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Women have served in theUnited States House of Representatives, thelower chamber of theUnited States Congress, since 1917 following the election ofRepublicanJeannette Rankin fromMontana, the first woman in Congress.[1] In total, 397 women have beenU.S. representatives and eight more have beennon-voting delegates. As of November 20, 2025, there are 125 women in the U.S. House of Representatives (not including four female non-voting delegates), making women 28.7% of the total. Of the 405 women who have served in the House, 270 have been Democrats (including four fromU.S. territories and theDistrict of Columbia) and 135 have been Republicans (including three from U.S. territories, includingpre-statehood Hawaii). One woman was the 52ndSpeaker of the House, DemocratNancy Pelosi ofCalifornia.
Women have been elected to the House of Representatives from 49 of the 50states.Mississippi is the only state that has not elected a woman to the House of Representatives, though it has elected awoman to the United States Senate. In 1917,Montana was the first state to send a woman to the House of Representatives and to Congress; in 2025,North Dakota became the most recent state to send its first woman to the House. Women have also been sent to Congress from theDistrict of Columbia and from all six current territories of the United States; the final U.S. territory to send a woman to the House of Representatives was theNorthern Mariana Islands, also in 2025.California has elected more women to Congress than any other state, with 50 U.S. representatives elected since 1923. To date, no woman who has served in the House has ever previously served in the Senate, has been elected to represent more than one state in non-consecutive elections, switched parties, or served as athird-party member in her career, although one was reelected as an independent.



The first woman to be elected to Congress wasMontana'sJeannette Rankin, a Republican, in the1916 House elections;[2] notably, this occurred before the ratification of the19th Amendment in 1920, which prohibits thefederal government or any state from denying citizens theright to vote on the basis of sex.[3] On April 2, 1917, she took heroath of office along with the other members of the65th Congress.[4]
Mae Nolan entered the House of Representatives in 1923 as the first Catholic woman in either chamber of Congress.[5]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.[6]
Florence Prag Kahn 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 Canada to American parents, entered the House of Representatives in 1945 as the first woman born outside the United States elected to either chamber of Congress. She went to become the first woman in congressional party leadership when elected secretary of theHouse Democratic Caucus in 1949.Lynn Morley Martin became the first Republican woman elected to a House leadership position as vice chair of theHouse Republican Conference in 1985.
Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman elected in both chambers of Congress; she first entered the House of Representatives in 1940, before her election into the Senate in 1948.[7]
RepresentativeVera Buchanan died in 1955, making her the first woman in either chamber of Congress to die in office.[8]
Patsy Mink, an Asian American, entered the House of Representatives in 1965 as the firstwoman of color in either chamber of Congress.[9][10]
Shirley Chisholm entered the House of Representatives in 1969 as the first African-American woman in either chamber of Congress.[10][11]
In 1969, RepresentativeCharlotte Reid became the first woman to wear pants in the House of Representatives or Senate.[12]
In 1973, RepresentativeYvonne 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 member of Congress to be granted maternity leave, with the birth of her daughterAutumn.[13][14]
Mary Rose Oakar in 1977 became the first Arab-American woman elected to Congress.
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.[15]
Barbara Vucanovich entered the House of Representatives in 1983 as the first Hispanic or Latina woman in either chamber of Congress.
Apart from single-member House delegations, the first all-woman delegation in either chamber of Congress was from Hawaii, in late 1990—Pat Saiki and Patsy Mink. They were also the first all-woman of color delegation in either chamber.[16] In 2013, New Hampshire became the first state to have an all-woman delegation in both houses of Congress.[16]
Enid Greene Waldholtz entered the House of Representatives in 1995 as the first Mormon woman in that chamber; however, she was the second Mormon woman in Congress, after SenatorPaula Hawkins of Florida.[17]
Jo Ann Emerson entered 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.[18] She won two elections scheduledon November 5, 1996: aspecial election to fill out the remainder of her husband's term in the104th Congress, and ageneral election for a full term in the105th Congress. Emerson received the Republican nomination for the unexpired term; however, the party slot for the regular election was already filled by another contender. According to Missouri law, she was ineligible to run as a GOP candidate, so she sought reelection and won her first full term as an independent.[19] Emerson was sworn into office as such before rejoining the Republicans a few days later.
Tammy Baldwin, alesbian, entered the House of Representatives in 1999 as the first openlyLGBT woman in either chamber of Congress.[20]
Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, rose through the ranks of her party leadership to be electedHouse whip in 2002,[21] before being elevated toHouse floor leader andminority leader the following year;[22] making her both the first womanwhip and the first womanfloor leader in either chamber of Congress. On January 4, 2007, she was elected the first woman to serve asSpeaker of the House.[23][24] On January 3, 2019, Pelosi became the seventh person and first woman to reclaim the speakership.[24][25]
Mazie Hirono entered the House of Representatives in 2007 as one of the first two Buddhists (alongsideHank Johnson) and first Buddhist woman elected in either chamber of Congress.[26]
In 2011, the House of Representatives got its first women's bathroom near the chamber (Room H-211 of theCapitol building); women in the Senate have had their own restroom off the Senate floor since 1993.[27]
Tammy Duckworth, anIraq War combat veteran, entered the House of Representatives in 2013 as the first woman with a disability in either chamber of Congress.[28]
Tulsi Gabbard entered the House of Representatives in 2013 as the first Hindu person in either chamber of Congress.[29]Kyrsten Sinema also entered the House that same year as the first openly bisexual person in either chamber of Congress.[30]
In the2018 House elections, there was a wave of firsts elected to the House of Representatives for the116th Congress. A record-breaking 103 women were elected or reelected to the House, causing many to call it the "Year of the Woman" in a reference to thefirst such year, the1992 Senate elections.[31][32][33]Sharice Davids andDeb Haaland became the first Native American women ever elected to either house of Congress.[34]Ilhan Omar andRashida Tlaib became the first Muslim women elected to either chamber, with Tlaib the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress and Omar the first Somali-American of either sex to be elected.[35]Angie Craig became the first lesbian mother to be elected. Additionally,Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez andDonna Shalala became, respectively, the youngest woman ever elected to Congress and the oldest woman to be elected to Congress for the first time.[36][37]
Also in 2018,Jacky Rosen became the first sitting female House one-termer to be elected to the Senate.[38]
In 2020, RepublicanStephanie Bice was elected to become the first Persian American, Pakistani American, and first woman of Persian parentage and Pakistani ancestry in Congress,[39][40] and her fellow Republican,Yvette Herrell, was also elected as the first Native American woman from the party in Congress.[41] Additionally, RepublicansMichelle Steel andYoung Kim, and DemocratMarilyn Strickland were the first Korean-American women elected.[42] Strickland is also the firstAfro-Asian woman elected to the House of Representatives.[43]
Mary Peltola entered the House of Representatives on September 13, 2022, after winning aspecial election on August 16, as the firstAlaska Native person in either chamber of Congress.[44]
In 2024,Sarah McBride was elected to the House, becoming the first transgender person ever elected to either chamber of Congress.[45] Her membership in the House was not well received by some of her Republican colleagues, as they referred to her as "the gentleman from Delaware" or as "Mr. McBride".[46] Even prior to the commencement of her service, RepublicanSpeaker of the House,Mike Johnson, issued a ruling limiting the use of women's restrooms in the House to biological females, which had the effect of barring McBride from using the women's restrooms in the House.[47]

RepresentativeMarcy Kaptur, who has served in the House since January 3, 1983, has the longest-serving tenure of any female member in the chamber's history.[48] In 2018, she surpassed the record previously held byEdith Nourse Rogers, who served in the House from 1925 until her death in 1960.[49] She went on to surpass the record previously held byBarbara Mikulski, who served in the House and Senate for a combined 40 years, thus making her thelongest-serving woman in congressional history.[50]
Pat Saiki (born 1930) is currently the oldest living former female member of the House.Yvonne Brathwaite Burke is the former member having survived longest since her first election (1973).
| State | Current members | Previous members | Total | First female member | Political party of first female member | Years with female members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Elizabeth B. Andrews | Democratic | 1972–1973, 2011–present | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | Mary Peltola | Democratic | 2022–2025 | |
| 2 | 7 | 9 | Isabella Greenway | Democratic | 1933–1937, 1993–1995, 2007–present | |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | Pearl Oldfield | Democratic | 1929–1933, 1961–1963, 1993–1997 | |
| 15 | 35 | 50 | Mae Nolan | Republican | 1923–1937, 1945–1951, 1973–1979, 1981–present | |
| 3 | 5 | 8 | Pat Schroeder | Democratic | 1973–present | |
| 2 | 6 | 8 | Clare Boothe Luce | Republican | 1943–1947, 1949–1951, 1971–1975, 1982–present | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Democratic | 2017–present | |
| 9 | 15 | 24 | Ruth Owen | Democratic | 1929–1933, 1989–present | |
| 3 | 6 | 9 | Florence Gibbs | Democratic | 1940–1941, 1946–1947, 1955–1963, 1993–2007, 2017–present | |
| 1 | 5 | 6 | Patsy Mink[a] | Democratic | 1965–1977, 1987–2002, 2007–2021, 2023–present | |
| 0 | 2 | 2 | Gracie Pfost | Democratic | 1953–1963, 1995–2001 | |
| 6 | 15 | 21 | Winnifred Huck | Republican | 1922–1923, 1929–1931, 1939–1947, 1951–1971, 1973–1997, 1999–present | |
| 2 | 7 | 9 | Virginia E. Jenckes | Democratic | 1933–1939, 1949–1959, 1982–1985, 1989–1995, 1997–2007, 2013–present | |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Cindy Axne &Abby Finkenauer | Democratic | 2019–present | |
| 1 | 5 | 6 | Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy | Democratic | 1933–1935, 1975–1979, 1985–1997, 2007–present | |
| 0 | 2 | 2 | Katherine G. Langley | Republican | 1927–1931, 1997–2007 | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Lindy Boggs | Democratic | 1973–1991, 2021–present | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Margaret Chase Smith | Republican | 1940–1949, 1979–1995, 2009–present | |
| 2 | 8 | 10 | Katharine Byron | Democratic | 1941–1943, 1973–2003, 2008–2017, 2025–present | |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | Edith Rogers | Republican | 1925–1960, 1967–1983, 2007–present | |
| 6 | 10 | 16 | Ruth Thompson | Republican | 1951–1974, 1995–present | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 7 | Coya Knutson | Democratic–Farmer–Labor | 1955–1959, 2001–present | |
| 1 | 7 | 8 | Leonor Sullivan | Democratic | 1953–1977, 1991–present | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | Jeannette Rankin | Republican | 1917–1919, 1941–1943 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | Virginia D. Smith | Republican | 1975–1991 | |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Barbara Vucanovich | Republican | 1983–1997, 1999–present | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Carol Shea-Porter | Democratic | 2007–2011, 2013–present | |
| 3 | 6 | 9 | Mary Norton | Democratic | 1925–1951, 1957–1973, 1975–2003, 2015–present | |
| 2 | 6 | 8 | Georgia Lusk | Democratic | 1947–1949, 1998–2009, 2013–present | |
| 8 | 22 | 30 | Ruth Pratt | Republican | 1929–1945, 1947–1983, 1987–present | |
| 4 | 5 | 9 | Eliza Pratt | Democratic | 1946–1947, 1992–present | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | Julie Fedorchak | Republican | 2025–present | |
| 4 | 9 | 13 | Frances P. Bolton | Republican | 1940–1969, 1977–present | |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Alice Robertson | Republican | 1921–1923, 2007–2011, 2019–present | |
| 5 | 5 | 10 | Nan Honeyman | Democratic | 1937–1939, 1955–1974, 1993–2009, 2012–present | |
| 4 | 8 | 12 | Veronica Boland | Democratic | 1942–1943, 1951–1963, 1993–1995, 2001–2015, 2018–present | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | Claudine Schneider | Republican | 1981–1991 | |
| 2 | 5 | 7 | Elizabeth Gasque | Democratic | 1938–1941, 1944–1945, 1962–1963, 1987–1993, 2021–present | |
| 0 | 2 | 2 | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Democratic | 2004–2019 | |
| 1 | 6 | 7 | Willa Eslick | Democratic | 1932–1933, 1961–1965, 1975–1995, 2003–2019, 2021–present | |
| 7 | 7 | 14 | Lera Thomas | Democratic | 1966–1967, 1973–1979, 1993–present | |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | Reva Bosone | Democratic | 1949–1953, 1993–1997, 2015–2019, 2023–present | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | Becca Balint | Democratic | 2023–present | |
| 2 | 7 | 9 | Leslie Byrne | Democratic | 1993–1995, 2001–2009, 2015–present | |
| 6 | 8 | 14 | Catherine May | Republican | 1959–1974, 1989–present | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Elizabeth Kee | Democratic | 1951–1965, 2001–2015, 2019–present | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 1999–present | |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Barbara Cubin | Republican | 1995–present | |
| Territory | Current members | Previous members | Total | First female member | Political party of first female member | Years with female members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | Amata Radewagen | Republican | 2015–present | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Democratic | 1991–present | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | Madeleine Bordallo | Democratic | 2003–2019 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | Elizabeth P. Farrington[a] | Republican | 1954–1957 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | Kimberlyn King-Hinds | Republican | 2025–present | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | Jenniffer González-Colón | Republican | 2017–2025 | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Donna Christian-Christensen | Democratic | 1997–present |
Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck of Illinois, the third woman ever elected to Congress, became the first woman followed into national office due to family connections. She succeededher father into the House in the wake of his death in 1921; Huck won a special election to fill out the remainder of his term, but lost aprimary election for renomination in her own right, so she served just 14 weeks.[51][52] In 1990, Rep.Susan Molinari become the first woman elected to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation ofher father rather than his death.[53]
Mae Nolan of California becomes the first woman elected to Congress to fill the vacant seat caused by the death ofher husband in 1922, which is sometimes known as thewidow's succession.[52][54] In the early years of women in Congress, such a seat was usually held only until the next general election, and the women retired after that single Congress, thereby becoming a placeholders to finishing elected terms of their husbands.[54] As the years progressed, however, more and more of these widow successors sought reelection. These women began to win their own elections, withFlorence Prag Kahn of California becoming the first woman to do it. After entering the House of Representatives in 1925 to replaceher late husband, she established herself as an effective legislator in her own right and would go on to win reelection five more times.[54][55] Rep.Debbie Dingell of Michigan succeeded her living spouse after his retirement, becoming the first woman to do it.[56]
To date, 45 women have directly succeeded their late husbands in Congress, with 38 of them seated in the House and eight in the Senate.[51] The only current example is RepresentativeDoris Matsui of California.[b] One of the most prominent examples wasMargaret Chase Smith of Maine, who served a total of 32 years in both the House and the Senate and been the first woman to do so. She began the end ofMcCarthyism with a famous speech, "TheDeclaration of Conscience", became the first major-party female presidential candidate and the first woman to receive votes at anational nominating convention, and was the first (and highest ranking to date) woman to enter the GOP Senate leadership (in the third-highest post ofChairwoman of the Senate Republican Conference).
Frances P. Bolton of Ohio became the first woman overlapping a tenure with her child in either chamber of Congress. She served alongsideher son in the House of Representatives from 1953 to 1957 and again from 1963 to 1965; making them the first mother-son team ever to be simultaneously elected.[51][57]
In 1965,Elizabeth Kee of West Virginia became the first woman who directly preceded her own child in any chamber of Congress; event occurred after she stepped down from the House andher son was elected to a vacant seat.[58] CongresswomenLoretta andLinda Sánchez, both of California, served along each other from 2003 to 2017; making them the first pair of sisters elected to either chamber.[51][59]




Number of women in the United States Congress (1917–present):[62][63]
| 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 | 152 | 28.1% |
| 118th | 2023–2025 | 157 | 29.0% |
| 119th | 2025–2027 | 150 | 27.8% |
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 | Republicans | % of women | % of party | Democrats | % 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 | 126 | 33 | 26.2% | 14.6% | 93 | 73.8% | 41.2% |
| 118th | 2023–2025 | 128 | 33 | 25.8% | 14.9% | 95 | 74.2% | 42.9% |
| 119th | 2025–2027 | 126 | 30 | 23.8% | 13.7% | 96 | 76.2% | 44.2% |

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 theapportionment period during which such member commenced serving. This list includes women who served in the past and those who continue to serve in the present.
| Portrait | Name (lifespan) | Party | District | Term start | Term end | Reason(s) for leaving |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeannette Rankin (1880–1973) [c] | Republican | Montana at-large | March 4, 1917 | March 3, 1919 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the1918 United States Senate election in Montana | |
| Montana's 1st | January 3, 1941 | January 3, 1943 | Retired | |||
| Alice Robertson (1854–1931) [d] | Republican | Oklahoma's 2nd | March 4, 1921 | March 3, 1923 | Lost reelection | |
| Winnifred Huck (1882–1936) [e] | Republican | Illinois's at-large | November 7, 1922 | Lost renomination | ||
| Mae Nolan (1886–1973) [f] | Republican | California's 5th | January 23, 1923 | March 3, 1925 | Retired | |
| Florence Kahn (1866–1948) [g][h] | Republican | California's 4th | March 4, 1925 | January 3, 1937 | Lost reelection | |
| Mary Norton (1875–1959) [i][h] | Democratic | New Jersey's 12th &13th | January 3, 1951 | Retired | ||
| Edith Rogers (1881–1960) [j][h] | Republican | Massachusetts's 5th | June 30, 1925 | September 10, 1960 | Died in office | |
| Katherine G. Langley (1888–1948) [k] | Republican | Kentucky's 7th | March 4, 1927 | March 3, 1931 | Retired | |
| Pearl Oldfield (1876–1962) [l] | Democratic | Arkansas's 2nd | January 9, 1929 | Retired | ||
| Ruth McCormick (1880–1944) [m] | Republican | Illinois's at-large | March 4, 1929 | March 3, 1931 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the1930 United States Senate election in Illinois[n] | |
| Ruth Owen (1885–1954) [o] | Democratic | Florida's 4th | March 3, 1933 | Lost renomination[p] | ||
| Ruth Pratt (1877–1965) | Republican | New York's 17th | March 4, 1929 | Lost reelection | ||
| Effiegene Wingo (1883–1962) [q] | Democratic | Arkansas's 4th | November 4, 1930 | March 3, 1933 | Retired | |
| Willa Eslick (1878–1961) [r] | Democratic | Tennessee's 7th | August 14, 1932 | Not eligible for reelection having not qualified for nomination |
| Portrait | 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 | January 3, 1935 | Lost reelection | ||
| Isabella Greenway (1886–1953) | Democratic | Arizona's at-large | October 2, 1933 | January 3, 1937 | Retired | |
| Marian W. Clarke (1880–1953) [s] | Republican | New York's 34th | December 28, 1933 | January 3, 1935 | Retired | |
| Caroline O'Day (1869–1943) | Democratic | New York's 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) [t] | Democratic | South Carolina's 6th | September 13, 1938 | Retired | ||
| Jessie Sumner (1898–1994) | Republican | Illinois's 18th | January 3, 1939 | January 3, 1947 | Retired | |
| Clara G. McMillan (1894–1976) [u] | Democratic | South Carolina's 1st | November 7, 1939 | January 3, 1941 | Retired | |
| Frances P. Bolton (1885–1977) [v] | Republican | Ohio's 22nd | February 27, 1940 | January 3, 1969 | Lost reelection | |
| Margaret Chase Smith (1897–1995) [w] | Republican | Maine's 2nd | June 3, 1940 | January 3, 1949 | Retired to run successfully for the1948 United States Senate election in Maine, thus becoming the first woman to serve in both houses of the United States Congress, and the first woman to represent Maine in either. | |
| Florence Gibbs (1890–1964) [x] | Democratic | Georgia's 8th | October 1, 1940 | January 3, 1941 | Retired | |
| Katharine Byron (1903–1976) [y] | Democratic | Maryland's 6th | May 27, 1941 | January 3, 1943 | Retired | |
| Veronica Boland (1899–1982) [z] | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 11th | November 3, 1942 | Retired |
| Portrait | Name (lifespan) | Party | District | Term start | Term end | Reason(s) for leaving |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987) [aa] | Republican | Connecticut's 4th | January 3, 1943 | January 3, 1947 | Retired[ab] | |
| Winifred C. Stanley (1909–1996) | Republican | New York's at-large | January 3, 1945 | Retired | ||
| Willa L. Fulmer (1884–1968) [ac] | Democratic | South Carolina's 2nd | November 7, 1944 | Retired | ||
| Emily Douglas (1899–1994) [ad] | Democratic | Illinois's at-large | January 3, 1945 | January 3, 1947 | Lost reelection | |
| Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900–1980) | Democratic | California's 14th | January 3, 1951 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the1950 United States Senate election in California | ||
| Chase G. Woodhouse (1890–1984) [ae] | Democratic | Connecticut's 2nd | January 3, 1947 | Lost reelection | ||
| 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 | Retired | ||
| Georgia Lusk (1893–1971) | Democratic | New Mexico's at-large | January 3, 1947 | January 3, 1949 | Lost renomination | |
| Katharine St. George (1894–1983) | Republican | New York's 29th,28th, &27th | 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, 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) [af] | Republican | Illinois's 13th | January 3, 1951 | January 3, 1963 | Retired | |
| Ruth Thompson (1887–1970) | Republican | Michigan's 9th | January 3, 1957 | Lost renomination | ||
| Elizabeth Kee (1895–1975) [ag] | Democratic | West Virginia's 5th | July 17, 1951 | January 3, 1965 | Retired | |
| Vera Buchanan (1902–1955) [ah] | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 33rd &30th | July 24, 1951 | October 26, 1955 | Died in office |
| Portrait | 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 the1962 United States Senate election in Idaho | |
| Leonor Sullivan (1902–1988) [ai] | Democratic | Missouri's 3rd | January 3, 1977 | Retired | ||
| Elizabeth P. Farrington (1898–1984) [aj] | Republican | Hawaii's at-large | July 31, 1954 | January 3, 1957 | Lost reelection | |
| Iris Blitch (1912–1993) [ak] | Democratic | Georgia's 8th | January 3, 1955 | January 3, 1963 | Retired | |
| Edith Green (1910–1987) | Democratic | Oregon's 3rd | December 31, 1974 | Resigned | ||
| Martha Griffiths (1912–2003) | Democratic | Michigan's 17th | Retired[al] | |||
| Coya Knutson (1912–1996) | Democratic (DFL) | Minnesota's 9th | January 3, 1959 | Lost reelection | ||
| Kathryn E. Granahan (1894–1979) [am] | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 2nd | November 6, 1956 | January 3, 1963 | Retired[an] | |
| 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) [ao] | Republican | Illinois's 20th | January 3, 1961 | Retired | ||
| Jessica M. Weis (1901–1963) | Republican | New York's 38th | January 3, 1963 | Retired | ||
| Julia Hansen (1907–1988) | Democratic | Washington's 3rd | November 8, 1960 | December 31, 1974 | Resigned | |
| Catherine Norrell (1901–1981) [ap] | Democratic | Arkansas's 6th | April 19, 1961 | January 3, 1963 | Retired | |
| Louise Reece (1898–1970) [aq] | Republican | Tennessee's 1st | May 16, 1961 | Retired | ||
| Corinne Riley (1893–1979) [ar] | Democratic | South Carolina's 2nd | April 10, 1962 | Retired |
| Portrait | Name (lifespan) | Party | District | Term start | Term end | Reason(s) for leaving |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Reid (1913–2007) [as] | Republican | Illinois's 15th | January 3, 1963 | October 7, 1971 | Resigned to become a member of theFederal Communications Commission | |
| Irene Baker (1901–1994) [at] | Republican | Tennessee's 2nd | January 7, 1964 | January 3, 1965 | Retired | |
| Patsy Mink (1927–2002) [au] | Democratic | Hawaii's at-large &2nd | January 3, 1965 | January 3, 1977 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the1976 United States Senate election in Hawaii[av] | |
| Hawaii's 2nd | September 22, 1990 | September 28, 2002 | Died in office | |||
| Lera Thomas (1900–1993) [aw] | 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[ax] | |
| Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005) [ay] | Democratic | New York's 12th | January 3, 1969 | 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 the1976 United States Senate election in New York | |
| Ella Grasso (1919–1981) | Democratic | Connecticut's 6th | January 3, 1975 | Retired to run successfully forGovernor of Connecticut | ||
| Louise Hicks (1916–2003) | Democratic | Massachusetts's 9th | January 3, 1973 | Lost reelection | ||
| Elizabeth B. Andrews (1911–2002) [az] | Democratic | Alabama's 3rd | April 4, 1972 | Retired |
| Portrait | 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 forAttorney General of California | |
| Marjorie Holt (1920–2018) | Republican | Maryland's 4th | January 3, 1987 | Retired | ||
| Elizabeth Holtzman (born 1941) [ba] | Democratic | New York's 16th | January 3, 1981 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the1980 United States Senate election in New York | ||
| Barbara Jordan (1936–1996) | Democratic | Texas's 18th | January 3, 1979 | Retired | ||
| Pat Schroeder (1940–2023) | Democratic | Colorado's 1st | January 3, 1997 | Retired | ||
| Lindy Boggs (1916–2013) [bb] | Democratic | Louisiana's 2nd | March 20, 1973 | January 3, 1991 | Retired[bc] | |
| Cardiss Collins (1931–2013) [bd] | Democratic | Illinois's 7th | June 5, 1973 | January 3, 1997 | Retired | |
| Millicent Fenwick (1910–1992) [be] | Republican | New Jersey's 5th | January 3, 1975 | January 3, 1983 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the1982 United States Senate election in New Jersey[bf] | |
| Martha Keys (1930–2024) [bg] | Democratic | Kansas's 2nd | January 3, 1979 | Lost reelection | ||
| Marilyn Lloyd (1929–2018) [as] | Democratic | Tennessee's 3rd | January 3, 1995 | Retired | ||
| Virginia D. Smith (1911–2006) | Republican | Nebraska's 3rd | January 3, 1991 | Retired | ||
| Gladys Spellman (1918–1988) | Democratic | Maryland's 5th | February 24, 1981 | After suffering a debilitating heart attack and slipping into a comatose state, her seat was declared vacant by the House | ||
| Helen Meyner (1929–1997) | Democratic | New Jersey's 13th | January 3, 1979 | Lost reelection | ||
| Shirley Pettis (1924–2016) [bh] | Republican | California's 37th | April 29, 1975 | Retired | ||
| Barbara Mikulski (born 1936) [bi] | Democratic | Maryland's 3rd | January 3, 1977 | January 3, 1987 | Retired to run successfully for the1986 United States Senate election in Maryland | |
| Mary Oakar (1940–2025) [bj] | Democratic | Ohio's 20th | January 3, 1993 | Lost reelection | ||
| Beverly Byron (1932–2025) [bk] | Democratic | Maryland's 6th | January 3, 1979 | Lost renomination | ||
| Geraldine Ferraro (1935–2011) | Democratic | New York's 9th | January 3, 1985 | Retired to run unsuccessfully as the Democratic nominee forVice President of the United States during the1984 United States presidential election[bl] | ||
| Olympia Snowe (born 1947) [bm] | Republican | Maine's 2nd | January 3, 1995 | Retired to run successfully for the1994 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 the1986 United States Senate election in California | |
| Lynn Morley Martin (born 1939) [bn] | Republican | Illinois's 16th | January 3, 1991 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the1990 United States Senate election in Illinois[bo] | ||
| Marge Roukema (1929–2014) | Republican | New Jersey's 7th &5th | January 3, 2003 | Retired | ||
| Claudine Schneider (born 1947) | Republican | Rhode Island's 2nd | January 3, 1991 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the1990 United States Senate election in Rhode Island | ||
| Barbara B. Kennelly (born 1936) | Democratic | Connecticut's 1st | January 12, 1982 | January 3, 1999 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the1998 Connecticut gubernatorial election | |
| Jean Spencer Ashbrook (born 1934) [bp] | 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 |
| Portrait | Name (lifespan) | Party | District | Term start | Term end | Reason(s) for leaving |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Boxer (born 1940) [bi] | Democratic | California's 6th | January 3, 1983 | January 3, 1993 | Retired to run successfully for the1992 United States Senate election in California | |
| Nancy Johnson (born 1935) | Republican | Connecticut's 6th &5th | January 3, 2007 | Lost reelection | ||
| Marcy Kaptur (born 1946) [bq] | Democratic | Ohio's 9th | January 3, 1983 | present | ||
| Barbara Vucanovich (1921–2013) [br] | Republican | Nevada's 2nd | January 3, 1983 | January 3, 1997 | Retired | |
| Sala Burton (1925–1987) [bs] | 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 the1994 Maryland gubernatorial election | |
| Jan Meyers (1928–2019) | Republican | Kansas's 3rd | January 3, 1997 | Retired | ||
| Catherine Small Long (1924–2019) [bt] | 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[bu] | |
| Liz J. Patterson (1939–2018) [bv] | Democratic | South Carolina's 4th | January 3, 1993 | Lost reelection | ||
| Pat Saiki (born 1930) [bw] | Republican | Hawaii's 1st | January 3, 1991 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the1990 United States Senate special election in Hawaii[bx] | ||
| Louise Slaughter (1929–2018) | Democratic | New York's 30th,28th, &25th | March 16, 2018 | Died in office | ||
| Nancy Pelosi (born 1940) [by] | Democratic | California's 5th,8th,12th, &11th | June 2, 1987 | present | ||
| Nita Lowey (born 1937) | Democratic | New York's 20th,18th, &17th | January 3, 1989 | January 3, 2021 | Retired | |
| Jolene Unsoeld (1931–2021) | Democratic | Washington's 3rd | January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection | ||
| Jill Long Thompson (born 1952) | Democratic | Indiana's 4th | March 20, 1989 | Lost reelection | ||
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (born 1952) [bz] | Republican | Florida's 18th &27th | August 29, 1989 | January 3, 2019 | Retired | |
| Susan Molinari (born 1958) [ca] | Republican | New York's 14th &13th | March 20, 1990 | August 2, 1997 | Resigned to become co-host ofCBS This Morning | |
| Barbara-Rose Collins (1939–2021) | 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's at-large | ||||
| 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 Clayton (born 1934) | Democratic | North Carolina's 1st | November 3, 1992 | January 3, 2001 | Retired |
| Portrait | 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 Byrne (born 1946) | Democratic | Virginia's 11th | January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection | ||
| Maria Cantwell (born 1958) | Democratic | Washington's 1st | Lost reelection[cb] | |||
| Pat Danner (born 1934) | Democratic | Missouri's 6th | January 3, 2001 | Retired | ||
| Jennifer Dunn (1941–2007) | Republican | Washington's 8th | January 3, 2005 | Retired | ||
| Karan English (born 1949) | Democratic | Arizona's 6th | January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection | ||
| Anna Eshoo (born 1942) [cc] | Democratic | California's 14th,18th, &16th | January 3, 2025 | Retired | ||
| Tillie Fowler (1942–2005) | Republican | Florida's 4th | January 3, 2001 | Retired | ||
| Elizabeth Furse (1936–2021) [cd] | Democratic | Oregon's 1st | January 3, 1999 | Retired | ||
| Jane Harman (born 1945) | Democratic | California's 36th | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the1998 California gubernatorial election | |||
| January 3, 2001 | February 28, 2011 | Resigned to become the Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer of theWoodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | ||||
| Eddie Johnson (1934–2023) | Democratic | Texas's 30th | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 2023 | Retired | |
| Blanche Lincoln (born 1960) | Democratic | Arkansas's 1st | January 3, 1997 | Retired[ce] | ||
| Carolyn Maloney (born 1946) | Democratic | New York's 14th &12th | January 3, 2023 | Lost renomination | ||
| Marjorie Margolies (born 1942) [cf] | Democratic | Pennsylvania's 13th | January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection | ||
| Cynthia McKinney (born 1955) | Democratic | Georgia's 11th &4th | January 3, 2003 | Lost renomination | ||
| Georgia's 4th | January 3, 2005 | January 3, 2007 | Lost renomination[cg] | |||
| Carrie Meek (1926–2021) [ch] | Democratic | Florida's 17th | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 2003 | Retired | |
| Deborah Pryce (born 1951) | Republican | Ohio's 15th | January 3, 2009 | Retired | ||
| Lucille Roybal-Allard (born 1941) [ci] | Democratic | California's 33rd,34th, &40th | January 3, 2023 | Retired | ||
| Lynn Schenk (born 1945) | Democratic | California's 49th | January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection | ||
| Karen Shepherd (born 1940) | Democratic | Utah's 2nd | January 3, 1995 | Lost reelection | ||
| Karen Thurman (born 1951) | Democratic | Florida's 5th | 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, 2009 | Retired | ||
| Sheila Jackson Lee (1950-2024) | Democratic | Texas's 18th | July 19, 2024 | Died in office | ||
| Sue Kelly (born 1936) | Republican | New York's 19th | January 3, 2007 | Lost reelection | ||
| Zoe Lofgren (born 1947) | Democratic | California's 16th,19th, &18th | 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, 2013 | Retired | ||
| Lynn N. Rivers (born 1956) | Democratic | Michigan's 13th | January 3, 2003 | Lost renomination | ||
| Andrea Seastrand (born 1941) | Republican | California's 22nd | January 3, 1997 | Lost reelection | ||
| Linda Smith (born 1950) | Republican | Washington's 3rd | January 3, 1999 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the1998 United States Senate election in Washington | ||
| Enid Greene Waldholtz (born 1958) [cj] | Republican | Utah's 2nd | 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) [ck] | Republican | Missouri's 8th | November 5, 1996 | January 3, 1997 | Switched affiliation and 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 theNational Rural Electric Cooperative Association | |||
| Julia Carson (1938–2007) [cl] | Democratic | Indiana's 10th &7th | January 3, 1997 | December 15, 2007 | Died in office | |
| Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (1945–2025) | Democratic | Michigan's 15th &13th | January 3, 2011 | Lost renomination | ||
| Donna Christian-Christensen (born 1945) | Democratic | U.S. Virgin Island's at-large | January 3, 2015 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the2014 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 | January 3, 2025 | Retired | |
| Darlene Hooley (born 1939) | Democratic | Oregon's 5th | January 3, 2009 | Retired | ||
| Carolyn McCarthy (1944–2025) | Democratic | New York's 4th | January 3, 2015 | Retired | ||
| Anne Northup (born 1948) | Republican | Kentucky's 3rd | January 3, 2007 | Lost reelection | ||
| Loretta Sánchez (born 1960) [cm] | Democratic | California's 46th,47th, &46th | January 3, 2017 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the2016 United States Senate election in California | ||
| Debbie Stabenow (born 1950) | Democratic | Michigan's 8th | January 3, 2001 | Retired to run successfully for the2000 United States Senate election in Michigan | ||
| Ellen Tauscher (1951–2019) | Democratic | California's 10th | June 26, 2009 | Resigned to becomeUnder Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs | ||
| Lois Capps (born 1938) [cn] | Democratic | California's 22nd,23rd, &24th | March 10, 1998 | January 3, 2017 | Retired | |
| Mary Bono (born 1961) [co] | Republican | California's 44th &45th | April 7, 1998 | January 3, 2013 | Lost reelection | |
| Barbara Lee (born 1946) | Democratic | California's 9th,13th, &12th | January 3, 2025 | Retired to run unsuccessfully in the2024 United States Senate elections in California[cp] | ||
| Heather Wilson (born 1960) | Republican | New Mexico's 1st | June 25, 1998 | January 3, 2009 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the2008 United States Senate election in New Mexico[cq] | |
| Tammy Baldwin (born 1962) [cr] | Democratic | Wisconsin's 2nd | January 3, 1999 | January 3, 2013 | Retired to run successfully for the2012 United States Senate election in Wisconsin, thus becoming the first openly LGBT person to serve in both houses of the United States Congress, and the first woman to represent Wisconsin in either.[68] | |
| Shelley Berkley (born 1951) | Democratic | Nevada's 1st | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the2012 United States Senate election in Nevada | |||
| Judy Biggert (born 1937) | Republican | Illinois's 13th | Lost reelection | |||
| Grace Napolitano (born 1936) | Democratic | California's 34th,38th,32nd, &31st | January 3, 2025 | Retired | ||
| 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 the2014 United States Senate election in West Virginia | |
| Jo Ann Davis (1950–2007) | Republican | Virginia's 1st | October 6, 2007 | Died in office | ||
| Susan Davis (born 1944) | Democratic | California's 49th &53rd | January 3, 2021 | Retired | ||
| Melissa Hart (born 1962) | Republican | Pennsylvania's 4th | 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 becomeUnited States Secretary of Labor | |
| Diane Watson (born 1933) | Democratic | California's 32nd &33rd | June 5, 2001 | January 3, 2011 | Retired |
| Portrait | 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 the2018 United States Senate election in Tennessee | |
| Madeleine Bordallo (born 1933) | Democratic | Guam's at-large | Lost renomination | |||
| Ginny Brown-Waite (born 1943) | Republican | Florida's 5th | January 3, 2011 | Retired | ||
| Katherine Harris (born 1957) | Republican | Florida's 13th | January 3, 2007 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the2006 United States Senate election in Florida | ||
| Denise Majette (born 1955) | Democratic | Georgia's 4th | January 3, 2005 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the2004 United States Senate election in Georgia | ||
| Candice Miller (born 1954) | Republican | Michigan's 10th | January 3, 2017 | Retired to run successfully for Public Works Commissioner ofMacomb County | ||
| Marilyn Musgrave (born 1949) | Republican | Colorado's 4th | January 3, 2009 | Lost reelection | ||
| Linda Sánchez (born 1969) [cs] | Democratic | California's 39th &38th | January 3, 2003 | present | ||
| Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (born 1970) [ct] | 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 | Lost reelection | ||
| Thelma Drake (born 1949) | Republican | Virginia's 2nd | 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 | January 3, 2025 | Retired | |
| 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 the2014 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election | |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz (born 1966) | Democratic | Florida's 20th,23rd, &25th | January 3, 2005 | present | ||
| Doris Matsui (born 1944) [cu] | Democratic | California's 5th,6th, &7th | March 3, 2005 | |||
| 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, 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 | ||||
| Mary Fallin (born 1954) | Republican | Oklahoma's 5th | January 3, 2007 | January 3, 2011 | Retired to run successfully for the2010 Oklahoma gubernatorial election | |
| Gabrielle Giffords (born 1970) | Democratic | Arizona's 8th | January 25, 2012 | Resigned due to the injuries from being shot in the head at close range during an assassination attempt during the2011 Tucson shooting | ||
| Kirsten Gillibrand (born 1966) | Democratic | New York's 20th | January 25, 2009 | Resigned after being appointed to the United States Senate[cv] | ||
| Mazie Hirono (born 1947) [cw] | Democratic | Hawaii's 2nd | January 3, 2013 | Retired to run successfully for the2012 United States Senate election in Hawaii | ||
| Carol Shea-Porter (born 1952) | Democratic | New Hampshire's 1st | 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 | Lost reelection | ||
| Niki Tsongas (born 1946) [cx] | Democratic | Massachusetts's 5th &3rd | October 16, 2007 | January 3, 2019 | Retired | |
| Jackie Speier (born 1950) | Democratic | California's 12th &14th | April 8, 2008 | January 3, 2023 | Retired | |
| Donna Edwards (born 1958) | Democratic | Maryland's 4th | June 17, 2008 | January 3, 2017 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the2016 United States Senate election in Maryland | |
| Marcia Fudge (born 1952) | Democratic | Ohio's 11th | November 18, 2008 | March 10, 2021 | Resigned to becomeUnited 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 | Lost reelection | |||
| Lynn Jenkins (born 1963) | Republican | Kansas's 2nd | January 3, 2019 | Retired | ||
| Mary Jo Kilroy (born 1949) | Democratic | Ohio's 15th | January 3, 2011 | Lost reelection | ||
| Ann Kirkpatrick (born 1950) | Democratic | Arizona's 1st | Lost reelection | |||
| January 3, 2013 | January 3, 2017 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the2016 United States Senate election in Arizona | ||||
| Arizona's 2nd | January 3, 2019 | January 3, 2023 | Retired | |||
| Suzanne Kosmas (born 1944) | Democratic | Florida's 24th | January 3, 2009 | January 3, 2011 | Lost reelection | |
| Cynthia Lummis (born 1954) | Republican | Wyoming's at-large | January 3, 2017 | Retired[cy] | ||
| Betsy Markey (born 1956) | Democratic | Colorado's 4th | 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 | |
| Nevada's 1st | January 3, 2013 | present | ||||
| Judy Chu (born 1953) [cz] | Democratic | California's 32nd,27th, &28th | June 19, 2009 | |||
| 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 | December 9, 2022 | Resigned to becomemayor of Los Angeles | ||
| Diane Black (born 1951) | Republican | Tennessee's 6th | January 3, 2019 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election | ||
| Ann Marie Buerkle (born 1951) | Republican | New York's 25th | January 3, 2013 | Lost reelection | ||
| Renee Ellmers (born 1964) | Republican | North Carolina's 2nd | January 3, 2017 | Lost renomination | ||
| Colleen Hanabusa (born 1951) | Democratic | Hawaii's 1st | January 3, 2015 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the2014 United States Senate special election in Hawaii | ||
| November 14, 2016 | January 3, 2019 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the2018 Hawaii gubernatorial election | ||||
| Vicky Hartzler (born 1960) | Republican | Missouri's 4th | January 3, 2011 | January 3, 2023 | Retired to run unsuccessfully for the2022 United States Senate election in Missouri | |
| Nan Hayworth (born 1959) | Republican | New York's 19th | January 3, 2013 | Lost reelection | ||
| Jaime Herrera Beutler (born 1978) | Republican | Washington's 3rd | January 3, 2023 | Lost renomination | ||
| Kristi Noem (born 1971) | Republican | South Dakota's at-large | January 3, 2019 | Retired to run successfully for the2018 South Dakota gubernatorial election | ||
| Martha Roby (born 1976) | Republican | Alabama's 2nd | 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 | ||||
| Kathy Hochul (born 1958) | Democratic | New York's 26th | June 1, 2011 | January 3, 2013 | Lost reelection[da] | |
| Janice Hahn (born 1952) | Democratic | California's 36th &44th | July 12, 2011 | December 4, 2016 | Resigned to join theLos 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 |
There have been 15[fj] women whogave birth at least once during their tenure as members of the House of Representatives.[51] Two women gave birth multiple times, each giving birth three times while in office; one woman gave birth twice, once while serving in the House, and once while serving in theUnited States Senate.
During the118th Congress, CongresswomenAnna Paulina Luna andBrittany Pettersen proposed different rule changes to allowproxy voting for new mothers (and new fathers per Pettersen's proposal).[78] CongressmembersSara Jacobs andMike Lawler joined the cause during the119th Congress.[79] Pettersen has taken her infant child to several congressional committee meetings and also gave a speech on the floor of the House while holding her 9-week old son.[80][81] Luna eventually dropped her demand for proxy voting, and settled on a formalization of avote pairing system in which an absent member could seek a member who would otherwise vote the opposite way to abstain instead. This arrangement was passed on aparty-line vote with Republicans supporting the vote pairing system and Democrats opposing it.[82]
| Representatives who gave birth while in office | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congresswoman | State or Territory | Party | Date of delivery | Mother's age | Notes |
| Yvonne Brathwaite Burke | Democratic | November 23, 1973 | 41 | Gave birth to a daughter,Autumn, thus becoming the first woman to give birth while serving in either chamber of Congress.[14] | |
| Enid Greene Waldholtz | Republican | August 31, 1995 | 37 | Gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth.[83] | |
| Susan Molinari | Republican | May 10, 1996 | 38 | Gave birth to a daughter, Susan. The child's father was fellow congressmanBill Paxon.[84] | |
| Blanche Lincoln | Democratic | June 1996 | 35 | Gave birth to twin boys, Bennett and Reece. Lincoln chose not to run for reelection due to her pregnancy.[85] | |
| Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Republican | April 29, 2007 | 37 | Gave birth to a son, Cole.[86] | |
| December 1, 2010 | 41 | Gave birth to a daughter, Grace, thus becoming the first woman in either chamber of Congress to give birth in office twice.[87] | |||
| November 24, 2013 | 44 | Gave birth to a daughter, Brynn, thus becoming the first woman in either chamber of Congress to give birth in office three times.[88] | |||
| Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic | May 15, 2008 | 41 | Gave birth to a son, Henry.[89] | |
| Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Democratic | December 15, 2008 | 38 | Gave birth to a son, Zachary. The child's father was former congressmanMax Sandlin.[90] | |
| Linda Sánchez | Democratic | May 13, 2009 | 40 | Gave birth to a son, Joaquin. Sánchez was unmarried when pregnancy announced, getting married a month before delivery.[91] | |
| Jaime Herrera Beutler | Republican | July 15, 2013 | 34 | Gave birth to a daughter, Abigail.[92] | |
| May 18, 2016 | 37 | Gave birth to a son, Ethan.[93] | |||
| May 21, 2019 | 40 | Gave birth to a daughter, Isana.[94] | |||
| Tammy Duckworth | Democratic | November 18, 2014 | 46 | Gave birth to a daughter, Abigail.[95] Duckworth later gave birth as a sitting United States senator, becoming the first sitting senator to give birth and the first woman to give birth while serving in each chamber of Congress.[96] | |
| Elise Stefanik | Republican | August 27, 2021 | 37 | Gave birth to a son, Sam Manda.[97] | |
| Anna Paulina Luna | Republican | August 26, 2023 | 34 | Gave birth to a son, Henry.[98][99] | |
| Jenniffer González-Colón | Republican | February 16, 2024 | 47 | Gave birth to fraternal twins, a daughter named Jenniffer Nydia Mercedes and a son named José Yovin.[100] | |
| Brittany Pettersen | Democratic | January 25, 2025 | 43 | Gave birth to a son, Samuel.[101] | |
| Kat Cammack | Republican | August 14, 2025 | 37 | Gave birth to a daughter, Augusta Dair.[102] | |
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