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Women in the United States Senate

Women Senators

From Jone Johnson Lewis,
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Women who have served in the US Senate, listed in order of their first election:

Name Party State Dates served
Rebecca Latimer Felton Democrat Georgia 1922
Hattie Wyatt Caraway Democrat Arkansas 1931-1945
Rose McConnell Long Democrat Louisiana 1936-1937
Dixie Bibb Graves Democrat Alabama 1937-1938
Gladys Pyle Republican South Dakota 1938-1939
Vera Cahalan Bushfield Republican South Dakota 1948
Margaret Chase Smith Republican Maine 1949-1973
Eva Kelley Bowring Republican Nebraska 1954
Hazel Hempel Abel Republican Nebraska 1954
Maurine Brown Neuberger Democrat Oregon 1960-1967
Elaine Schwartzenburg. Edwards Democrat Louisiana 1972
Muriel Humphrey Democrat Minnesota 1978
Maryon Allen Democrat Alabama 1978
Nancy Landon Kassebaum Republican Kansas 1978-1997
Paula Hawkins Republican Florida 1981-1987
Barbara Mikulski Democrat Maryland 1987-
Jocelyn Burdick Democrat North Dakota 1992
Dianne Feinstein Democrat California 1993-
Barbara Boxer Democrat California 1993-
Carol Moseley-Braun Democrat Illinois 1993-1999
Patty Murray Democrat Washington 1993-
Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican Texas 1993-
Olympia Jean Snowe Republican Maine 1995-
Sheila Frahm Republican Kansas 1996
Mary Landrieu Democrat Louisiana 1997-
Susan Collins Republican Maine 1997-
Blanche Lincoln Democrat Arkansas 1999-
Debbie Stabenow Democrat Michigan 2001-
Jean Carnahan Democrat Missouri 2001-2002
Hillary Rodham Clinton Democrat New York 2001-2009
Maria Cantwell Democrat Washington 2001-
Lisa Murkowski Republican Alaska 2002-
Elizabeth Dole Republican North Carolina 2003-2009
Amy Klobuchar Democrat Minnesota 2007-
Claire McCaskill Democrat Missouri 2007-
Kay Hagan Democrat North Carolina 2009-
Jeanne Shaheen Democrat New Hampshire 2009-
Kirsten Gillibrand Democrat New York 2009-

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