Women in the United States Senate

There have been 60 women in the United States Senate since it started in 1789.

Rebecca Felton was the first. She was in the Senate for one day in 1922. Hattie Caraway was the first woman elected to the Senate in 1932.

As of October 3, 2023, there are 25 women Senators out of 100. The largest number of women Senators at one time was 26, in 2020 and 2021.

Women in the Senate now (as of 2023)

 Class State Name Party Prior experience First tookoffice Born 3 Alabama Katie Britt  Republican CEO of the Business Council of Alabama, chief of staff to predecessor Richard Shelby 2023 1982 3 Alaska Lisa Murkowski Republican Alaska House of Representatives 2002 1957 1 Arizona Kyrsten Sinema IndependentSinema was elected as a Democrat in 2018, but switched to an independent in December 2022. Arizona House of Representatives, Arizona Senate, U.S. House of Representatives 2019 1976 1 California Laphonza Butler Democratic Member of the Board of Regents of the University of California, President of EMILY's List 2023 1979 1 Hawaii Mazie Hirono Democratic Hawaii House of Representatives, Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, gubernatorial nominee, U.S. House of Representatives 2013 1947 3 Illinois Tammy Duckworth Democratic U.S. House of Representatives 2017 1968 2 Iowa Joni Ernst Republican Montgomery County Auditor, Iowa Senate 2015 1970 2 Maine Susan Collins Republican Massachusetts Deputy Treasurer, gubernatorial nominee 1997 1952 1 Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren Democratic Special Advisor to the President for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 2013 1949 1 Michigan Debbie Stabenow Democratic Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Senate, U.S. House of Representatives 2001 1950 1 Minnesota Amy Klobuchar Democratic-Farmer-Labor Hennepin County Attorney 2007 1960 2 Minnesota Tina Smith Democratic-Farmer-Labor Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota 2018 1958 2 Mississippi Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican Mississippi Senate, Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce 2018 1959 1 Nebraska Deb Fischer Republican Nebraska Legislature 2013 1951 3 Nevada Catherine Cortez Masto Democratic Nevada Attorney General 2017 1964 1 Nevada Jacky Rosen Democratic U.S. House of Representatives 2019 1957 2 New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen Democratic New Hampshire Senate, Governor of New Hampshire 2009 1947 3 New Hampshire Maggie Hassan Democratic New Hampshire Senate, Governor of New Hampshire 2017 1958 1 New York Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic U.S. House of Representatives 2009 1966 1 Tennessee Marsha Blackburn Republican Tennessee Senate, U.S. House of Representatives 2019 1952 3 Washington Patty Murray Democratic Washington Senate 1993 1950 1 Washington Maria Cantwell Democratic Washington House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives 2001 1958 2 West Virginia Shelley Moore Capito Republican West Virginia House of Delegates, U.S. House of Representatives 2015 1953 1 Wisconsin Tammy Baldwin Democratic Wisconsin State Assembly, U.S. House of Representatives 2013 1962 2 Wyoming Cynthia Lummis Republican Wyoming House of Representatives, Wyoming Senate, Wyoming Treasurer, U.S. House of Representatives 2021 1954

All women senators

ImageName(lifespan)StateTerm startTerm endLength ofservice (days)Entered byLeft forParty95px|Sen. Felton GeorgiaAppointmentAppointment endedDemocratic95px|Sen. Caraway ArkansasAppointmentLost renominationDemocratic95px|Sen. Long LouisianaAppointmentAppointment endedDemocratic95px|Sen. Graves AlabamaAppointmentAppointment endedDemocratic95px|Sen. Pyle South DakotaSpecial electionRetiredRepublican95px|Sen. Bushfield South DakotaAppointmentAppointment endedRepublican95px|Sen. Smith MaineElectionLost reelectionRepublican95px|Sen. Bowring NebraskaAppointmentAppointment endedRepublican95px|Sen. Abel NebraskaSpecial electionRetired and resigned earlyAbel resigned 3 days before the end of her term, a common practice to give her successor seniority advantage.Republican95px|Sen. Neuberger OregonSpecial electionRetiredDemocratic95px|Sen. Edwards LouisianaAppointmentAppointment endedDemocratic95px|Sen. HumphreyMinnesotaAppointmentAppointment endedDemocratic-Farmer-Labor95px|Sen. Allen AlabamaAppointmentLost nomination to finish termDemocratic95px|Sen. Kassebaum KansasElectionPredecessor resigned early to give successor seniority advantage, so the senator was appointed for the few days prior to the commencement of the elected termRetiredRepublican95px|Sen. Hawkins FloridaElectionLost reelectionRepublican95px|Sen. Mikulski MarylandElectionRetiredDemocratic95px|Sen. Burdick North DakotaAppointmentAppointment endedDemocratic95px|Sen. Feinstein CaliforniaSpecial electionDied in officeDemocratic95px|Sen. Boxer CaliforniaElectionRetiredDemocratic95px|Sen. Moseley Braun IllinoisElectionLost reelectionDemocratic95px|Sen. Murray WashingtonpresentElectionIncumbentDemocratic95px|Sen. Hutchison TexasSpecial electionRetiredRepublican95px|Sen. Snowe MaineElectionRetiredRepublican95px|Sen. Frahm KansasAppointmentLost nomination to finish termRepublican95px|Sen. Collins MainepresentElectionIncumbentRepublican95px|Sen. Landrieu LouisianaJanuary 3, 2015ElectionLost reelectionDemocratic95px|Sen. Lincoln ArkansasElectionLost reelectionDemocratic95px|Sen. Cantwell WashingtonpresentElectionIncumbentDemocratic95px|Sen. Carnahan MissouriAppointmentLost election to finish termDemocratic95px|Sen. Clinton New YorkElectionResigned to become United States Secretary of StateDemocratic95px|Sen. Stabenow MichiganpresentElectionIncumbentDemocratic95px|Sen. Murkowski AlaskapresentAppointmentIncumbentRepublican95px|Sen. DoleNorth CarolinaElectionLost reelectionWhen Kay Hagan defeated Elizabeth Dole, it was the first time in history a woman candidate defeated an incumbent woman.Republican95px|Sen. Klobuchar MinnesotapresentElectionIncumbentDemocratic-Farmer-Labor95px|Sen. McCaskill MissouriElectionLost reelectionDemocratic95px|Sen. Shaheen presentElectionIncumbentDemocratic95px|Sen. Hagan North CarolinaElectionLost reelectionDemocratic95px|Sen. Gillibrand New YorkpresentAppointmentIncumbentDemocratic95px|Sen. Ayotte New HampshireElectionLost reelectionRepublican95px|Sen. Baldwin WisconsinpresentElectionIncumbentDemocratic95px|Sen. Fischer NebraskapresentElectionIncumbentRepublican95px|Sen. Heitkamp North DakotaElectionIncumbentDemocratic95px|Sen. Hirano HawaiipresentElectionIncumbentDemocratic95px|Sen. Warren MassachusettspresentElectionIncumbentDemocratic95px|Sen. Ernst IowapresentElectionIncumbentRepublican95px|Sen. Moore Capito West VirginiapresentElectionIncumbentRepublicanNevadapresentElectionIncumbentDemocratic95px|Sen. DuckworthIllinoispresentElectionIncumbentDemocratic95px|Sen. HarrisCaliforniaElectionResigned to become Vice President of the United StatesDemocratic95px|Sen. HassanNew HampshirepresentElectionIncumbentDemocratic95px|Sen. SmithMinnesotapresentAppointmentIncumbentDemocratic-Farmer-Labor95px|Sen. Hyde-SmithMississippipresentAppointmentIncumbentRepublican118x118px|Sen. BlackburnTennesseepresentElectionIncumbentRepublican95px|Sen. SinemaArizonapresentElectionIncumbentDemocraticIndependent95px|Sen. McSallyArizonaAppointmentLost election to finish termRepublican95px|Sen. RosenNevadapresentElectionIncumbentDemocratic95px|Sen. LoefflerGeorgiaAppointmentLost election to finish termRepublican95px|Sen. LummisWyomingpresentElectionIncumbentRepublicanframeless|120x120px|Sen. BrittAlabamapresentElectionIncumbentRepublican95px|Sen.-designate ButlerCaliforniapresentAppointmentIncumbentDemocratic

References

Other websites
 U.S. Senate History: Women in the Senate
 "Women in the U.S. Senate 1922–2010" Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics,  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey


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