To date, 64 women have served in the United States Senate, with 26 serving at this time (indicated in bold print below). Visit Women of the Senate to learn more about the impact of women on the Senate.

As of January 2025, 64 women have served in the upper house of the United States Congress, of which 26 (16 Democrats and 10 Republicans) are currently serving (out of 100 possible seats). Nancy Kassebaum (born July 29, 1932) is the oldest living former female member of the Senate at the age of 92.

Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Policy Committee: Amy Klobuchar: MN: January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Democratic Strategic Communications Committee: Cory Booker: NJ: January 3, 2025: Vice Chairs of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Mark Warner: VA: January 3, 2017: Elizabeth Warren: MA: January 3, 2017: Chair of Senate Democratic ...

Currently, three states (MN, NH, WA) are represented by two women in the Senate. Rebecca Latimer Felton (D-GA) became the first woman appointed to the Senate, but only served one day. Hattie Wyatt Caraway (D-AR), appointed in 1931 to fill a vacancy caused by her husband's death, ran for a full term and became the first woman elected to the Senate.

To date, 63 women have served in the Senate. Long before Felton took office, however, women had already left their mark on Senate history.

Links to biographical information, Senate service accomplishments, military service, awards and honors, and more for current and former senators.

There have been 60 women in the United States Senate since it started in 1789. Rebecca Felton was the first. She was in the Senate for one day in 1922. Hattie Caraway was the first woman elected to the Senate in 1932. As of October 3, 2023, there are 25 women Senators out of 100.

Jul 5, 2024 · In this Congress, there were 35 women serving as Senators, and 75 men. The number of women has increased since the 1975 when there were no women in the Senate. The first female...

Feb 15, 2022 · The 24 women senators in the American senate are made up of 16 Democrats and eight Republican senators serving each other. This listing includes a list of female senators who run for state legislatures and a map of the states that female senators represent.

Washington State became the first state to have both a woman governor (Christine Gregoire, D) and two women serving in the U.S. Senate (Patty Murray, D and Maria Cantwell, D). New Hampshire followed suit in 2013.