (1854–1931) ^[c]	Republican	Oklahoma's 2nd	March 4, 1921	March 3, 1923	Lost reelection
Winnifred Huck (1882–1936) ^[d]	Republican	Illinois at-large	November 7, 1922	March 3, 1923	Lost renomination
Mae Nolan (1886–1973) ^[e]	Republican	California's 5th	January 23, 1923	March 3, 1925	Retired
Florence Kahn (1866–1948) ^[f]	Republican	California's 4th	March 4, 1925	January 3, 1937	Lost reelection
Mary Norton (1875–1959) ^[g]	Democratic	New Jersey's 12th & 13th	March 4, 1925	January 3, 1951	Retired
Edith Rogers (1881–1960) ^[h]	Republican	Massachusetts's 5th	June 30, 1925	September 10, 1960	Died in office
Katherine G. Langley (1888–1948) ^[i]	Republican	Kentucky's 7th	March 4, 1927	March 3, 1931	Retired
Pearl Oldfield (1876–1962) ^[j]	Democratic	Arkansas's 2nd	January 9, 1929	March 3, 1931	Retired
Ruth McCormick (1880–1944) ^[k]	Republican	Illinois at-large	March 4, 1929	March 3, 1931	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 1930 United States Senate election in Illinois
Ruth Owen (1885–1954) ^[l]	Democratic	Florida's 4th	March 4, 1929	March 3, 1933	Lost renomination^[m]
Ruth Pratt (1877–1965)	Republican	New York's 17th	March 4, 1929	March 3, 1933	Lost reelection
Effiegene Wingo (1883–1962) ^[n]	Democratic	Arkansas's 4th	November 4, 1930	March 3, 1933	Retired
Willa Eslick (1878–1961) ^[o]	Democratic	Tennessee's 7th	August 14, 1932	March 3, 1933	Not eligible for reelection having not qualified for nomination

Female members whose service began between 1933 and 1942[]

Name (lifespan)	Party	District	Term start	Term end	Reason(s) for leaving
Virginia E. Jenckes (1877–1975)	Democratic	Indiana's 6th	March 4, 1933	January 3, 1939	Lost reelection
Kathryn O'Loughlin-McCarthy (1894–1952)	Democratic	Kansas's 6th	March 4, 1933	January 3, 1935	Lost reelection
Isabella Greenway (1886–1953)	Democratic	Arizona at-large	October 2, 1933	January 3, 1937	Retired
Marian W. Clarke (1880–1953) ^[p]	Republican	New York's 34th	December 28, 1933	January 3, 1935	Retired
Caroline O'Day (1869–1943)	Democratic	New York at-large	January 3, 1935	January 3, 1943	Retired
Nan Honeyman (1881–1970)	Democratic	Oregon's 3rd	January 3, 1937	January 3, 1939	Lost reelection
Elizabeth Gasque (1886–1989) ^[q]	Democratic	South Carolina's 6th	September 13, 1938	January 3, 1939	Retired
Jessie Sumner (1898–1994)	Republican	Illinois's 18th	January 3, 1939	January 3, 1947	Retired
Clara G. McMillan (1894–1976) ^[r]	Democratic	South Carolina's 1st	November 7, 1939	January 3, 1941	Retired
Frances P. Bolton (1885–1977) ^[s]	Republican	Ohio's 22nd	February 27, 1940	January 3, 1969	Lost reelection
Margaret Chase Smith (1897–1995) ^[t]	Republican	Maine's 2nd	June 3, 1940	January 3, 1949	Retired to run successfully for the 1948 United States Senate election in Maine, thus becoming the first woman elected to the United States Senate in a general election without previously being appointed, elected in a special election, or succeeding her husband
Florence Gibbs (1890–1964) ^[u]	Democratic	Georgia's 8th	October 1, 1940	January 3, 1941	Retired
Katharine Byron (1903–1976) ^[v]	Democratic	Maryland's 6th	May 27, 1941	January 3, 1943	Retired
Veronica Boland (1899–1982) ^[w]	Democratic	Pennsylvania's 11th	November 3, 1942	January 3, 1943	Retired

Female members whose service began between 1943 and 1952[]

Name (lifespan)	Party	District	Term start	Term end	Reason(s) for leaving
Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987)	Republican	Connecticut's 4th	January 3, 1943	January 3, 1947	Retired^[x]
Winifred C. Stanley (1909–1996)	Republican	New York at-large	January 3, 1943	January 3, 1945	Retired
Willa L. Fulmer (1884–1968) ^[y]	Democratic	South Carolina's 2nd	November 7, 1944	January 3, 1945	Retired
Emily Douglas (1899–1994)	Democratic	Illinois at-large	January 3, 1945	January 3, 1947	Lost reelection
Helen Gahagan-Douglas (1900–1980)	Democratic	California's 14th	January 3, 1945	January 3, 1951	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 1950 United States Senate election in California
Chase G. Woodhouse (1890–1984) ^[z]	Democratic	Connecticut's 2nd	January 3, 1945	January 3, 1947	Lost reelection
Chase G. Woodhouse (1890–1984) ^[z]	Democratic	Connecticut's 2nd	January 3, 1949	January 3, 1951	Lost reelection
Helen Mankin (1896–1956)	Democratic	Georgia's 5th	February 12, 1946	January 3, 1947	Lost renomination
Eliza Pratt (1902–1981)	Democratic	North Carolina's 8th	May 25, 1946	January 3, 1947	Retired
Georgia Lusk (1893–1971)	Democratic	New Mexico at-large	January 3, 1947	January 3, 1949	Lost renomination
Katharine St. George (1894–1983)	Republican	New York's 29th, 28th, & 27th	January 3, 1947	January 3, 1965	Lost reelection
Reva Bosone (1895–1983)	Democratic	Utah's 2nd	January 3, 1949	January 3, 1953	Lost reelection
Cecil M. Harden (1894–1984)	Republican	Indiana's 6th	January 3, 1949	January 3, 1959	Lost reelection
Edna F. Kelly (1906–1997)	Democratic	New York's 10th & 12th	November 8, 1949	January 3, 1969	Lost renomination
Marguerite S. Church (1892–1990) ^[aa]	Republican	Illinois's 13th	January 3, 1951	January 3, 1963	Retired
Ruth Thompson (1887–1970)	Republican	Michigan's 9th	January 3, 1951	January 3, 1957	Lost renomination
Elizabeth Kee (1895–1975) ^[ab]	Democratic	West Virginia's 5th	July 17, 1951	January 3, 1965	Retired
Vera Buchanan (1902–1955) ^[ac]	Democratic	Pennsylvania's 33rd & 30th	July 24, 1951	October 26, 1955	Died in office

Female members whose service began between 1953 and 1962[]

Name (lifespan)	Party	District	Term start	Term end	Reason(s) for leaving
Gracie Pfost (1906–1965)	Democratic	Idaho's 1st	January 3, 1953	January 3, 1963	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 1962 United States Senate election in Idaho
Leonor Sullivan (1902–1988)	Democratic	Missouri's 3rd	January 3, 1953	January 3, 1977	Retired
Elizabeth P. Farrington (1898–1984) ^[ad]	Republican	Hawaii's at-large	July 31, 1954	January 3, 1957	Lost reelection
Iris Blitch (1912–1993) ^[ae]	Democratic	Georgia's 8th	January 3, 1955	January 3, 1963	Retired
Edith Green (1910–1987)	Democratic	Oregon's 3rd	January 3, 1955	December 31, 1974	Retired
Martha Griffiths (1912–2003)	Democratic	Michigan's 17th	January 3, 1955	December 31, 1974	Retired^[af]
Coya Knutson (1912–1996)	Democratic (DFL)	Minnesota's 9th	January 3, 1955	January 3, 1959	Lost reelection
Kathryn E. Granahan (1894–1979) ^[ag]	Democratic	Pennsylvania's 2nd	November 6, 1956	January 3, 1963	Retired^[ah]
Florence P. Dwyer (1902–1976)	Republican	New Jersey's 6th & 12th	January 3, 1957	January 3, 1973	Retired
Catherine May (1914–2004)	Republican	Washington's 4th	January 3, 1959	January 3, 1971	Lost reelection
Edna O. Simpson (1891–1984) ^[ai]	Republican	Illinois's 20th	January 3, 1959	January 3, 1961	Retired
Jessica M. Weis (1901–1963)	Republican	New York's 38th	January 3, 1959	January 3, 1963	Retired
Julia Hansen (1907–1988)	Democratic	Washington's 3rd	November 8, 1960	December 31, 1974	Retired
Catherine Norrell (1901–1981) ^[aj]	Democratic	Arkansas's 6th	April 19, 1961	January 3, 1963	Retired
Louise Reece (1898–1970) ^[ak]	Republican	Tennessee's 1st	May 16, 1961	January 3, 1963	Retired
Corinne Riley (1893–1979) ^[al]	Democratic	South Carolina's 2nd	April 10, 1962	January 3, 1963	Retired

Female members whose service began between 1963 and 1972[]

Name (lifespan)	Party	District	Term start	Term end	Reason(s) for leaving
Charlotte Reid (1913–2007) ^[am]	Republican	Illinois's 15th	January 3, 1963	October 7, 1971	Resigned to become a member of the Federal Communications Commission
Irene Baker (1901–1994) ^[an]	Republican	Tennessee's 2nd	January 7, 1964	January 3, 1965	Retired
Patsy Mink (1927–2002) ^[ao]	Democratic	Hawaii's at-large & 2nd	January 3, 1965	January 3, 1977	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the 1976 United States Senate election in Hawaii^[ap]
Patsy Mink (1927–2002) ^[ao]	Democratic	Hawaii's 2nd	September 22, 1990	September 28, 2002	Died in office
Lera Thomas (1900–1993) ^[aq]	Democratic	Texas's 8th	March 26, 1966	January 3, 1967	Retired
Margaret Heckler (1931–2018)	Republican	Massachusetts's 10th	January 3, 1967	January 3, 1983	Lost reelection^[ar]
Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005) ^[as]	Democratic	New York's 12th	January 3, 1969	January 3, 1983	Retired
Bella Abzug (1920–1998)	Democratic	New York's 19th & 20th	January 3, 1971	January 3, 1977	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the 1976 United States Senate election in New York
Ella T. Grasso (1919–1981) ^[at]	Democratic	Connecticut's 6th	January 3, 1971	January 3, 1975	Retired to run successfully for Governor of Connecticut
Louise Day Hicks (1916–2003)	Democratic	Massachusetts's 9th	January 3, 1971	January 3, 1973	Lost reelection
Elizabeth B. Andrews (1911–2002)	Democratic	Alabama's 3rd	April 4, 1972	January 3, 1973	Retired^[au]

Female members whose service began between 1973 and 1982[]

Name (lifespan)	Party	District	Term start	Term end	Reason(s) for leaving
Yvonne Burke (born 1932)	Democratic	California's 37th & 28th	January 3, 1973	January 3, 1979	Retired to run unsuccessfully for Attorney General of California
Marjorie Holt (1920–2018)	Republican	Maryland's 4th	January 3, 1973	January 3, 1987	Retired
Elizabeth Holtzman (born 1941)	Democratic	New York's 16th	January 3, 1973	January 3, 1981	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 1980 United States Senate election in New York
Barbara Jordan (1936–1996)	Democratic	Texas's 18th	January 3, 1973	January 3, 1979	Retired
Pat Schroeder (born 1940)	Democratic	Colorado's 1st	January 3, 1973	January 3, 1997	Retired
Lindy Boggs (1916–2013) ^[av]	Democratic	Louisiana's 2nd	March 20, 1973	January 3, 1991	Retired^[aw]
Cardiss Collins (1931–2013) ^[ax]	Democratic	Illinois's 7th	June 5, 1973	January 3, 1997	Retired
Millicent Fenwick (1910–1992) ^[ay]	Republican	New Jersey's 5th	January 3, 1975	January 3, 1983	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 1982 United States Senate election in New Jersey^[az]
Martha Keys (born 1930)	Democratic	Kansas's 2nd	January 3, 1975	January 3, 1979	Lost reelection
Marilyn Lloyd (1929–2018) ^[am]	Democratic	Tennessee's 3rd	January 3, 1975	January 3, 1995	Retired
Virginia D. Smith (1911–2006)	Republican	Nebraska's 3rd	January 3, 1975	January 3, 1991	Retired
Gladys Spellman (1918–1988)	Democratic	Maryland's 5th	January 3, 1975	February 24, 1981	After suffering a debilitating heart attack and slipping into a comatose state, her seat was declared vacant by the House
Helen Stevenson-Meyner (1929–1997)	Democratic	New Jersey's 13th	January 3, 1975	January 3, 1979	Lost reelection
Shirley Pettis (1924–2016) ^[ba]	Republican	California's 37th	April 29, 1975	January 3, 1979	Retired
Barbara Mikulski (born 1936)	Democratic	Maryland's 3rd	January 3, 1977	January 3, 1987	Retired to run successfully for the 1986 United States Senate election in Maryland
Mary Oakar (born 1940) ^[bb]	Democratic	Ohio's 20th	January 3, 1977	January 3, 1993	Lost reelection
Beverly Byron (born 1932) ^[bc]	Democratic	Maryland's 6th	January 3, 1979	January 3, 1993	Lost renomination
Geraldine Ferraro (1935–2011)	Democratic	New York's 9th	January 3, 1979	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^[bd]
Olympia Snowe (born 1947)	Republican	Maine's 2nd	January 3, 1979	January 3, 1995	Retired to run successfully for the 1994 United States Senate election in Maine
Bobbi Fiedler (1937–2019)	Republican	California's 21st	January 3, 1981	January 3, 1987	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the 1986 United States Senate election in California
Lynn Morley-Martin (born 1939)	Republican	Illinois's 16th	January 3, 1981	January 3, 1991	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 1990 United States Senate election in Illinois^[be]
Marge Roukema (1929–2014)	Republican	New Jersey's 7th & 5th	January 3, 1981	January 3, 2003	Retired
Claudine Schneider (born 1947)	Republican	Rhode Island's 2nd	January 3, 1981	January 3, 1991	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 1990 United States Senate election in Rhode Island
Barbara B. Kennelly (born 1936) ^[at]	Democratic	Connecticut's 1st	January 12, 1982	January 3, 1999	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 1998 Connecticut gubernatorial election
Jean Spencer-Ashbrook (born 1934) ^[bf]	Republican	Ohio's 17th	June 29, 1982	January 3, 1983	Retired
Katie Hall (1938–2012)	Democratic	Indiana's 1st	November 2, 1982	January 3, 1985	Lost renomination

Female members whose service began between 1983 and 1992[]

Name (lifespan)	Party	District	Term start	Term end	Reason(s) for leaving
Barbara Boxer (born 1940)	Democratic	California's 6th	January 3, 1983	January 3, 1993	Retired to run successfully for the 1992 United States Senate election in California
Nancy Johnson (born 1935)	Republican	Connecticut's 6th & 5th	January 3, 1983	January 3, 2007	Lost reelection
Marcy Kaptur (born 1946)	Democratic	Ohio's 9th	January 3, 1983	Present
Barbara Vucanovich (1921–2013) ^[bg]	Republican	Nevada's 2nd	January 3, 1983	January 3, 1997	Retired
Sala Burton (1925–1987) ^[bh]	Democratic	California's 5th	June 21, 1983	February 1, 1987	Died in office
Helen Delich-Bentley (1923–2016)	Republican	Maryland's 2nd	January 3, 1985	January 3, 1995	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the 1994 Maryland gubernatorial election
Jan Meyers (1928–2019)	Republican	Kansas's 3rd	January 3, 1985	January 3, 1997	Retired
Catherine Small-Long (1924–2019) ^[bi]	Democratic	Louisiana's 8th	March 30, 1985	January 3, 1987	Retired
Connie Morella (born 1931)	Republican	Maryland's 8th	January 3, 1987	January 3, 2003	Lost reelection^[bj]
Liz J. Patterson (1939–2018) ^[bk]	Democratic	South Carolina's 4th	January 3, 1987	January 3, 1993	Lost reelection
Pat Saiki (born 1930)	Republican	Hawaii's 1st	January 3, 1987	January 3, 1991	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 1990 United States Senate special election in Hawaii^[bl]
Louise Slaughter (1929–2018)	Democratic	New York's 30th, 28th, & 25th	January 3, 1987	March 16, 2018	Died in office
Nancy Pelosi (born 1940) ^[bm]	Democratic	California's 5th, 8th, & 12th	June 2, 1987	Present
Nita Lowey (born 1937)	Democratic	New York's 20th, 18th, & 17th	January 3, 1989	January 3, 2021	Retired
Jolene Unsoeld (born 1931)	Democratic	Washington's 3rd	January 3, 1989	January 3, 1995	Lost reelection
Jill Long-Thompson (born 1952)	Democratic	Indiana's 4th	March 20, 1989	January 3, 1995	Lost reelection
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (born 1952)	Republican	Florida's 18th & 27th	August 29, 1989	January 3, 2019	Retired
Susan Molinari (born 1958) ^[bn]	Republican	New York's 14th&\|New York's 13th	March 20, 1990	August 2, 1997	Resigned to become co-host of CBS This Morning
Barbara-Rose Collins (born 1939)	Democratic	Michigan's 13th & 15th	January 3, 1991	January 3, 1997	Lost renomination
Rosa DeLauro (born 1943)	Democratic	Connecticut's 3rd	January 3, 1991	Present
Eleanor Holmes-Norton (born 1937)	Democratic	DC at-large	January 3, 1991	Present
Joan Horn (born 1936)	Democratic	Missouri's 2nd	January 3, 1991	January 3, 1993	Lost reelection
Maxine Waters (born 1938)	Democratic	California's 29th, 35th, & 43rd	January 3, 1991	Present
Eva M. Clayton (born 1934)	Democratic	North Carolina's 1st	November 3, 1992	January 3, 2001	Retired

Female members whose service began between 1993 and 2002[]

Name (lifespan)	Party	District	Term start	Term end	Reason(s) for leaving
Corrine Brown (born 1946)	Democratic	Florida's 3rd & 5th	January 3, 1993	January 3, 2017	Lost renomination
Leslie L. Byrne (born 1946)	Democratic	Virginia's 11th	January 3, 1993	January 3, 1995	Lost reelection
Maria Cantwell (born 1958)	Democratic	Washington's 1st	January 3, 1993	January 3, 1995	Lost reelection^[bo]
Pat Danner (born 1934)	Democratic	Missouri's 6th	January 3, 1993	January 3, 2001	Retired
Jennifer Dunn (1941–2007)	Republican	Washington's 8th	January 3, 1993	January 3, 2005	Retired
Karan English (born 1949)	Democratic	Arizona's 6th	January 3, 1993	January 3, 1995	Lost reelection
Anna Eshoo (born 1942)	Democratic	California's 14th & 18th	January 3, 1993	Present
Tillie K. Fowler (1942–2005)	Republican	Florida's 4th	January 3, 1993	January 3, 2001	Retired
Elizabeth Furse (1936–2021)	Democratic	Oregon's 1st	January 3, 1993	January 3, 1999	Retired
Jane Harman (born 1945)	Democratic	California's 36th	January 3, 1993	January 3, 1999	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the 1998 California gubernatorial election
Jane Harman (born 1945)	Democratic	California's 36th	January 3, 2001	February 28, 2011	Resigned to become the Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Eddie Johnson (born 1936)	Democratic	Texas's 30th	January 3, 1993	Present
Blanche Lincoln (born 1960)	Democratic	Arkansas's 1st	January 3, 1993	January 3, 1997	Retired^[bp]
Carolyn Maloney (born 1946)	Democratic	New York's 14th & 12th	January 3, 1993	Present
Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (born 1942)	Democratic	Pennsylvania's 13th	January 3, 1993	January 3, 1995	Lost reelection
Cynthia McKinney (born 1955)	Democratic	Georgia's 11th & 4th	January 3, 1993	January 3, 2003	Lost renomination
Cynthia McKinney (born 1955)	Democratic	Georgia's 4th	January 3, 2005	January 3, 2007	Lost renomination^[bq]
Carrie P. Meek (born 1926)	Democratic	Florida's 17th	January 3, 1993	January 3, 2003	Retired
Deborah Pryce (born 1951)	Republican	Ohio's 15th	January 3, 1993	January 3, 2009	Retired
Lucille Roybal-Allard (born 1941) ^[br]	Democratic	California's 33rd, 34th, & 40th	January 3, 1993	Present
Lynn Schenk (born 1945)	Democratic	California's 49th	January 3, 1993	January 3, 1995	Lost reelection
Karen Shepherd (born 1940)	Democratic	Utah's 2nd	January 3, 1993	January 3, 1995	Lost reelection
Karen Thurman (born 1951)	Democratic	Florida's 5th	January 3, 1993	January 3, 2003	Lost reelection
Nydia Velázquez (born 1953)	Democratic	New York's 12th & 7th	January 3, 1993	Present
Lynn Woolsey (born 1937)	Democratic	California's 6th	January 3, 1993	January 3, 2013	Retired
Helen Chenoweth (1938–2006)	Republican	Idaho's 1st	January 3, 1995	January 3, 2001	Retired
Barbara Cubin (born 1946)	Republican	Wyoming's at-large	January 3, 1995	January 3, 2009	Retired
Sheila Jackson-Lee (born 1950)	Democratic	Texas's 18th	January 3, 1995	Present
Sue Kelly (born 1936)	Republican	New York's 19th	January 3, 1995	January 3, 2007	Lost reelection
Zoe Lofgren (born 1947)	Democratic	California's 16th & 19th	January 3, 1995	Present
Karen McCarthy (1947–2010)	Democratic	Missouri's 5th	January 3, 1995	January 3, 2005	Retired
Sue Myrick (born 1941)	Republican	North Carolina's 9th	January 3, 1995	January 3, 2013	Retired
Lynn N. Rivers (born 1956)	Democratic	Michigan's 13th	January 3, 1995	January 3, 2003	Lost renomination
Andrea Seastrand (born 1941)	Republican	California's 22nd	January 3, 1995	January 3, 1997	Lost reelection
Linda Smith (born 1950)	Republican	Washington's 3rd	January 3, 1995	January 3, 1999	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 1998 United States Senate election in Washington
Enid Greene Waldholtz (born 1958)	Republican	Utah's 2nd	January 3, 1995	January 3, 1997	Retired
Juanita Millender-McDonald (1938–2007)	Democratic	California's 37th	March 26, 1996	April 22, 2007	Died in office
Jo Ann Emerson (born 1950) ^[bs]	Republican	Missouri's 8th	November 5, 1996	January 3, 1997	Retook seat as an independent, having been reelected under that designation
	Independent		January 3, 1997	January 8, 1997	Changed party back to Republican
	Republican		January 8, 1997	January 22, 2013	Resigned to become the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Julia Carson (1938–2007) ^[bt]	Democratic	Indiana's 10th & 7th	January 3, 1997	December 15, 2007	Died in office
Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick (born 1945)	Democratic	Michigan's 15th & 13th	January 3, 1997	January 3, 2011	Lost renomination
Donna Christian-Christensen (born 1945)	Democratic	U.S. Virgin Island's at-large	January 3, 1997	January 3, 2015	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 2014 United States Virgin Islands gubernatorial election
Diana DeGette (born 1957)	Democratic	Colorado's 1st	January 3, 1997	Present
Kay Granger (born 1943)	Republican	Texas's 12th	January 3, 1997	Present
Darlene Hooley (born 1939)	Democratic	Oregon's 5th	January 3, 1997	January 3, 2009	Retired
Carolyn McCarthy (born 1944)	Democratic	New York's 4th	January 3, 1997	January 3, 2015	Retired
Anne Northup (born 1948)	Republican	Kentucky's 3rd	January 3, 1997	January 3, 2007	Lost reelection
Loretta Sánchez (born 1960) ^[bu]	Democratic	California's 46th, 47th, & 46th	January 3, 1997	January 3, 2017	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 2016 United States Senate election in California
Debbie Stabenow (born 1950)	Democratic	Michigan's 8th	January 3, 1997	January 3, 2001	Retired to run successfully for the 2000 United States Senate election in Michigan
Ellen Tauscher (1951–2019)	Democratic	California's 10th	January 3, 1997	June 26, 2009	Resigned to become Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
Lois Capps (born 1938) ^[bv]	Democratic	California's 22nd, 23rd, & 24th	March 10, 1998	January 3, 2017	Retired
Mary Bono (born 1961) ^[bw]	Republican	California's 44th & 45th	April 7, 1998	January 3, 2013	Lost reelection
Barbara Lee (born 1946)	Democratic	California's 9th & 13th	April 7, 1998	Present
Heather Wilson (born 1960)	Republican	New Mexico's 1st	June 25, 1998	January 3, 2009	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the 2008 United States Senate election in New Mexico^[bx]
Tammy Baldwin (born 1962) ^[by]	Democratic	Wisconsin's 2nd	January 3, 1999	January 3, 2013	Retired to run successfully for the 2012 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
Shelley Berkley (born 1951)	Democratic	Nevada's 1st	January 3, 1999	January 3, 2013	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 2012 United States Senate election in Nevada
Judy Biggert (born 1937)	Republican	Illinois's 13th	January 3, 1999	January 3, 2013	Lost reelection
Grace Napolitano (born 1936)	Democratic	California's 34th, 38th, & 32nd	January 3, 1999	Present
Jan Schakowsky (born 1944)	Democratic	Illinois's 9th	January 3, 1999	Present
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (1949–2008)	Democratic	Ohio's 11th	January 3, 1999	August 20, 2008	Died in office
Shelley Moore Capito (born 1953)	Republican	West Virginia's 2nd	January 3, 2001	January 3, 2015	Retired to run successfully for the 2014 United States Senate election in West Virginia
Jo Ann Davis (1950–2007)	Republican	Virginia's 1st	January 3, 2001	October 6, 2007	Died in office
Susan Davis (born 1944)	Democratic	California's 49th & 53rd	January 3, 2001	January 3, 2021	Retired
Melissa Hart (born 1962)	Republican	Pennsylvania's 4th	January 3, 2001	January 3, 2007	Lost reelection
Betty McCollum (born 1954)	Democratic (DFL)	Minnesota's 4th	January 3, 2001	Present
Hilda Solis (born 1957)	Democratic	California's 31st & 32nd	January 3, 2001	February 24, 2009	Resigned to become United States Secretary of Labor
Diane Watson (born 1933) ^[bz]	Democratic	California's 32nd & 33rd	June 5, 2001	January 3, 2011	Retired

Female members whose service began between 2003 and 2012[]

Name (lifespan)	Party	District	Term start	Term end	Reason(s) for leaving
Marsha Blackburn (born 1952)	Republican	Tennessee's 7th	January 3, 2003	January 3, 2019	Retired to run successfully for the 2018 United States Senate election in Tennessee
Madeleine Bordallo (born 1933) ^[ca]	Democratic	Guam's at-large	January 3, 2003	January 3, 2019	Lost renomination
Ginny Brown-Waite (born 1943)	Republican	Florida's 5th	January 3, 2003	January 3, 2011	Retired
Katherine Harris (born 1957) ^[cb]	Republican	Florida's 13th	January 3, 2003	January 3, 2007	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 2006 United States Senate election in Florida
Denise Majette (born 1955)	Democratic	Georgia's 4th	January 3, 2003	January 3, 2005	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 2004 United States Senate election in Georgia
Candice Miller (born 1954) ^[cc]	Republican	Michigan's 10th	January 3, 2003	January 3, 2017	Retired to run successfully for Public Works Commissioner of Macomb County
Marilyn Musgrave (born 1949)	Republican	Colorado's 4th	January 3, 2003	January 3, 2009	Lost reelection
Linda Sánchez (born 1969) ^[cd]	Democratic	California's 39th & 38th	January 3, 2003	present
Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin (born 1970)	Democratic	South Dakota's at-large	June 1, 2004	January 3, 2011	Lost reelection
Melissa Bean (born 1962)	Democratic	Illinois's 8th	January 3, 2005	January 3, 2011	Lost reelection
Thelma Drake (born 1949)	Republican	Virginia's 2nd	January 3, 2005	January 3, 2009	Lost reelection
Virginia Foxx (born 1944)	Republican	North Carolina's 5th	January 3, 2005	present
Cathy McMorris-Rodgers (born 1969)	Republican	Washington's 5th	January 3, 2005	present
Gwen Moore (born 1951)	Democratic	Wisconsin's 4th	January 3, 2005	present
Allyson Schwartz (born 1948)	Democratic	Pennsylvania's 13th	January 3, 2005	January 3, 2015	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the 2014 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (born 1966)	Democratic	Florida's 20th & 23rd	January 3, 2005	present
Doris Matsui (born 1944) ^[ce]	Democratic	California's 5th & 6th	March 3, 2005	present
Jean Schmidt (born 1951)	Republican	Ohio's 2nd	September 6, 2005	January 3, 2013	Lost renomination
Shelley Sekula-Gibbs (born 1953)	Republican	Texas's 22nd	November 13, 2006	January 3, 2007	Lost election to full term
Michele Bachmann (born 1956)	Republican	Minnesota's 6th	January 3, 2007	January 3, 2015	Retired
Nancy Boyda (born 1955)	Democratic	Kansas's 2nd	January 3, 2007	January 3, 2009	Lost reelection
Kathy Castor (born 1966)	Democratic	Florida's 11th & 14th	January 3, 2007	present
Yvette Clarke (born 1964)	Democratic	New York's 11th & 9th	January 3, 2007	present
Mary Fallin (born 1954) ^[cf]	Republican	Oklahoma's 5th	January 3, 2007	January 3, 2011	Retired to run successfully for the 2010 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
Gabrielle Giffords (born 1970)	Democratic	Arizona's 8th	January 3, 2007	January 25, 2012	Resigned due to the injuries from being shot in the head at close range during an assassination attempt during the 2011 Tucson shooting
Kirsten Gillibrand (born 1966)	Democratic	New York's 20th	January 3, 2007	January 25, 2009	Resigned after being appointed to the United States Senate^[cg]
Mazie Hirono (born 1947)	Democratic	Hawaii's 2nd	January 3, 2007	January 3, 2013	Retired to run successfully for the 2012 United States Senate election in Hawaii
Carol Shea-Porter (born 1952)	Democratic	New Hampshire's 1st	January 3, 2007	January 3, 2011	Lost reelection
			January 3, 2013	January 3, 2015	Lost reelection
			January 3, 2017	January 3, 2019	Retired
Betty Sutton (born 1963)	Democratic	Ohio's 13th	January 3, 2007	January 3, 2013	Lost reelection
Laura Richardson (born 1962)	Democratic	California's 37th	August 21, 2007	January 3, 2013	Lost reelection
Niki Tsongas (born 1946) ^[ch]	Democratic	Massachusetts's 5th & 3rd	October 16, 2007	January 3, 2019	Retired
Jackie Speier (born 1950)	Democratic	California's 12th & 14th	April 8, 2008	present
Donna Edwards (born 1958)	Democratic	Maryland's 4th	June 17, 2008	January 3, 2017	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the 2016 United States Senate election in Maryland
Marcia Fudge (born 1952)	Democratic	Ohio's 11th	November 18, 2008	March 10, 2021	Resigned to become United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Kathy Dahlkemper (born 1957)	Democratic	Pennsylvania's 3rd	January 3, 2009	January 3, 2011	Lost reelection
Debbie Halvorson (born 1958)	Democratic	Illinois's 11th	January 3, 2009	January 3, 2011	Lost reelection
Lynn Jenkins (born 1963) ^[ci]	Republican	Kansas's 2nd	January 3, 2009	January 3, 2019	Retired
Mary Jo Kilroy (born 1949)	Democratic	Ohio's 15th	January 3, 2009	January 3, 2011	Lost reelection
Ann Kirkpatrick (born 1950)	Democratic	Arizona's 1st	January 3, 2009	January 3, 2011	Lost reelection
		Arizona's 1st	January 3, 2013	January 3, 2017	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 2016 United States Senate election in Arizona
		Arizona's 2nd	January 3, 2019	present
Suzanne Kosmas (born 1944)	Democratic	Florida's 24th	January 3, 2009	January 3, 2011	Lost reelection
Cynthia Lummis (born 1954) ^[cj]	Republican	Wyoming's at-large	January 3, 2009	January 3, 2017	Retired^[ck]
Betsy Markey (born 1956)	Democratic	Colorado's 4th	January 3, 2009	January 3, 2011	Lost reelection
Chellie Pingree (born 1955)	Democratic	Maine's 1st	January 3, 2009	present
Dina Titus (born 1950)	Democratic	Nevada's 3rd	January 3, 2009	January 3, 2011	Lost reelection
Dina Titus (born 1950)	Democratic	Nevada's 1st	January 3, 2013	present
Judy Chu (born 1953) ^[cl]	Democratic	California's 32nd & 27th	June 19, 2009	present
Sandy Adams (born 1956)	Republican	Florida's 24th	January 3, 2011	January 3, 2013	Lost renomination
Karen Bass (born 1953)	Democratic	California's 33rd & 37th	January 3, 2011	present
Diane Black (born 1951)	Republican	Tennessee's 6th	January 3, 2011	January 3, 2019	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election
Ann Marie Buerkle (born 1951)	Republican	New York's 25th	January 3, 2011	January 3, 2013	Lost reelection
Renee Ellmers (born 1964)	Republican	North Carolina's 2nd	January 3, 2011	January 3, 2017	Lost renomination
Colleen Hanabusa (born 1951)	Democratic	Hawaii's 1st	January 3, 2011	January 3, 2015	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the 2014 United States Senate special election in Hawaii
Colleen Hanabusa (born 1951)	Democratic	Hawaii's 1st	November 14, 2016	January 3, 2019	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the 2018 Hawaii gubernatorial election
Vicky Hartzler (born 1960)	Republican	Missouri's 4th	January 3, 2011	present
Nan Hayworth (born 1959)	Republican	New York's 19th	January 3, 2011	January 3, 2013	Lost reelection
Jaime Herrera-Beutler (born 1978)	Republican	Washington's 3rd	January 3, 2011	present
Kristi Noem (born 1971)	Republican	South Dakota's at-large	January 3, 2011	January 3, 2019	Retired to run successfully for the 2018 South Dakota gubernatorial election
Martha Roby (born 1976)	Republican	Alabama's 2nd	January 3, 2011	January 3, 2021	Retired
Terri Sewell (born 1965)	Democratic	Alabama's 7th	January 3, 2011	present
Frederica Wilson (born 1942)	Democratic	Florida's 17th & 24th	January 3, 2011	present
Kathy Hochul (born 1958)	Democratic	New York's 26th	June 1, 2011	January 3, 2013	Lost reelection^[cm]
Janice Hahn (born 1952)	Democratic	California's 36th & 44th	July 12, 2011	December 4, 2016	Retired to run successfully for Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Suzanne Bonamici (born 1954)	Democratic	Oregon's 1st	January 21, 2012	present
Suzan DelBene (born 1962)	Democratic	Washington's 1st	November 6, 2012	present

Female members whose service began between 2013 and present[]

Name (lifespan)	Party	District	Term start	Term end	Reason(s) for leaving
Joyce Beatty (born 1950)	Democratic	Ohio's 3rd	January 3, 2013	Present
Susan Brooks (born 1960) ^[cn]	Republican	Indiana's 5th	January 3, 2013	January 3, 2021	Retired
Julia Brownley (born 1952)	Democratic	California's 26th	January 3, 2013	Present
Cheri Bustos (born 1961)	Democratic	Illinois's 17th	January 3, 2013	Present
Tammy Duckworth (born 1968) ^[co]	Democratic	Illinois's 8th	January 3, 2013	January 3, 2017	Retired to run successfully for the 2016 United States Senate election in Illinois
Elizabeth Esty (born 1959)	Democratic	Connecticut's 5th	January 3, 2013	January 3, 2019	Retired
Lois Frankel (born 1948)	Democratic	Florida's 22nd & 21st	January 3, 2013	Present
Tulsi Gabbard (born 1981) ^[cp]	Democratic	Hawaii's 2nd	January 3, 2013	January 3, 2021	Retired to run unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary for the 2020 United States presidential election
Michelle Lujan-Grisham (born 1959)	Democratic	New Mexico's 1st	January 3, 2013	December 31, 2018	Retired to run successfully for Governor of New Mexico
Ann McLane-Kuster (born 1956)	Democratic	New Hampshire's 2nd	January 3, 2013	Present
Grace Meng (born 1975)	Democratic	New York's 6th	January 3, 2013	Present
Gloria Negrete-McLeod (born 1941)	Democratic	California's 35th	January 3, 2013	January 3, 2015	Retired to run unsuccessfully for San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors
Kyrsten Sinema (born 1976) ^[cq]	Democratic	Arizona's 9th	January 3, 2013	January 3, 2019	Retired to run successfully for the 2018 United States Senate election in Arizona
Ann Wagner (born 1962) ^[cr]	Republican	Missouri's 2nd	January 3, 2013	Present
Jackie Walorski (born 1963)	Republican	Indiana's 2nd	January 3, 2013	Present
Robin Kelly (born 1956)	Democratic	Illinois's 2nd	April 11, 2013	Present
Katherine Clark (born 1963)	Democratic	Massachusetts's 5th	December 10, 2013	Present
Alma Adams (born 1946)	Democratic	North Carolina's 12th	November 12, 2014	Present
Barbara Comstock (born 1959)	Republican	Virginia's 10th	January 3, 2015	January 3, 2019	Lost reelection
Debbie Dingell (born 1953) ^[cs]	Democratic	Michigan's 12th	January 3, 2015	Present
Gwen Graham (born 1963) ^[ct]	Democratic	Florida's 2nd	January 3, 2015	January 3, 2017	Retired
Brenda Lawrence (born 1954)	Democratic	Michigan's 14th	January 3, 2015	Present
Mia Love (born 1975) ^[cu]	Republican	Utah's 4th	January 3, 2015	January 3, 2019	Lost reelection
Martha McSally (born 1966)	Republican	Arizona's 2nd	January 3, 2015	January 3, 2019	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 2018 United States Senate election in Arizona^[cv]
Stacey Plaskett (born 1966)	Democratic	U.S. Virgin Island's at-large	January 3, 2015	Present
Amata Radewagen (born 1947) ^[cw]^[32]^[33]	Republican	American Samoa's at-large	January 3, 2015	Present
Kathleen Rice (born 1965)	Democratic	New York's 4th	January 3, 2015	Present
Elise Stefanik (born 1984)	Republican	New York's 21st	January 3, 2015	Present
Norma Torres (born 1965)	Democratic	California's 35th	January 3, 2015	Present
Mimi Walters (born 1962)	Republican	California's 45th	January 3, 2015	January 3, 2019	Lost reelection
Bonnie Watson-Coleman (born 1945)	Democratic	New Jersey's 12th	January 3, 2015	Present
Nanette Barragán (born 1976)	Democratic	California's 44th	January 3, 2017	Present
Lisa Blunt-Rochester (born 1962)	Democratic	Delaware at-large	January 3, 2017	Present
Liz Cheney (born 1966) ^[cx]	Republican	Wyoming's at-large	January 3, 2017	Present
Val Demings (born 1957) ^[cy]	Democratic	Florida's 10th	January 3, 2017	Present
Jenniffer González (born 1976) ^[cz]	Republican	Puerto Rico's at-large	January 3, 2017	Present
Pramila Jayapal (born 1965) ^[da]	Democratic	Washington's 7th	January 3, 2017	Present
Stephanie Murphy (born 1978) ^[db]	Democratic	Florida's 7th	January 3, 2017	Present
Jacky Rosen (born 1957)	Democratic	Nevada's 3rd	January 3, 2017	January 3, 2019	Retired to run successfully for the 2018 United States Senate election in Nevada
Claudia Tenney (born 1961)	Republican	New York's 22nd	January 3, 2017	January 3, 2019	Lost reelection
Claudia Tenney (born 1961)	Republican	New York's 22nd	February 11, 2021^[dc]	Present
Karen Handel (born 1962) ^[dd]	Republican	Georgia's 6th	June 26, 2017	January 3, 2019	Lost reelection
Debbie Lesko (born 1958)	Republican	Arizona's 8th	May 7, 2018	Present
Mary Gay Scanlon (born 1959)	Democratic	Pennsylvania's 7th & 5th	November 13, 2018	present
Susan Wild (born 1957)	Democratic	Pennsylvania's 15th & 7th	November 27, 2018	present
Brenda Jones (born 1959)	Democratic	Michigan's 13th	November 29, 2018	January 3, 2019	Term expired
Cindy Axne (born 1965)	Democratic	Iowa's 3rd	January 3, 2019	Present
Angie Craig (born 1972)	Democratic (DFL)	Minnesota's 2nd	January 3, 2019	Present
Sharice Davids (born 1980) ^[de]	Democratic	Kansas's 3rd	January 3, 2019	Present
Madeleine Dean (born 1959)	Democratic	Pennsylvania's 4th	January 3, 2019	Present
Veronica Escobar (born 1969)	Democratic	Texas's 16th	January 3, 2019	Present
Abby Finkenauer (born 1988)	Democratic	Iowa's 1st	January 3, 2019	January 3, 2021	Lost reelection
Lizzie Fletcher (born 1975)	Democratic	Texas's 7th	January 3, 2019	Present
Sylvia Garcia (born 1950)	Democratic	Texas's 29th	January 3, 2019	Present
Deb Haaland (born 1960) ^[df]	Democratic	New Mexico's 1st	January 3, 2019	March 16, 2021	Resigned to become United States Secretary of the Interior
Jahana Hayes (born 1973)	Democratic	Connecticut's 5th	January 3, 2019	Present
Katie Hill (born 1987)	Democratic	California's 25th	January 3, 2019	November 3, 2019	Resigned amid allegations of inappropriate sexual relationships^[36]
Kendra Horn (born 1976)	Democratic	Oklahoma's 5th	January 3, 2019	January 3, 2021	Lost reelection
Chrissy Houlahan (born 1968)	Democratic	Pennsylvania's 6th	January 3, 2019	Present
Susie Lee (born 1966)	Democratic	Nevada's 3rd	January 3, 2019	Present
Elaine Luria (born 1975)	Democratic	Virginia's 2nd	January 3, 2019	Present
Lucy McBath (born 1960)	Democratic	Georgia's 6th	January 3, 2019	Present
Carol Miller (born 1950) ^[dg]	Republican	West Virginia's 3rd	January 3, 2019	Present
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (born 1971)	Democratic	Florida's 26th	January 3, 2019	January 3, 2021	Lost reelection
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born 1989) ^[dh]	Democratic	New York's 14th	January 3, 2019	Present
Ilhan Omar (born 1981) ^[di]	Democratic (DFL)	Minnesota's 5th	January 3, 2019	Present
Katie Porter (born 1974)	Democratic	California's 45th	January 3, 2019	Present
Ayanna Pressley (born 1974)	Democratic	Massachusetts's 7th	January 3, 2019	Present
Kim Schrier (born 1968)	Democratic	Washington's 8th	January 3, 2019	Present
Donna Shalala (born 1941) ^[dj]	Democratic	Florida's 27th	January 3, 2019	January 3, 2021	Lost reelection
Mikie Sherrill (born 1972)	Democratic	New Jersey's 11th	January 3, 2019	Present
Elissa Slotkin (born 1976)	Democratic	Michigan's 8th	January 3, 2019	Present
Abigail Spanberger (born 1979)	Democratic	Virginia's 7th	January 3, 2019	Present
Haley Stevens (born 1983)	Democratic	Michigan's 11th	January 3, 2019	Present
Rashida Tlaib (born 1976) ^[dk]	Democratic	Michigan's 13th	January 3, 2019	Present
Xochitl Torres Small (born 1984)	Democratic	New Mexico's 2nd	January 3, 2019	January 3, 2021	Lost reelection
Lori Trahan (born 1973) ^[dl]	Democratic	Massachusetts's 3rd	January 3, 2019	Present
Lauren Underwood (born 1986)	Democratic	Illinois's 14th	January 3, 2019	Present
Jennifer Wexton (born 1968)	Democratic	Virginia's 10th	January 3, 2019	Present
Stephanie Bice (born 1973) ^[dm]	Republican	Oklahoma's 5th	January 3, 2021	Present
Lauren Boebert (born 1986)	Republican	Colorado's 3rd	January 3, 2021	Present
Carolyn Bourdeaux (born 1970)	Democratic	Georgia's 7th	January 3, 2021	Present
Cori Bush (born 1974)	Democratic	Missouri's 1st	January 3, 2021	Present
Kat Cammack (born 1988)	Republican	Florida's 3rd	January 3, 2021	Present
Michelle Fischbach (born 1965) ^[dn]	Republican	Minnesota's 7th	January 3, 2021	Present
Marjorie Taylor Greene (born 1974)	Republican	Georgia's 14th	January 3, 2021	Present
Diana Harshbarger (born 1960)	Republican	Tennessee's 1st	January 3, 2021	Present
Yvette Herrell (born 1964) ^[do]	Republican	New Mexico's 2nd	January 3, 2021	Present
Ashley Hinson (born 1983)	Republican	Iowa's 1st	January 3, 2021	Present
Sara Jacobs (born 1989)	Democratic	California's 53rd	January 3, 2021	Present
Young Kim (born 1962) ^[dp]	Republican	California's 39th	January 3, 2021	Present
Teresa Leger Fernandez (born 1959)	Democratic	New Mexico's 3rd	January 3, 2021	Present
Nancy Mace (born 1977) ^[dq]	Republican	South Carolina's 1st	January 3, 2021	Present
Nicole Malliotakis (born 1980)	Republican	New York's 11th	January 3, 2021	Present
Kathy Manning (born 1956)	Democratic	North Carolina's 6th	January 3, 2021	Present
Lisa McClain (born 1966)	Republican	Michigan's 10th	January 3, 2021	Present
Mary Miller (born 1959)	Republican	Illinois's 15th	January 3, 2021	Present
Mariannette Miller-Meeks (born 1955)	Republican	Iowa's 2nd	January 3, 2021	Present
Marie Newman (born 1964)	Democratic	Illinois's 3rd	January 3, 2021	Present
Deborah Ross (born 1963)	Democratic	North Carolina's 2nd	January 3, 2021	Present
Maria Elvira Salazar (born 1961)	Republican	Florida's 27th	January 3, 2021	Present
Victoria Spartz (born 1978) ^[dr]	Republican	Indiana's 5th	January 3, 2021	Present
Michelle Steel (born 1955) ^[dp]	Republican	California's 48th	January 3, 2021	Present
Marilyn Strickland (born 1962) ^[dp]^[ds]	Democratic	Washington's 10th	January 3, 2021	Present
Beth Van Duyne (born 1970)	Republican	Texas's 24th	January 3, 2021	Present
Nikema Williams (born 1978)	Democratic	Georgia's 5th	January 3, 2021	Present
Julia Letlow (born 1981)	Republican	Louisiana's 5th	April 14, 2021	Present
Melanie Stansbury (born 1979)	Democratic	New Mexico's 1st	June 14, 2021	Present

Current female members[]

Name (lifespan)	Party	District	Term start	Term end
Marcy Kaptur (born 1946)	Democratic	Ohio's 9th	January 3, 1983	Present
Nancy Pelosi (born 1940)	Democratic	California's 12th^[dt]	June 2, 1987	Present
Rosa DeLauro (born 1943)	Democratic	Connecticut's 3rd	January 3, 1991	Present
Eleanor Holmes-Norton (born 1937)	Democratic	DC at-large	January 3, 1991	Present
Maxine Waters (born 1938)	Democratic	California's 43rd^[du]	January 3, 1991	Present
Anna Eshoo (born 1942)	Democratic	California's 18th^[dv]	January 3, 1993	Present
Eddie Johnson (born 1936)	Democratic	Texas's 30th	January 3, 1993	Present
Carolyn Maloney (born 1946)	Democratic	New York's 12th^[dw]	January 3, 1993	Present
Lucille Roybal-Allard (born 1941)	Democratic	California's 40th^[dx]	January 3, 1993	Present
Nydia Velázquez (born 1953)	Democratic	New York's 7th^[dy]	January 3, 1993	Present
Sheila Jackson-Lee (born 1950)	Democratic	Texas's 18th	January 3, 1995	Present
Zoe Lofgren (born 1947)	Democratic	California's 19th^[dz]	January 3, 1995	Present
Diana DeGette (born 1957)	Democratic	Colorado's 1st	January 3, 1997	Present
Kay Granger (born 1943)	Republican	Texas's 12th	January 3, 1997	Present
Barbara Lee (born 1946)	Democratic	California's 13th^[ea]	April 7, 1998	Present
Grace Napolitano (born 1936)	Democratic	California's 32nd^[eb]	January 3, 1999	Present
Jan Schakowsky (born 1944)	Democratic	Illinois's 9th	January 3, 1999	Present
Betty McCollum (born 1954)	Democratic (DFL)	Minnesota's 4th	January 3, 2001	Present
Linda Sánchez (born 1969)	Democratic	California's 38th^[ec]	January 3, 2003	Present
Virginia Foxx (born 1944)	Republican	North Carolina's 5th	January 3, 2005	Present
Cathy McMorris-Rodgers (born 1969)	Republican	Washington's 5th	January 3, 2005	Presnt
Gwen Moore (born 1951)	Democratic	Wisconsin's 4th	January 3, 2005	Present
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (born 1966)	Democratic	Florida's 23rd^[ed]	January 3, 2005	Present
Doris Matsui (born 1944)	Democratic	California's 6th^[ee]	March 3, 2005	Present
Kathy Castor (born 1966)	Democratic	Florida's 14th^[ef]	January 3, 2007	Present
Yvette Clarke (born 1964)	Democratic	New York's 9th^[eg]	January 3, 2007	Present
Jackie Speier (born 1950)	Democratic	California's 14th^[eh]	April 8, 2008	Present
Chellie Pingree (born 1955)	Democratic	Maine's 1st	January 3, 2009	Present
Judy Chu (born 1953)	Democratic	California's 27th^[ei]	June 19, 2009	Present
Karen Bass (born 1953)	Democratic	California's 37th^[ej]	January 3, 2011	Present
Vicky Hartzler (born 1960)	Republican	Missouri's 4th	January 3, 2011	Present
Jaime Herrera-Beutler (born 1978)	Republican	Washington's 3rd	January 3, 2011	Present
Terri Sewell (born 1965)	Democratic	Alabama's 7th	January 3, 2011	Present
Frederica Wilson (born 1942)	Democratic	Florida's 24th^[ek]	January 3, 2011	Present
Suzanne Bonamici (born 1954)	Democratic	Oregon's 1st	January 21, 2012	Present
Suzan DelBene (born 1962)	Democratic	Washington's 1st	November 6, 2012	Present
Joyce Beatty (born 1950)	Democratic	Ohio's 3rd	January 3, 2013	present
Julia Brownley (born 1952)	Democratic	California's 26th	January 3, 2013	Present
Cheri Bustos (born 1961)	Democratic	Illinois's 17th	January 3, 2013	Present
Lois Frankel (born 1948)	Democratic	Florida's 21st^[el]	January 3, 2013	Present
Ann McLane-Kuster (born 1956)	Democratic	New Hampshire's 2nd	January 3, 2013	Present
Grace Meng (born 1975)	Democratic	New York's 6th	January 3, 2013	Present
Dina Titus (born 1950) ^[em]	Democratic	Nevada's 1st	January 3, 2013	Present
Ann Wagner (born 1962)	Republican	Missouri's 2nd	January 3, 2013	Present
Jackie Walorski (born 1963)	Republican	Indiana's 2nd	January 3, 2013	Present
Robin Kelly (born 1956)	Democratic	Illinois's 2nd	April 11, 2013	Present
Katherine Clark (born 1963)	Democratic	Massachusetts's 5th	December 10, 2013	Present
Alma Adams (born 1946)	Democratic	North Carolina's 12th	November 12, 2014	Present
Debbie Dingell (born 1953)	Democratic	Michigan's 12th	January 3, 2015	Present
Brenda Lawrence (born 1954)	Democratic	Michigan's 14th	January 3, 2015	Present
Stacey Plaskett (born 1966)	Democratic	U.S. Virgin Island's at-large	January 3, 2015	Present
Amata Radewagen (born 1947)	Republican	American Samoa's at-large	January 3, 2015	Present
Kathleen Rice (born 1965)	Democratic	New York's 4th	January 3, 2015	Present
Elise Stefanik (born 1984)	Republican	New York's 21st	January 3, 2015	Present
Norma Torres (born 1965)	Democratic	California's 35th	January 3, 2015	Present
Bonnie Watson-Coleman (born 1945)	Democratic	New Jersey's 12th	January 3, 2015	Present
Nanette Barragán (born 1976)	Democratic	California's 44th	January 3, 2017	Present
Lisa Blunt-Rochester (born 1962)	Democratic	Delaware at-large	January 3, 2017	Present
Liz Cheney (born 1966)	Republican	Wyoming's at-large	January 3, 2017	Present
Val Demings (born 1957)	Democratic	Florida's 10th	January 3, 2017	Present
Jenniffer González (born 1976)	Republican	Puerto Rico's at-large	January 3, 2017	Present
Pramila Jayapal (born 1965)	Democratic	Washington's 7th	January 3, 2017	Present
Stephanie Murphy (born 1978)	Democratic	Florida's 7th	January 3, 2017	Present
Debbie Lesko (born 1958)	Republican	Arizona's 8th	May 7, 2018	Present
Mary Gay Scanlon (born 1959)	Democratic	Pennsylvania's 5th^[en]	November 27, 2018	Present
Susan Wild (born 1957)	Democratic	Pennsylvania's 7th^[eo]	November 27, 2018	Present
Cindy Axne (born 1965)	Democratic	Iowa's 3rd	January 3, 2019	Present
Angie Craig (born 1972)	Democratic (DFL)	Minnesota's 2nd	January 3, 2019	Present
Sharice Davids (born 1980)	Democratic	Kansas's 3rd	January 3, 2019	Present
Madeleine Dean (born 1959)	Democratic	Pennsylvania's 4th	January 3, 2019	Present
Veronica Escobar (born 1969)	Democratic	Texas's 16th	January 3, 2019	Present
Lizzie Fletcher (born 1975)	Democratic	Texas's 7th	January 3, 2019	Present
Sylvia Garcia (born 1950)	Democratic	Texas's 29th	January 3, 2019	Present
Jahana Hayes (born 1973)	Democratic	Connecticut's 5th	January 3, 2019	Present
Chrissy Houlahan (born 1968)	Democratic	Pennsylvania's 6th	January 3, 2019	Present
Ann Kirkpatrick (born 1950) ^[ep]	Democratic	Arizona's 2nd	January 3, 2019	Present
Susie Lee (born 1966)	Democratic	Nevada's 3rd	January 3, 2019	Present
Elaine Luria (born 1975)	Democratic	Virginia's 2nd	January 3, 2019	Present
Lucy McBath (born 1960)	Democratic	Georgia's 6th	January 3, 2019	Present
Carol Miller (born 1950)	Republican	West Virginia's 3rd	January 3, 2019	Present
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born 1989)	Democratic	New York's 14th	January 3, 2019	Present
Ilhan Omar (born 1981)	Democratic (DFL)	Minnesota's 5th	January 3, 2019	Present
Katie Porter (born 1974)	Democratic	California's 45th	January 3, 2019	Present
Ayanna Pressley (born 1974)	Democratic	Massachusetts's 7th	January 3, 2019	Present
Kim Schrier (born 1968)	Democratic	Washington's 8th	January 3, 2019	Present
Mikie Sherrill (born 1972)	Democratic	New Jersey's 11th	January 3, 2019	Present
Elissa Slotkin (born 1976)	Democratic	Michigan's 8th	January 3, 2019	Present
Abigail Spanberger (born 1979)	Democratic	Virginia's 7th	January 3, 2019	Present
Haley Stevens (born 1983)	Democratic	Michigan's 11th	January 3, 2019	Present
Rashida Tlaib (born 1976)	Democratic	Michigan's 13th	January 3, 2019	Present
Lori Trahan (born 1973)	Democratic	Massachusetts's 3rd	January 3, 2019	Present
Lauren Underwood (born 1986)	Democratic	Illinois's 14th	January 3, 2019	Present
Jennifer Wexton (born 1968)	Democratic	Virginia's 10th	January 3, 2019	Present
Stephanie Bice (born 1973)	Republican	Oklahoma's 5th	January 3, 2021	Present
Lauren Boebert (born 1986)	Republican	Colorado's 3rd	January 3, 2021	Present
Carolyn Bourdeaux (born 1970)	Democratic	Georgia's 7th	January 3, 2021	Present
Cori Bush (born 1974)	Democratic	Missouri's 1st	January 3, 2021	Present
Kat Cammack (born 1988)	Republican	Florida's 3rd	January 3, 2021	Present
Michelle Fischbach (born 1965)	Republican	Minnesota's 7th	January 3, 2021	Present
Marjorie Taylor Greene (born 1974)	Republican	Georgia's 14th	January 3, 2021	Present
Diana Harshbarger (born 1960)	Republican	Tennessee's 1st	January 3, 2021	Present
Yvette Herrell (born 1964)	Republican	New Mexico's 2nd	January 3, 2021	Present
Ashley Hinson (born 1983)	Republican	Iowa's 1st	January 3, 2021	Present
Sara Jacobs (born 1989)	Democratic	California's 53rd	January 3, 2021	Present
Young Kim (born 1962)	Republican	California's 39th	January 3, 2021	Present
Teresa Leger Fernandez (born 1959)	Democratic	New Mexico's 3rd	January 3, 2021	Present
Nancy Mace (born 1977)	Republican	South Carolina's 1st	January 3, 2021	Present
Nicole Malliotakis (born 1980)	Republican	New York's 11th	January 3, 2021	Present
Kathy Manning (born 1956)	Democratic	North Carolina's 6th	January 3, 2021	Present
Lisa McClain (born 1966)	Republican	Michigan's 10th	January 3, 2021	Present
Mary Miller (born 1959)	Republican	Illinois's 15th	January 3, 2021	Present
Mariannette Miller-Meeks (born 1955)	Republican	Iowa's 2nd	January 3, 2021	Present
Marie Newman (born 1964)	Democratic	Illinois's 3rd	January 3, 2021	Present
Deborah Ross (born 1963)	Democratic	North Carolina's 2nd	January 3, 2021	Present
Maria Elvira Salazar (born 1961)	Republican	Florida's 27th	January 3, 2021	Present
Victoria Spartz (born 1978)	Republican	Indiana's 5th	January 3, 2021	Present
Michelle Steel (born 1955)	Republican	California's 48th	January 3, 2021	Present
Marilyn Strickland (born 1962)	Democratic	Washington's 10th	January 3, 2021	Present
Beth Van Duyne (born 1970)	Republican	Texas's 24th	January 3, 2021	Present
Nikema Williams (born 1978)	Democratic	Georgia's 5th	January 3, 2021	Present
Claudia Tenney (born 1961) ^[eq]	Republican	New York's 22nd	February 11, 2021	Present
Julia Letlow (born 1981)	Republican	Louisiana's 5th	April 14, 2021	Present
Melanie Stansbury (born 1979)	Democratic	New Mexico's 1st	June 14, 2021	Present

Pregnancies[]

There have been eleven female members of the House of Representatives who were pregnant and gave birth at least once during their tenure (two members three times).^[37]

showRepresentatives who have been pregnant while in office
Congresswoman	State	Party	Date of delivery	Mother's age	Notes
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	^[38]
Susan Molinari	New York	Republican	May 10, 1996	38	The child's father was fellow congressman Bill Paxon.^[39]
Blanche Lincoln	Arkansas	Democratic	June 1996	35	Chose not to run for reelection due to the pregnancy. Gave birth to twin boys.^[40]
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Washington	Republican	April 29, 2007	37	^[41]
Kirsten Gillibrand	New York	Democratic	May 15, 2008	41	^[42]
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	South Dakota	Democratic	December 15, 2008	38	The child's father was former congressman Max Sandlin.^[43]
Linda Sánchez	California	Democratic	May 13, 2009	40	Unmarried when pregnancy announced, married a month before delivery^[44]
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Washington	Republican	December 1, 2010	41	First member to give birth in office twice^[45]
Jaime Herrera Beutler	Washington	Republican	July 15, 2013	34	^[46]
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Washington	Republican	November 24, 2013	44	First member to give birth in office three times^[47]
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.^[48]
Jaime Herrera Beutler	Washington	Republican	May 18, 2016	37	^[49]
Jaime Herrera Beutler	Washington	Republican	May 21, 2019	40	^[50]
Elise Stefanik	New York	Republican	Aug 27, 2021	37	^[51]

Notes[]

^ Farrington represented the Territory of Hawaii as a non-voting delegate; the State of Hawaii's first female Representative was Patsy Mink in 1965.
^ First woman elected to a national office
Voted against declaration of war against Germany in 1917
Only member of Congress to vote against declaration of war against Japan in 1941
^ First woman to defeat an incumbent congressman and to preside over the House
^ Succeeded her father in a special election
First woman incumbent defeated in a primary
First woman to win a special election
^ Succeeded her husband
First Catholic woman to serve in Congress
^ First woman to be reelected
First Jewish woman elected
Succeeded her husband
^ First Democratic woman elected
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Served in the same seat as her husband (though she did not immediately succeed him)
Daughter of James M. Gudger Jr.
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Daughter of Mark Hanna
^ Daughter of William Jennings Bryan
^ Later became United States Ambassador to Denmark
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Later became United States Ambassador to Italy and United States Ambassador to Brazil
^ Succeeded her husband
^ First woman born outside of the United States to be elected
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Succeeded her husband
First woman territorial delegate
^ Only female member to sign the Southern Manifesto
^ Later became Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Later became Treasurer of the United States
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Succeeded her husband
Daughter of Guy D. Goff
^ Succeeded her husband
Formerly oldest woman elected to Congress (at age 68)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Succeeded her husband as nominee before election
^ Succeeded her husband
^ First Japanese American woman elected
^ Later became Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Later became United States Secretary of Health and Human Services and United States Ambassador to Ireland
^ First African-American woman elected
First African-American woman to run for major party's presidential nomination
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Previously served as Connecticut Secretary of State
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Later became United States Ambassador to the Holy See
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Daughter of Ogden H. Hammond
^ Later became United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture
^ Succeeded her husband
^ First Arab (Lebanese and Syrian) American woman elected
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Later became United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
^ Later became United States Secretary of Labor
^ Succeeded her husband
^ First Hispanic woman elected
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Later became United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
^ Daughter of Olin D. Johnston
^ Later became Administrator of the Small Business Administration
^ First woman party leader
First woman Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
^ Daughter of Guy Molinari
^ Later ran successfully for the 2000 United States Senate election in Washington
^ Later ran successfully for the 1998 United States Senate election in Arkansas
^ Ran for President of the United States as the nominee of the Green Party for the 2008 United States presidential election
^ Daughter of Edward R. Roybal
^ Succeeded her husband. First woman (re)elected to Congress as an independent candidate
^ Grandmother of André Carson
^ Sister of Linda Sánchez
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Later became Secretary of the Air Force
^ First openly lesbian member
^ Previously served as United States Ambassador to Micronesia
^ Previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Guam
^ Previously served as Florida Secretary of State
^ Previously served as Michigan Secretary of State
^ Sister of Loretta Sanchez
^ Succeeded her husband
^ Previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma
^ Later ran successfully for the 2010 United States Senate special election in New York
^ Served in the same seat as her husband (but she did not immediately succeed him)
^ Previously served as Kansas Treasurer
^ Previously served as Wyoming Treasurer
^ Later ran successfully for the 2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming
^ First Chinese American woman elected
^ Later became Governor of New York
^ Previously served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana
^ First Amerasian or Eurasian woman elected
Previously served as Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
^ First Hindu elected to Congress
^ First openly bisexual woman elected
^ Previously served as United States Ambassador to Luxembourg
^ Succeeded her husband
First woman to succeed her husband while he was still alive
^ Daughter of Bob Graham
^ First African-American Republican woman elected to Congress
^ Later appointed to the United States Senate
^ First woman to represent American Samoa in the U.S. Congress
Daughter of Peter Tali Coleman
^ Daughter of Dick Cheney
^ Wife of Jerry Demings
^ First woman to represent Puerto Rico in the U.S. Congress.^[34]
^ First Indian American woman elected
^ First Vietnamese American woman elected
^ Tenney won the November 2020 election in New York's 22nd congressional district, but certification was delayed due to the closeness of the race and vote-counting issues. She was certified as the winner on February 8, 2021, and she was seated in the 117th Congress on the 11th^[35]
^ Previously served as Georgia Secretary of State
^ One of the first two Native American women (alongside Deb Haaland) elected to Congress
First LGBTQ Native American elected
^ One of the first two Native American women (alongside Sharice Davids) elected to Congress
First female Native Catholic elected
^ Daughter of Samuel L. Devine
^ Youngest woman elected to Congress (at age 29)
^ One of the first two Muslim women (alongside Rashida Tlaib) and first Somali American elected to Congress
^ Oldest woman elected to Congress (at age 77)
Previously served as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
^ One of the first two Muslim women (alongside Ilhan Omar) and the first Palestinian American woman elected to Congress
^ First Portuguese American woman elected
^ First Iranian American elected to Congress
^ Previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
^ First Cherokee woman and first Native American female Republican elected to Congress
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c One of the first Korean American women elected to Congress
^ First woman to graduate from The Citadel, in 1999
^ First woman born in the former Soviet Union or Eastern Bloc elected to Congress
^ First Afro-Asian American woman elected
^ District previously numbered California's 5th congressional district and California's 8th congressional district
^ District previously numbered California's 29th congressional district and California's 35th congressional district
^ District previously numbered California's 14th congressional district
^ District previously numbered New York's 14th congressional district
^ District previously numbered California's 33rd congressional district and California's 34th congressional district
^ District previously numbered New York's 12th congressional district
^ District previously numbered California's 16th congressional district
^ District previously numbered California's 9th congressional district
^ District previously numbered California's 34th congressional district and California's 38th congressional district
^ District previously numbered California's 39th congressional district
^ District previously numbered Florida's 20th congressional district
^ District previously numbered California's 5th congressional district
^ District previously numbered Florida's 11th congressional district
^ District previously numbered New York's 11th congressional district
^ District previously numbered California's 12th congressional district
^ District previously numbered California's 32nd congressional district
^ District previously numbered California's 33rd congressional district
^ District previously numbered Florida's 17th congressional district
^ District previously numbered Florida's 22nd congressional district
^ Previously served as Representative from Nevada's 3rd congressional district from January 3, 2009 to January 3, 2011
^ District previously numbered Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district
^ District previously numbered Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district
^ Previously served as Representative from Arizona's 1st congressional district from January 3, 2009 to January 3, 2011 and from January 3, 2013 to January 3, 2017
^ Previously served as Representative from New York's 22nd congressional district from January 3, 2017 to January 3, 2019

References[]

^ "Women Serving in the 117th Congress 2021-22". Center for American Women in Politics. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. 14 July 2015.
^ "RANKIN, Jeannette". History, Art & Archives. U.S. House of Representatives.
^ "'I'm No Lady, I'm a Member of Congress': Women Pioneers on Capitol Hill, 1917–1934" (PDF). Women in Congress 1917–2006. U.S. Government Printing Office. 2006. pp. 24–25.
^ "Clare Boothe Luce Becomes a Catholic". The New York Times. February 17, 1946. p. 1. Also published in New York Daily News on the same day.
^ "Florence Prag Kahn". Jewish Virtual Library.
^ Mariotti, Renato (November 26, 2013). "Rep. Vera Buchanan dies in office, Nov. 26, 1955". Politico. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
^ "Women's History Month: Patsy Mink". August House Publishers. 23 February 2018.
^ "New Patterns". History, Art & Archives. U.S. House of Representatives.
^ "Update: First woman to wear pants on House floor, Rep. Charlotte Reid". The Washington Post. December 21, 2011.
^ "CHISHOLM, Shirley Anita". History, Art & Archives. U.S. House of Representatives.
^ "Women in Government: A Slim Past, But a Strong Future". Ebony: 89–92, 96–98. August 1977.
^ "BURKE, Yvonne Brathwaite". History, Art & Archives. U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
^ Michelle Cottle, ed. (April 19, 2018). "Congress Can't Give Up Tradition". The Atlantic. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
^ Official Manual State of Missouri 2001–2002. Missouri: Office of the Secretary of State. p. 117.
^ "Tommy vs. Tammy rages on: Senate race down to the wire". Reedsburg Times-Press. The Associated Press. October 27, 2012.
^ Jon M. Shepard (January 1, 2012). Cengage Advantage Books: Sociology. Cengage Learning. pp. 293–. ISBN 978-1-133-71002-8.
^ Blumberg, Antonia (March 7, 2018). "Nancy Pelosi Donates Historic Speaker's Gavel To The Smithsonian For Women's History Month". Huffington Post.
^ "Women in U.S. House get new restroom near chamber". USA Today. July 21, 2011.
^ "Hindu-American Tulsi Gabbard wins Democratic primary in Hawaii". The Economic Times. August 12, 2012.
^ Stephen Prothero (January 3, 2013). "Column: A Hindu moment for Congress". USA Today. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
^ "Democrat Kyrsten Sinema beats GOP's Vernon Parker in Arizona's 9th Congressional District". Star Tribune. Associated Press. November 12, 2012. Archived from the original on November 16, 2012.
^ Edmondson, Catie; Lee, Jasmine C. (November 28, 2018). "Meet the New Freshmen in Congress". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
^ Hess, Abigail Johnson (November 7, 2018). "29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez makes history as the youngest woman ever elected to Congress". CNBC. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
^ "PAAIA Celebrates Historic Election for Iranian Americans". Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans. November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
^ D'Ammassa, Algernon (November 4, 2020). "Give 'em Herrell: New Mexico's 2nd congressional district back in Republican hands". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
^ "Making history: Three Korean American women, two representing California, win seats in Congress". Los Angeles Times. November 15, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
^ "Marilyn Strickland's Black, Korean American roots are 1st for Congress". NBC News. Associated Press. November 7, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
^ Rachael Dottle, Ella Koeze and Julia Wolfe (November 13, 2018). "The 2018 Midterms, In 4 Charts". FiveThirtyEight.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
^ Women candidates for Congress 1974 - 2018. Center for American Women and Politics. There are separate columns for House and Senate numbers by election. Party and seat summary for major party nominees.
^ Manning, Jennifer E.; Brudnick, Ida A. (September 23, 2020). Women in Congress, 1917-2020: Service Dates and Committee Assignments by Member, and Lists by State and Congress (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
^ "The U.S. Made Zero Progress in Adding Women to Congress". Fortune. November 10, 2016.
^ Gay, Roxane (2019). The Women of the 116th Congress: Portraits of Power. The New York Times. Page 28. Abrams. ISBN 9781683357810.
^ Kowalewski, Albin (2018). Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress, 1900-2017. Government Printing Office. Page 558. ISBN 9780160940408.
^ "Jenniffer Gonzalez, Resident Commissioner for Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico 51st". November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
^ Cohen, Ethan (February 8, 2021). "New York certifies Claudia Tenney's victory in last unresolved House race of 2020". CNN. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
^ LeBlanc, Paul (October 27, 2019). "Rep. Katie Hill announces resignation amid allegations of improper relationships with staffers". CNN. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
^ Akers, Mary Ann (November 20, 2008). "Rep. Linda Sanchez Expecting a Baby". The Washington Post.
^ Foster, David (November 19, 1995). "Ambitious Couple Thrived on Passion for Politics, Each Other : Congress: Enid Greene and Joe Waldholtz seemed born for each other. But his lies over money sabotaged fairy tale, perhaps her career". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press.
^ "Susan Molinari". U.S. House of Representatives.
^ Geranios, Nicholas K. (April 21, 2007). "Baby in the House: Pregnant congresswoman due to give birth next month". San Diego Union Tribune. Associated Press.
^ "It's A Boy". The Spokesman-Review. April 30, 2007.
^ "Son Born to New York Congresswoman". The New York Times. Associated Press. May 16, 2008.
^ Woster, Kevin (December 16, 2008). "Something we can all agree on: Congratulations!". Rapid City Journal.
^ Akers, Mary Ann (May 13, 2009). "New Mama in the House: Linda Sanchez". The Washington Post.
^ Barone, Michael; Chuck McCutcheon (2011). "Washington/Fifth District". The Almanac of American Politics (2012 ed.). University of Chicago Press, National Journal Group, Inc. pp. 1716–1718. ISBN 978-0-226-03808-7.
^ "Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler celebrates 'miracle' baby girl born with Potter's sequence". New York Daily News. July 29, 2013.
^ Korte, Gregory (November 25, 2013). "Rep sets congressional record -- mom x 3". USA Today. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
^ Skiba, Katherine (November 20, 2014). "Rep. Tammy Duckworth gives birth to daughter". Chicago Tribune.
^ Dake, Lauren (May 19, 2016). "Herrera Beutler gives birth to baby boy". The Columbian. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
^ Hair, Calley (May 23, 2019). "Herrera Beutler gives birth to girl". The Columbian. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
^ KURTZ, JUDY (Aug 30, 2021). "Stefanik welcomes 'healthy baby boy'". The Hill. Retrieved August 30, 2021.

External links[]

Women in Congress Archived September 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine — Companion site to book produced by the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Associated Press. "Husbands' deaths often propel widows to office". Columbia Daily Tribune, January 22, 2005. Retrieved February 15, 2005. (alternate source, via journalstar.com)
Maurer, Elizabeth. "Legislating History: 100 Years of Women in Congress". National Women's History Museum. 2017.

[28] Farrington represented the Territory of Hawaii as a non-voting delegate; the State of Hawaii's first female Representative was Patsy Mink in 1965.

[33] First woman elected to a national office
Voted against declaration of war against Germany in 1917
Only member of Congress to vote against declaration of war against Japan in 1941

[34] First woman to defeat an incumbent congressman and to preside over the House

[35] Succeeded her father in a special election
First woman incumbent defeated in a primary
First woman to win a special election

[36] Succeeded her husband
First Catholic woman to serve in Congress

[37] First woman to be reelected
First Jewish woman elected
Succeeded her husband

[38] First Democratic woman elected

[39] Succeeded her husband

[40] Served in the same seat as her husband (though she did not immediately succeed him)
Daughter of James M. Gudger Jr.

[41] Succeeded her husband

[42] Daughter of Mark Hanna

[43] Daughter of William Jennings Bryan

[44] Later became United States Ambassador to Denmark

[45] Succeeded her husband

[46] Succeeded her husband

[47] Succeeded her husband

[48] Succeeded her husband

[49] Succeeded her husband

[50] Succeeded her husband

[51] Succeeded her husband

[52] Succeeded her husband

[53] Succeeded her husband

[54] Succeeded her husband

[55] Later became United States Ambassador to Italy and United States Ambassador to Brazil

[56] Succeeded her husband

[57] First woman born outside of the United States to be elected

[58] Succeeded her husband

[59] Succeeded her husband

[60] Succeeded her husband

[61] Succeeded her husband
First woman territorial delegate

[62] Only female member to sign the Southern Manifesto

[63] Later became Lieutenant Governor of Michigan

[64] Succeeded her husband

[65] Later became Treasurer of the United States

[66] Succeeded her husband

[67] Succeeded her husband

[68] Succeeded her husband
Daughter of Guy D. Goff

[69] Succeeded her husband
Formerly oldest woman elected to Congress (at age 68)

[nominee-70] Jump up to: ^a ^b Succeeded her husband as nominee before election

[71] Succeeded her husband

[72] First Japanese American woman elected

[73] Later became Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

[74] Succeeded her husband

[75] Later became United States Secretary of Health and Human Services and United States Ambassador to Ireland

[76] First African-American woman elected
First African-American woman to run for major party's presidential nomination

[CSoS-77] Jump up to: ^a ^b Previously served as Connecticut Secretary of State

[78] Succeeded her husband

[79] Succeeded her husband

[80] Later became United States Ambassador to the Holy See

[81] Succeeded her husband

[82] Daughter of Ogden H. Hammond

[83] Later became United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture

[84] Succeeded her husband

[85] First Arab (Lebanese and Syrian) American woman elected

[86] Succeeded her husband

[87] Later became United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights

[88] Later became United States Secretary of Labor

[89] Succeeded her husband

[90] First Hispanic woman elected

[91] Succeeded her husband

[92] Succeeded her husband

[93] Later became United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

[94] Daughter of Olin D. Johnston

[95] Later became Administrator of the Small Business Administration

[96] First woman party leader
First woman Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

[97] Daughter of Guy Molinari

[98] Later ran successfully for the 2000 United States Senate election in Washington

[99] Later ran successfully for the 1998 United States Senate election in Arkansas

[100] Ran for President of the United States as the nominee of the Green Party for the 2008 United States presidential election

[101] Daughter of Edward R. Roybal

[102] Succeeded her husband. First woman (re)elected to Congress as an independent candidate

[103] Grandmother of André Carson

[104] Sister of Linda Sánchez

[105] Succeeded her husband

[106] Succeeded her husband

[107] Later became Secretary of the Air Force

[108] First openly lesbian member

[109] Previously served as United States Ambassador to Micronesia

[110] Previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Guam

[111] Previously served as Florida Secretary of State

[112] Previously served as Michigan Secretary of State

[113] Sister of Loretta Sanchez

[114] Succeeded her husband

[115] Previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma

[116] Later ran successfully for the 2010 United States Senate special election in New York

[117] Served in the same seat as her husband (but she did not immediately succeed him)

[118] Previously served as Kansas Treasurer

[119] Previously served as Wyoming Treasurer

[120] Later ran successfully for the 2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming

[121] First Chinese American woman elected

[122] Later became Governor of New York

[123] Previously served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana

[124] First Amerasian or Eurasian woman elected
Previously served as Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs

[125] First Hindu elected to Congress

[126] First openly bisexual woman elected

[127] Previously served as United States Ambassador to Luxembourg

[128] Succeeded her husband
First woman to succeed her husband while he was still alive

[129] Daughter of Bob Graham

[130] First African-American Republican woman elected to Congress

[131] Later appointed to the United States Senate

[132] First woman to represent American Samoa in the U.S. Congress
Daughter of Peter Tali Coleman

[135] Daughter of Dick Cheney

[136] Wife of Jerry Demings

[138] First woman to represent Puerto Rico in the U.S. Congress.^[34]

[139] First Indian American woman elected

[140] First Vietnamese American woman elected

[142] Tenney won the November 2020 election in New York's 22nd congressional district, but certification was delayed due to the closeness of the race and vote-counting issues. She was certified as the winner on February 8, 2021, and she was seated in the 117th Congress on the 11th^[35]

[143] Previously served as Georgia Secretary of State

[144] One of the first two Native American women (alongside Deb Haaland) elected to Congress
First LGBTQ Native American elected

[145] One of the first two Native American women (alongside Sharice Davids) elected to Congress
First female Native Catholic elected

[147] Daughter of Samuel L. Devine

[148] Youngest woman elected to Congress (at age 29)

[149] One of the first two Muslim women (alongside Rashida Tlaib) and first Somali American elected to Congress

[150] Oldest woman elected to Congress (at age 77)
Previously served as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

[151] One of the first two Muslim women (alongside Ilhan Omar) and the first Palestinian American woman elected to Congress

[152] First Portuguese American woman elected

[153] First Iranian American elected to Congress

[154] Previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

[155] First Cherokee woman and first Native American female Republican elected to Congress

[KorAm-156] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c One of the first Korean American women elected to Congress

[157] First woman to graduate from The Citadel, in 1999

[158] First woman born in the former Soviet Union or Eastern Bloc elected to Congress

[159] First Afro-Asian American woman elected

[160] District previously numbered California's 5th congressional district and California's 8th congressional district

[161] District previously numbered California's 29th congressional district and California's 35th congressional district

[162] District previously numbered California's 14th congressional district

[163] District previously numbered New York's 14th congressional district

[164] District previously numbered California's 33rd congressional district and California's 34th congressional district

[165] District previously numbered New York's 12th congressional district

[166] District previously numbered California's 16th congressional district

[167] District previously numbered California's 9th congressional district

[168] District previously numbered California's 34th congressional district and California's 38th congressional district

[169] District previously numbered California's 39th congressional district

[170] District previously numbered Florida's 20th congressional district

[171] District previously numbered California's 5th congressional district

[172] District previously numbered Florida's 11th congressional district

[173] District previously numbered New York's 11th congressional district

[174] District previously numbered California's 12th congressional district

[175] District previously numbered California's 32nd congressional district

[176] District previously numbered California's 33rd congressional district

[177] District previously numbered Florida's 17th congressional district

[178] District previously numbered Florida's 22nd congressional district

[179] Previously served as Representative from Nevada's 3rd congressional district from January 3, 2009 to January 3, 2011

[180] District previously numbered Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district

[181] District previously numbered Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district

[182] Previously served as Representative from Arizona's 1st congressional district from January 3, 2009 to January 3, 2011 and from January 3, 2013 to January 3, 2017

[183] Previously served as Representative from New York's 22nd congressional district from January 3, 2017 to January 3, 2019

[1] "Women Serving in the 117th Congress 2021-22". Center for American Women in Politics. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. 14 July 2015.

[2] "RANKIN, Jeannette". History, Art & Archives. U.S. House of Representatives.

[3] "'I'm No Lady, I'm a Member of Congress': Women Pioneers on Capitol Hill, 1917–1934" (PDF). Women in Congress 1917–2006. U.S. Government Printing Office. 2006. pp. 24–25.

[4] "Clare Boothe Luce Becomes a Catholic". The New York Times. February 17, 1946. p. 1. Also published in New York Daily News on the same day.

[5] "Florence Prag Kahn". Jewish Virtual Library.

[6] Mariotti, Renato (November 26, 2013). "Rep. Vera Buchanan dies in office, Nov. 26, 1955". Politico. Retrieved April 12, 2018.

[7] "Women's History Month: Patsy Mink". August House Publishers. 23 February 2018.

[8] "New Patterns". History, Art & Archives. U.S. House of Representatives.

[auto-9] "Update: First woman to wear pants on House floor, Rep. Charlotte Reid". The Washington Post. December 21, 2011.

[10] "CHISHOLM, Shirley Anita". History, Art & Archives. U.S. House of Representatives.

[SlimPast-11] "Women in Government: A Slim Past, But a Strong Future". Ebony: 89–92, 96–98. August 1977.

[:0-12] "BURKE, Yvonne Brathwaite". History, Art & Archives. U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved May 4, 2016.

[theatlantic1-13] Michelle Cottle, ed. (April 19, 2018). "Congress Can't Give Up Tradition". The Atlantic. Retrieved April 27, 2018.

[14] Official Manual State of Missouri 2001–2002. Missouri: Office of the Secretary of State. p. 117.

[15] "Tommy vs. Tammy rages on: Senate race down to the wire". Reedsburg Times-Press. The Associated Press. October 27, 2012.

[Shepard2012-16] Jon M. Shepard (January 1, 2012). Cengage Advantage Books: Sociology. Cengage Learning. pp. 293–. ISBN 978-1-133-71002-8.

[17] Blumberg, Antonia (March 7, 2018). "Nancy Pelosi Donates Historic Speaker's Gavel To The Smithsonian For Women's History Month". Huffington Post.

[content.usatoday.com-18] "Women in U.S. House get new restroom near chamber". USA Today. July 21, 2011.

[hindu-19] "Hindu-American Tulsi Gabbard wins Democratic primary in Hawaii". The Economic Times. August 12, 2012.

[20] Stephen Prothero (January 3, 2013). "Column: A Hindu moment for Congress". USA Today. Retrieved April 27, 2018.

[Kyrsten_Sinema-21] "Democrat Kyrsten Sinema beats GOP's Vernon Parker in Arizona's 9th Congressional District". Star Tribune. Associated Press. November 12, 2012. Archived from the original on November 16, 2012.

[22] Edmondson, Catie; Lee, Jasmine C. (November 28, 2018). "Meet the New Freshmen in Congress". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 11, 2019.

[23] Hess, Abigail Johnson (November 7, 2018). "29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez makes history as the youngest woman ever elected to Congress". CNBC. Retrieved January 19, 2021.

[24] "PAAIA Celebrates Historic Election for Iranian Americans". Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans. November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020.

[25] D'Ammassa, Algernon (November 4, 2020). "Give 'em Herrell: New Mexico's 2nd congressional district back in Republican hands". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved January 23, 2021.

[26] "Making history: Three Korean American women, two representing California, win seats in Congress". Los Angeles Times. November 15, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2021.

[27] "Marilyn Strickland's Black, Korean American roots are 1st for Congress". NBC News. Associated Press. November 7, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2021.

[4charts-29] Rachael Dottle, Ella Koeze and Julia Wolfe (November 13, 2018). "The 2018 Midterms, In 4 Charts". FiveThirtyEight.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

[CAWP-30] Women candidates for Congress 1974 - 2018. Center for American Women and Politics. There are separate columns for House and Senate numbers by election. Party and seat summary for major party nominees.

[31] Manning, Jennifer E.; Brudnick, Ida A. (September 23, 2020). Women in Congress, 1917-2020: Service Dates and Committee Assignments by Member, and Lists by State and Congress (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service. Retrieved November 24, 2020.

[32] "The U.S. Made Zero Progress in Adding Women to Congress". Fortune. November 10, 2016.

[133] Gay, Roxane (2019). The Women of the 116th Congress: Portraits of Power. The New York Times. Page 28. Abrams. ISBN 9781683357810.

[134] Kowalewski, Albin (2018). Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress, 1900-2017. Government Printing Office. Page 558. ISBN 9780160940408.

[137] "Jenniffer Gonzalez, Resident Commissioner for Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico 51st". November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2019.

[141] Cohen, Ethan (February 8, 2021). "New York certifies Claudia Tenney's victory in last unresolved House race of 2020". CNN. Retrieved February 10, 2021.

[146] LeBlanc, Paul (October 27, 2019). "Rep. Katie Hill announces resignation amid allegations of improper relationships with staffers". CNN. Retrieved October 27, 2019.

[184] Akers, Mary Ann (November 20, 2008). "Rep. Linda Sanchez Expecting a Baby". The Washington Post.

[185] Foster, David (November 19, 1995). "Ambitious Couple Thrived on Passion for Politics, Each Other : Congress: Enid Greene and Joe Waldholtz seemed born for each other. But his lies over money sabotaged fairy tale, perhaps her career". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press.

[186] "Susan Molinari". U.S. House of Representatives.

[187] Geranios, Nicholas K. (April 21, 2007). "Baby in the House: Pregnant congresswoman due to give birth next month". San Diego Union Tribune. Associated Press.

[188] "It's A Boy". The Spokesman-Review. April 30, 2007.

[189] "Son Born to New York Congresswoman". The New York Times. Associated Press. May 16, 2008.

[190] Woster, Kevin (December 16, 2008). "Something we can all agree on: Congratulations!". Rapid City Journal.

[191] Akers, Mary Ann (May 13, 2009). "New Mama in the House: Linda Sanchez". The Washington Post.

[192] Barone, Michael; Chuck McCutcheon (2011). "Washington/Fifth District". The Almanac of American Politics (2012 ed.). University of Chicago Press, National Journal Group, Inc. pp. 1716–1718. ISBN 978-0-226-03808-7.

[193] "Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler celebrates 'miracle' baby girl born with Potter's sequence". New York Daily News. July 29, 2013.

[194] Korte, Gregory (November 25, 2013). "Rep sets congressional record -- mom x 3". USA Today. Retrieved November 23, 2014.

[195] Skiba, Katherine (November 20, 2014). "Rep. Tammy Duckworth gives birth to daughter". Chicago Tribune.

[196] Dake, Lauren (May 19, 2016). "Herrera Beutler gives birth to baby boy". The Columbian. Retrieved December 28, 2018.

[197] Hair, Calley (May 23, 2019). "Herrera Beutler gives birth to girl". The Columbian. Retrieved July 14, 2019.

[198] KURTZ, JUDY (Aug 30, 2021). "Stefanik welcomes 'healthy baby boy'". The Hill. Retrieved August 30, 2021.

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Lists of female holders of political office	Elected or appointed national leaders heads of state and government deputy heads of state deputy heads of government Ministers and secretaries defence finance foreign interior justice Speakers of national and territorial legislatures lower houses unicameral parliaments upper houses Constituent and dependent territory leaders First women holders of political offices first governors and/or chief ministers first members of parliament first mayors first heads of government and state in Muslim-majority countries Hereditary rulers queens regnant
National politics/government/legislatures	Australia House Senate Canada Commons France Assembly Senate India Iran Ireland Dáil Seanad Israel Lebanon Malaysia House Senate Mongolia Nepal Papua New Guinea Philippines Senate Sri Lanka Turkey United Kingdom Commons Lords United States House Senate
Related	All-women shortlist Council of Women World Leaders Muslim women political leaders Women Political Leaders