Women Representatives and Senators by State

Names are arranged under state headings in chronological order; for those years in which multiple women from the same state were first elected to Congress, names then appear in alphabetical order.

Alabama

House

Elizabeth Bullock Andrews (1972–1973)

Senate

Dixie Bibb Graves (1937–1938)
Maryon Pittman Allen (1978–1978)

Alaska

House

Senate

Lisa Murkowski (2002–Present)

Arizona

House

Isabella S. Greenway (1933–1937)
Karan English (1993–1995)
Gabrielle Giffords (2007–Present)

Senate

Arkansas

House

Pearl Oldfield (1929–1931)
Effiegene Locke Wingo (1930–1933)
Catherine D. Norrell (1961–1963)
Blanche Lambert Lincoln (1993–1997)

Senate

Hattie Wyatt Caraway (1931–1945)
Blanche Lambert Lincoln (1999–Present)

California

House

Mae Ella Nolan (1923–1925)
Florence P. Kahn (1925–1937)
Helen Gahagan Douglas (1945–1951)
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (1973–1979)
Shirley N. Pettis (1975–1979)
Bobbi Fiedler (1981–1987)
Barbara Boxer (1983–1993)
Sala Galante Burton (1983–1987)
Nancy Pelosi (1987–Present)
Maxine Waters (1991–Present)
Anna Georges Eshoo (1993–Present)
Jane F. Harman (1993–1999), (2001–Present)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (1993–Present)
Lynn Schenk (1993–1995)
Lynn C. Woolsey (1993–Present)
Zoe Lofgren (1995–Present)
Andrea Seastrand (1995–1997)
Juanita Millender-McDonald (1996–2007)
Loretta Sanchez (1997–Present)
Ellen O’Kane Tauscher (1997–Present)
Mary Bono Mack (1998–Present)
Lois Capps (1998–Present)
Barbara Lee (1998–Present)
Grace Napolitano (1999–Present)
Susan A. Davis (2001–Present)
Hilda L. Solis (2001–Present)
Diane Edith Watson (2001–Present)
Linda T. Sánchez (2003–Present)
Doris Matsui (2005–Present)
Laura Richardson (2007–Present)
Jackie Speier (2008–Present)

Senate

Dianne Feinstein (1992–Present)
Barbara Boxer (1993–Present)

Colorado

House

Patricia S. Schroeder (1973–1997)
Diana L. DeGette (1997–Present)
Marilyn N. Musgrave (2003–Present)

Senate

Connecticut

House

Clare Boothe Luce (1943–1947)
Chase Going Woodhouse (1945–1947), (1949–1951)
Ella Tambussi Grasso (1971–1975)
Barbara B. Kennelly (1982–1999)
Nancy L. Johnson (1983–2007)
Rosa DeLauro (1991–Present)

Senate

Delaware

House

Senate

The District of Columbia

House

Eleanor Holmes Norton (1991–Present)

Senate

Florida

House

Ruth Bryan Owen (1929–1933)
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (1989–Present)
Corrine Brown (1993–Present)
Tillie Kidd Fowler (1993–2001)
Carrie P. Meek (1993–2003)
Karen L. Thurman (1993–2003)
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite (2003–Present)
Katherine Harris (2003–2007)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (2005–Present)
Kathy Castor (2007–Present)

Senate

Paula Fickes Hawkins (1981–1987)

Georgia

House

Florence Reville Gibbs (1940–1941)
Helen Douglas Mankin (1946–1947)
Iris Faircloth Blitch (1955–1963)
Cynthia McKinney (1993–2003), (2005–2007)
Denise Majette (2003–2005)

Senate

Rebecca Latimer Felton (1922–1922)

Guam

House

Madeleine Z. Bordallo (2003–Present)

Senate

Hawaii

House

Mary E. (Betty) Farrington (1954–1957)
Patsy T. Mink (1965–1977), (1990–2002)
Patricia F. Saiki (1987–1991)
Mazie Hirono (2007–Present)

Senate

Idaho

House

Gracie Bowers Pfost (1953–1963)
Helen P. Chenoweth (1995–2001)

Senate

Illinois

House

Winnifred S. Huck (1922–1923)
Ruth Hanna McCormick (1929–1931)
Jessie Sumner (1939–1947)
Emily Taft Douglas (1945–1947)
Marguerite Stitt Church (1951–1963)
Edna O. Simpson (1959–1961)
Charlotte T. Reid (1963–1971)
Cardiss Collins (1973–1997)
Lynn Martin (1981–1991)
Judy Borg Biggert (1999–Present)
Janice Schakowsky (1999–Present)
Melissa Bean (2005–Present)

Senate

Carol Moseley-Braun (1993–1999)

Indiana

House

Virginia Ellis Jenckes (1933–1939)
Cecil Murray Harden (1949–1959)
Katie Beatrice Hall (1982–1985)
Jill L. Long (1989–1995)
Julia May Carson (1997–2007)

Senate

Iowa

House

Senate

Kansas

House

Kathryn O’Loughlin McCarthy (1933–1935)
Martha Elizabeth Keys (1975–1979)
Jan L. Meyers (1985–1997)
Nancy Boyda (2007–Present)

Senate

Nancy Landon Kassebaum (1978–1997)
Sheila Frahm (1996–1996)

Kentucky

House

Katherine Gudger Langley (1927–1931)
Anne Meagher Northup (1997–2007)

Senate

Louisiana

House

Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs (1973–1991)
Catherine S. Long (1985–1987)

Senate

Rose McConnell Long (1936–1937)
Elaine S. Edwards (1972–1972)
Mary Landrieu (1997–Present)

Maine

House

Margaret Chase Smith (1940–1949)
Olympia Jean Snowe (1979–1995)

Senate

Margaret Chase Smith (1949–1973)
Olympia Jean Snowe (1995–Present)
Susan Margaret Collins (1997–Present)

Maryland

House

Katharine Edgar Byron (1941–1943)
Marjorie Sewell Holt (1973–1987)
Gladys Noon Spellman (1975–1981)
Barbara Ann Mikulski (1977–1987)
Beverly Butcher Byron (1979–1993)
Helen Delich Bentley (1985–1995)
Constance A. Morella (1987–2003)
Donna F. Edwards (2008–Present)

Senate

Barbara Ann Mikulski (1987–Present)

Massachusetts

House

Edith Nourse Rogers (1925–1960)
Margaret M. Heckler (1967–1983)
Louise Day Hicks (1971–1973)
Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas (2007–Present)

Senate

Michigan

House

Ruth Thompson (1951–1957)
Martha Wright Griffiths (1955–1974)
Barbara-Rose Collins (1991–1997)
Lynn Nancy Rivers (1995–2003)
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (1997–Present)
Deborah A. Stabenow (1997–2001)
Candice Miller (2003–Present)

Senate

Deborah A. Stabenow (2001–Present)

Minnesota

House

Coya Knutson (1955–1959)
Betty McCollum (2001–Present)
Michele Bachmann (2007–Present)

Senate

Muriel Humphrey (1978–1978)
Amy Klobuchar (2007–Present)

Mississippi

House

Senate

Missouri

House

Leonor K. Sullivan (1953–1977)
Joan Kelly Horn (1991–1993)
Patsy Ann Danner (1993–2001)
Karen McCarthy (1995–2005)
Jo Ann Emerson (1996–Present)

Senate

Jean Carnahan (2001–2002)
Claire McCaskill (2007–Present)

Montana

House

Jeannette Rankin (1917–1919), (1941–1943)

Senate

Nebraska

House

Virginia Dodd Smith (1975–1991)

Senate

Hazel Hempel Abel (1954–1954)
Eva Kelly Bowring (1954–1954)

Nevada

House

Barbara F. Vucanovich (1983–1997)
Shelley Berkley (1999–Present)

Senate

New Hampshire

House

Carol Shea-Porter (2007–Present)

Senate

New Jersey

House

Mary T. Norton (1925–1951)
Florence P. Dwyer (1957–1973)
Millicent Fenwick (1975–1983)
Helen Stevenson Meyner (1975–1979)
Margaret (Marge) Roukema (1981–2003)

Senate

New Mexico

House

Georgia Lee Lusk (1947–1949)
Heather A. Wilson (1998–Present)

Senate

New York

House

Ruth Sears Pratt (1929–1933)
Marian Williams Clarke (1933–1935)
Caroline O’Day (1935–1943)
Winifred Claire Stanley (1943–1945)
Katharine St. George (1947–1965)
Edna Flannery Kelly (1949–1969)
Jessica McCullough Weis (1959–1963)
Shirley Anita Chisholm (1969–1983)
Bella Savitzky Abzug (1971–1977)
Elizabeth Holtzman (1973–1981)
Geraldine Anne Ferraro (1979–1985)
Louise M. Slaughter (1987–Present)
Nita M. Lowey (1989–Present)
Susan Molinari (1990–1997)
Carolyn B. Maloney (1993–Present)
Nydia M. Velázquez (1993–Present)
Sue W. Kelly (1995–2007)
Carolyn McCarthy (1997–Present)
Yvette D. Clarke (2007–Present)
Kirsten Gillibrand (2007–Present)

Senate

Hillary Rodham Clinton (2001–Present)

North Carolina

House

Eliza Jane Pratt (1946–1947)
Eva M. Clayton (1992–2003)
Sue Myrick (1995–Present)
Virginia Foxx (2005–Present)

Senate

Elizabeth Dole (2003–Present)

North Dakota

House

Senate

Jocelyn Birch Burdick (1992–1992)

Ohio

House

Frances Payne Bolton (1940–1969)
Mary Rose Oakar (1977–1993)
Jean Spencer Ashbrook (1982–1983)
Marcia C. (Marcy) Kaptur (1983–Present)
Deborah Pryce (1993–Present)
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (1997–2008)
Jean Schmidt (2005–Present)
Betty Sutton (2007–Present)
Marcia L. Fudge (2008–Present)

Senate

Oklahoma

House

Alice Mary Robertson (1921–1923)
Mary Fallin (2007–Present)

Senate

Oregon

House

Nan Wood Honeyman (1937–1939)
Edith Starrett Green (1955–1974)
Elizabeth Furse (1993–1999)
Darlene K. Hooley (1997–Present)

Senate

Maurine B. Neuberger (1960–1967)

Pennsylvania

House

Veronica Grace Boland (1942–1943)
Vera Daerr Buchanan (1951–1955)
Kathryn E. Granahan (1956–1963)
Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (1993–1995)
Melissa A. Hart (2001–2007)
Allyson Schwartz (2005–Present)

Senate

Rhode Island

House

Claudine Schneider (1981–1991)

Senate

South Carolina

House

Elizabeth H. Gasque (1938–1939)
Clara G. McMillan (1939–1941)
Willa Lybrand Fulmer (1944–1945)
Corinne Boyd Riley (1962–1963)
Elizabeth J. Patterson (1987–1993)

Senate

South Dakota

House

Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (2004–Present)

Senate

Gladys S. Pyle (1938–1939)
Vera Cahalan Bushfield (1948–1948)

Tennessee

House

Willa McCord Blake Eslick (1932–1933)
Louise G. Reece (1961–1963)
Irene Bailey Baker (1964–1965)
Marilyn Lloyd (1975–1995)
Marsha Blackburn (2003–Present)

Senate

Texas

House

Lera Millard Thomas (1966–1967)
Barbara Jordan (1973–1979)
Eddie Bernice Johnson (1993–Present)
Sheila Jackson-Lee (1995–Present)
Kay Granger (1997–Present)
Shelley Sekula Gibbs (2006–2007)

Senate

Kathryn Ann Bailey Hutchison (1993–Present)

Utah

House

Reva Beck Bosone (1949–1953)
Karen Shepherd (1993–1995)
Enid Greene Waldholtz (1995–1997)

Senate

Vermont

House

Senate

Virgin Islands

House

Donna M. Christensen (1997–Present)

Senate

Virginia

House

Leslie L. Byrne (1993–1995)
Jo Ann Davis (2001–2007)
Thelma Drake (2005–Present)

Senate

Washington

House

Catherine Dean May (1959–1971)
Julia Butler Hansen (1960–1974)
Jolene Unsoeld (1989–1995)
Maria E. Cantwell (1993–1995)
Jennifer Dunn (1993–2005)
Linda Smith (1995–1999)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (2005–Present)

Women in Congress

Women Representatives and Senators by State

Alabama

House

Senate

Alaska

House

Senate

Arizona

House

Senate

Arkansas

House

Senate

California

House

Senate

Colorado

House

Senate

Connecticut

House

Senate

Delaware

House

Senate

The District of Columbia

House

Senate

Florida

House

Senate

Georgia

House

Senate

Guam

House

Senate

Hawaii

House

Senate

Idaho

House

Senate

Illinois

House

Senate

Indiana

House

Senate

Iowa

House

Senate

Kansas

House

Senate

Kentucky

House

Senate

Louisiana

House

Senate

Maine

House

Senate

Maryland

House

Senate

Massachusetts

House

Senate

Michigan

House

Senate

Minnesota

House

Senate

Mississippi

House

Senate