Women in the United States Senate
Women Senators
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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