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Women Representatives and Senators by Congress, 1917–Present

This table is based on information drawn from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Representatives and Senators are listed in alphabetical order.

87th Congress, 1961–1963

87th Congress, Women Representatives and Senators

House

Senate

Iris Faircloth Blitch (Democrat, GA) Frances Payne Bolton (Republican, OH) Marguerite Stitt Church (Republican, IL) Florence P. Dwyer (Republican, NJ) Kathryn E. Granahan (Democrat, PA) Edith Starrett Green (Democrat, OR) Martha Wright Griffiths (Democrat, MI) Julia Butler Hansen (Democrat, WA) Maude Elizabeth Kee (Democrat, WV) Edna Flannery Kelly (Democrat, NY) Catherine Dean May (Republican, WA) Catherine D. Norrell (Democrat, AR)1 Gracie Bowers Pfost (Democrat, ID) Louise G. Reece (Republican, TN)2 Corinne Boyd Riley (Democrat, SC)3 Katharine St. George (Republican, NY) Leonor K. Sullivan (Democrat, MO) Jessica McCullough Weis (Republican, NY)

Maurine B. Neuberger (Democrat, OR) Margaret Chase Smith (Republican, ME)

Footnotes

1. Catherine Norrell was elected by special election on April 18, 1961, to succeed her husband W.F. Norrell.
2. Louise Reece was elected by special election on May 16, 1961, to succeed her husband Brazilla Carroll Reece.
3. Corinne Riley was elected by special election on April 10, 1962, to succeed her husband John J. Riley.