Women in the United States Senate

There have been 52 total women in the United States Senate since its establishment in 1789. ^[1]

Al Franken

Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American comedian, writer, producer, author, and politician who served as a United States Senator from Minnesota from 2009 to 2018.

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Alan John Dixon (July 7, 1927 – July 6, 2014) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the Illinois General Assembly from 1951 to 1971, as the Illinois Treasurer from 1971 to 1977, as the Illinois Secretary of State from 1977 to 1981 and as a U.S. Senator from 1981 until 1993.

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Alaska House of Representatives

The Alaska House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Alf Landon

Alfred Mossman Landon (September 9, 1887October 12, 1987) was an American politician from the Republican Party.

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Amy Klobuchar

Amy Jean Klobuchar (born May 25, 1960) is an American former prosecutor, author, and politician.

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Arkansas

Arkansas is a state in the southeastern region of the United States, home to over 3 million people as of 2017.

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Attorney general

In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General (sometimes abbreviated as AG) or Attorney-General (plural: Attorneys General (traditional) or Attorney Generals) is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions, they may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement, prosecutions or even responsibility for legal affairs generally.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.

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Barbara Boxer

Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is a retired American politician who served as a United States Senator for California from 1993 to 2017.

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Barbara Mikulski

Barbara Ann Mikulski (born July 20, 1936) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017.

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Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

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Blanche Lincoln

Blanche Meyers Lambert Lincoln (born September 30, 1960) is an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Arkansas from 1999 to 2011.

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Bob Dole

Robert Joseph Dole (born July 22, 1923) is a retired American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in Congress from 1961 to 1996 and served as the Republican Leader of the United States Senate from 1985 until 1996.

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Bob Krueger

Robert Charles "Bob" Krueger (born September 19, 1935) is an American diplomat, politician, and former U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Texas, a former U.S. Ambassador, and a member of the Democratic Party.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Carol Moseley Braun

Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun, also sometimes Moseley-Braun (born August 16, 1947), is an American diplomat, politician and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999.

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Catherine Cortez Masto

Catherine Marie Cortez Masto (born March 29, 1964) is an American attorney and politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Nevada since 2017.

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Center for American Women and Politics

The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) is a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Established in 1971, it is nationally and internationally recognized as the leading source of scholarly research and current data about U.S. women's political participation.

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Cindy Hyde-Smith

Cindy Hyde-Smith (born May 10, 1959) is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Mississippi since April 2, 2018.

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Claire McCaskill

Claire Conner McCaskill (born July 24, 1953) is an American politician who serves as the senior United States Senator from Missouri, a seat she was first elected to in 2006.

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Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination

On July 1, 1991, President George H. W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court of the United States to replace Thurgood Marshall, who had announced his retirement.

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is an agency of the United States government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector.

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Deb Fischer

Debra Strobel Fischer (born March 1, 1951) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Nebraska since 2013.

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Debbie Stabenow

Deborah Ann Greer Stabenow (born April 29, 1950) is an American politician who is the senior United States Senator from Michigan and a Democrat.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008

The 2008 Democratic presidential primaries were the selection processes by which voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

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Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016

The 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries and caucuses were a series of electoral contests organized by the Democratic Party to select the 4,051 delegates to the Democratic National Convention held July 25–28 and determine the nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

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Dianne Feinstein

Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born Dianne Emiel Goldman, June 22, 1933) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from California, a seat she has held since 1992.

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Dixie Bibb Graves

Dixie Bibb Graves (July 26, 1882 – January 21, 1965) was a First Lady from the state of Alabama, and the first woman United States Senator from Alabama.

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Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current President of the United States, in office since January 20, 2017.

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Eagleton Institute of Politics

The Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University was established in 1956 with an endowment from Florence Peshine Eagleton (1870–1953), and it focuses on state and national politics through education and public service.

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Elaine Edwards

Elaine Lucille Edwards (née Schwartzenburg; March 8, 1929 – May 14, 2018) was an American politician from Louisiana.

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Elizabeth Dole

Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford "Liddy" Dole (born July 29, 1936)Mary Ella Cathey Hanford, "Asbury and Hanford Families: Newly Discovered Genealogical Information" The Historical Trail 33 (1996), pp.

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Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Ann Warren (née Herring, born June 22, 1949) is an American politician and academic serving as the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, a seat she was elected to in 2012.

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Eva Bowring

Eva Kelly Bowring (January 9, 1892January 8, 1985) was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska.

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First Lady of the United States

The First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS) is the title held by the hostess of the White House, usually the wife of the President of the United States, concurrent with the President's term in office.

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Frank Murkowski

Frank Hughes Murkowski (born March 28, 1933) is an American retired politician and a member of the Republican Party.

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George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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Gladys Pyle

Gladys Pyle (October 4, 1890March 14, 1989) was an American politician and the first woman elected to the United States Senate without having previously been appointed to her position; she was also the first female senator to serve as a Republican and the first female senator from South Dakota.

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Governor of California

The Governor of California is the head of government of the U.S. state of California.

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Governor of Hawaii

The Governor of Hawaii is the chief executive of the state of Hawaii and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Hawaii State Constitution Article V, Sections 1 through 6.

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Governor of Maine

The Governor of Maine is the chief executive of the State of Maine.

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Governor of New Hampshire

The Governor of New Hampshire is the head of the executive branch of New Hampshire's state government.

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Governor of North Dakota

The Governor of North Dakota is the head of the executive branch of North Dakota's state government and serves as the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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Hattie Wyatt Caraway

Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway (February 1, 1878 – December 21, 1950) was an American politician who became the first woman elected to serve a full term as a United States Senator.

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Hawaii House of Representatives

The Hawaii House of Representatives is the lower house of the Hawaii State Legislature.

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Hazel Abel

Hazel Hempel Abel (July 10, 1888July 30, 1966) was an American educator and politician in the U.S. state of Nebraska, who served as a member of the United States Senate for fifty-four days in 1954.

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Heidi Heitkamp

Mary Kathryn "Heidi" Heitkamp (born October 30, 1955) is an American businesswoman, lawyer, and politician serving as the junior United States Senator from North Dakota since 2013.

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Hennepin County, Minnesota

Hennepin County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Hillary Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, and the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election.

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Howard Baker

Howard Henry Baker Jr. (November 15, 1925 June 26, 2014) was an American politician and diplomat who served as a Republican United States Senator from Tennessee, Senate Minority Leader, then Senate Majority Leader.

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Hubert Humphrey

Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 38th Vice President of the United States from 1965 to 1969.

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Iowa Senate

The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly, United States.

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Jean Carnahan

Jean Anne Carpenter Carnahan (born December 20, 1933) is an American politician and writer who was the First Lady of Missouri from 1993 to 2000, and served as the state's junior United States Senator from 2001 to 2002.

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Jeanne Shaheen

Cynthia Jeanne Shaheen (née Bowers; January 28, 1947) is the senior United States Senator from New Hampshire.

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Jocelyn Burdick

Jocelyn Birch Burdick (born February 6, 1922) is an American politician from North Dakota who served as a Democratic United States Senator briefly during 1992.

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John Ashcroft

John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American lawyer and former politician who served as the 79th U.S. Attorney General (2001–2005), in the George W. Bush Administration.

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John F. Seymour

John Francis Seymour (born December 3, 1937) is a retired American real estate investor and politician who served as a United States Senator from California from 1991 to 1992.

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Joni Ernst

Joni Kay Ernst (née Culver; July 1, 1970) is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator for Iowa since 2015.

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Kamala Harris

Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20, 1964) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States Senator from California since 2017.

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Kay Bailey Hutchison

Kay Bailey Hutchison (born Kathryn Ann Bailey; July 22, 1943) is an American lawyer, businesswoman, politician, and diplomat who is currently serving as the 22nd United States Permanent Representative to NATO.

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Kay Hagan

Janet Kay Hagan (née Ruthven; May 26, 1953) is an American lobbyist and retired politician who served as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 2009 to 2015.

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Kelly Ayotte

Kelly Ann Ayotte (born June 27, 1968) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the junior United States Senator from New Hampshire from 2011 to 2017.

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Kirsten Gillibrand

Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand (Rutnik;; born December 9, 1966) is an American attorney and politician serving as the junior United States Senator from New York since January 2009.

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Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii

The Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, concurrently the Secretary of State of Hawaii, is the assistant chief executive of that U.S. state and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Hawaiokinai State Constitution Article V, Sections 2 though 6.

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Lisa Murkowski

Lisa Ann Murkowski (born May 22, 1957) is the senior United States Senator from Alaska and member of the Republican Party.

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List of Governors of Alaska

The Governor of Alaska is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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List of Governors of Missouri

Following is a list of Governors of Missouri since its territory became part of the United States.

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List of lieutenant governors of Minnesota

This is a list of lieutenant governors of the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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List of United States Senators from Alabama

Alabama was admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819, and elects U.S. Senators to Class 2 and Class 3.

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List of United States Senators from Alaska

Alaska was admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959.

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List of United States Senators from Arkansas

Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836, and elects its senators to Class 2 and Class 3.

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List of United States Senators from California

California elects United States Senators to Class 1 and Class 3.

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List of United States Senators from Florida

Florida was admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, and elects its U.S. Senators to Class 1 and Class 3.

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List of United States Senators from Georgia

This is a chronological listing of the United States Senators from Georgia.

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List of United States Senators from Hawaii

Hawaii was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959 and elects U.S. Senators to Classes 1 and 3.

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List of United States Senators from Illinois

Illinois was admitted to the Union on December 3, 1818, and has been represented in the United States Senate by 47 senators.

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List of United States Senators from Iowa

Iowa was admitted to the Union on December 28, 1846 and elects United States Senators to Class 2 and Class 3.

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List of United States Senators from Kansas

This is a list of United States Senators from Kansas.

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List of United States Senators from Louisiana

Louisiana was admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, and elects senators to Class 2 and Class 3.

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List of United States Senators from Maine

Maine was admitted to the Union on March 15, 1820.

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List of United States Senators from Maryland

Below is a list of United States Senators from Maryland, which ratified the United States Constitution April 28, 1788, becoming the seventh state to do so.

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List of United States Senators from Massachusetts

Below is a chronological listing of the United States Senators from Massachusetts.

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List of United States Senators from Michigan

Michigan was admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837.

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List of United States Senators from Minnesota

Minnesota was admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858.

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List of United States Senators from Mississippi

Mississippi was admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817, and elects senators to Class 1 and Class 2.

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List of United States Senators from Missouri

Missouri was admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821.

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List of United States Senators from Nebraska

Nebraska was admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, and elects its United States Senators to Class 1 and Class 2.

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List of United States Senators from Nevada

Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864 and has been represented in the United States Senate by 26 people.

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List of United States Senators from New Hampshire

New Hampshire's current senators are Jeanne Shaheen (D) and Maggie Hassan (D).

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List of United States Senators from New York

Below is a list of U.S. Senators who have represented the State of New York in the United States Senate since 1789.

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List of United States Senators from North Carolina

North Carolina ratified the Constitution on November 21, 1789, after the beginning of the 1st Congress.

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List of United States Senators from North Dakota

North Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, and elects U.S. Senators to Class 1 and Class 3.

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List of United States Senators from Oregon

Oregon was admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859.

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List of United States Senators from South Dakota

South Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, and elects U.S. Senators to Class 2 and Class 3.

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List of United States Senators from Texas

Texas was admitted to the United States on December 29, 1845 and elects its U.S. Senators to Class 1 and Class 2.

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List of United States Senators from Washington

Washington was admitted to the Union on November 11, 1889, and elects its United States Senators to Class 1 and Class 3.

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List of United States Senators from West Virginia

Below is a list of United States Senators from West Virginia.

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List of United States Senators from Wisconsin

Wisconsin was admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848.

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Loretta Sanchez

Loretta L. Sánchez (born January 7, 1960) is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1997 to 2017.

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Lucia M. Cormier

Lucia M. Cormier (November 20, 1909 – January 26, 1993) was an American politician from Maine.

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Maggie Hassan

Margaret Hassan (née Wood; born February 27, 1958) is an American attorney and politician who is the junior United States Senator from New Hampshire.

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Maine Legislature

The Maine Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine.

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Margaret Chase Smith

Margaret Madeline Chase Smith (December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was a United States politician.

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Maria Cantwell

Maria Elaine Cantwell (born October 13, 1958) is the junior United States Senator from Washington, elected in 2000.

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Mary Landrieu

Mary Loretta Landrieu (born November 23, 1955) is an American politician, entrepreneur, and former U.S. Senator from the state of Louisiana.

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Maryon Pittman Allen

Maryon Pittman Allen (born November 30, 1925) is an American journalist who served as United States Senator from Alabama for five months in 1978, after her husband, Senator James B. Allen, died in office.

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Maurine Neuberger

Maurine Brown Neuberger-Solomon, best known as Maurine Neuberger (January 9, 1907February 22, 2000) was an American politician who served as a United States senator for the State of Oregon from November 1960 to January 1967.

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Mayor of San Francisco

The Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco is the head of the executive branch of the San Francisco city and county government.

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Mazie Hirono

Mazie Keiko Hirono (Japanese name: 広野慶子, Hirono Keiko; born November 3, 1947) is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Hawaii since 2013.

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Mel Carnahan

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.

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Michigan House of Representatives

The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature.

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Michigan Senate

The Michigan Senate is the upper house of the Legislature of the U.S. State of Michigan.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States.

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Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) is a socially liberal political party in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

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Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce

The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (also sometimes referred to as the MDAC) is a government department of Mississippi, headquartered in Jackson.

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Missouri House of Representatives

The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly.

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Montgomery County, Iowa

Montgomery County is a county located in the southwestern area of the U.S. state of Iowa.

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Muriel Humphrey Brown

Muriel Fay Buck Humphrey Brown (February 20, 1912 September 20, 1998) was an American politician who served as the Second Lady of the United States and as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota.

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Nancy Kassebaum

Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker (born July 29, 1932) is an American politician who represented the State of Kansas in the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997.

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Nebraska Legislature

The Nebraska Legislature (also called the Unicameral) is the supreme legislative body of the state of Nebraska.

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Nevada

Nevada (see pronunciations) is a state in the Western, Mountain West, and Southwestern regions of the United States of America.

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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New Hampshire Senate

The New Hampshire Senate has been meeting since 1784.

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Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex.

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North Dakota Attorney General

The North Dakota Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the North Dakota state government.

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North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner

The Office of State Tax Commissioner is a North Dakota state government agency responsible for licensing.

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Olympia Snowe

Olympia Jean Snowe (née Bouchles; born February 21, 1947) is an American businesswoman and politician who was a United States Senator from Maine from 1995 to 2013.

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Party leaders of the United States Senate

The Senate Majority and Minority Leaders are two United States Senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate.

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Patty Murray

Patricia Lynn Murray (née Johns; October 11, 1950) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Washington, a seat she was first elected to in 1992.

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Paula Hawkins

Paula Fickes Hawkins (January 24, 1927 – December 4, 2009) was an American politician from Florida.

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Person of color

The term "person of color" (plural: people of color, persons of color; sometimes abbreviated POC) is used primarily in the United States to describe any person who is not white.

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Rebecca Latimer Felton

Rebecca Ann Latimer Felton (June 10, 1835 – January 24, 1930) was an American writer, lecturer, reformer, and politician who became the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, though only serving for one day.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Roger B. Wilson

Roger B. Wilson (born October 10, 1948) is a former American politician who briefly served as the 52nd Governor of Missouri from October 16, 2000 to January 8, 2001.

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Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

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Rose McConnell Long

Rose McConnell Long (April 8, 1892May 27, 1970) was a United States Senator and the wife of Huey Long.

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Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, commonly referred to as Rutgers University, Rutgers, or RU, is an American public research university and is the largest institution of higher education in New Jersey.

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San Francisco Board of Supervisors

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is the legislative body within the government of the City and County of San Francisco, California, United States.

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San Francisco District Attorney's Office

The San Francisco District Attorney's Office is the legal agency charged with prosecuting crimes in the city and county of San Francisco, California.

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Seniority in the United States Senate

Seniority in the United States Senate is valuable as it confers a number of benefits and is based on length of continuous service, with ties broken by a series of factors.

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Sheila Frahm

Sheila Sloan Frahm (born March 22, 1945) is an American politician who served in the U.S. Senate as a Republican from Kansas for a brief period in 1996.

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Shelley Moore Capito

Shelley Wellons Moore Capito (born November 26, 1953) is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from West Virginia since 2015.

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Slade Gorton

Thomas Slade Gorton III (born January 8, 1928) is an American politician.

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Spencer Abraham

Edward Spencer Abraham (born June 12, 1952) is an American attorney, author and politician who was a United States Senator from Michigan from 1995 to 2001 and the tenth United States Secretary of Energy, serving under President George W. Bush, from 2001 to 2005.

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State Auditor of Missouri

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Susan Collins

Susan Margaret Collins (born December 7, 1952) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Maine, a seat she was first elected to in 1996.

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Tammy Baldwin

Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin (born February 11, 1962) is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Wisconsin since 2013.

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Tammy Duckworth

Ladda Tammy Duckworth (born March 12, 1968) is an American politician and retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, serving as the junior United States Senator for Illinois since 2017.

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Thad Cochran

William Thad Cochran (born December 7, 1937) is an American politician of the Republican Party who served as a United States Senator from Mississippi from 1978 to 2018.

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Tina Smith

Christine "Tina" Flint Smith (born March 4, 1958) is an American politician and former businesswoman serving as the junior United States Senator from Minnesota since 2018, filling the seat vacated by Al Franken.

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United States Capitol

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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United States presidential election, 1968

The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1968.

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United States Secretary of Labor

The United States Secretary of Labor is a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and as the head of the U.S. Department of Labor, exercises control over the department, and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all other issues involving any form of business-person controversies.

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United States Secretary of State

The Secretary of State is a senior official of the federal government of the United States of America, and as head of the U.S. Department of State, is principally concerned with foreign policy and is considered to be the U.S. government's equivalent of a Minister for Foreign Affairs.

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United States Secretary of Transportation

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United States Senate elections, 1920

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United States Senate elections, 1960

The United States Senate elections of 1960 coincided with the election of John F. Kennedy as president.

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United States Senate elections, 1992

The United States Senate elections, 1992, held November 3, 1992, were elections for the United States Senate that coincided with Bill Clinton's victory the presidential election.

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United States Senate elections, 2000

The United States Senate elections, 2000 was held on November 7, 2000.

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United States Senate elections, 2002

The United States Senate elections, 2002 featured a series of fiercely contested elections that resulted in a victory for the Republican Party, which gained two seats and thus a narrow majority from the Democratic Party in the United States Senate.

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United States Senate elections, 2004

The United States Senate elections of 2004 were elections for one-third of the seats in the United States Senate which coincided with the re-election of George W. Bush as president and the United States House election, as well as many state and local elections.

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Vera C. Bushfield

Vera Cahalan Bushfield (August 9, 1889April 16, 1976) was a U.S. Senator from South Dakota briefly in 1948, as well as the First Lady of South Dakota from 1939 to 1943.

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Vice President of the United States

The Vice President of the United States (informally referred to as VPOTUS, or Veep) is a constitutional officer in the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States as the President of the Senate under Article I, Section 3, Clause 4, of the United States Constitution, as well as the second highest executive branch officer, after the President of the United States.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Washington House of Representatives

The Washington House of Representatives is the lower house of the Washington State Legislature, and along with the Washington State Senate makes up the legislature of the US state of Washington.

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Washington State Senate

The Washington State Senate is the upper house of the Washington State Legislature.

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West Virginia House of Delegates

The West Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature.

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Widow's succession

Widow's succession was a political practice prominent in some countries in the early part of the 20th century, by which a politician who died in office was succeeded by his widow, either through election or direct appointment to the seat.

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Wisconsin State Assembly

The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature.

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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, a Republican from Montana.

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Women's suffrage

Women's suffrage (colloquial: female suffrage, woman suffrage or women's right to vote) --> is the right of women to vote in elections; a person who advocates the extension of suffrage, particularly to women, is called a suffragist.

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Year of the Woman

The Year of the Woman was a popular label attached to 1992 after the election of a number of female Senators in the United States.

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103rd United States Congress

The One Hundred Third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

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115th United States Congress

The One Hundred Fifteenth United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States_Senate

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