More than 200 women have served in the US Congress. Following is an index of these women, arranged by the year they first took office.
Enid Greene Waldholtz
Republican - Utah
Served: 1995 - 1997
Andrea Seastrand
Republican - California
Served: 1995 - 1997
Linda Smith
Republican - Washington
Served: 1995 - 1999
Helen P. Chenoweth
Republican - Idaho
Served: 1995 - 2001
Lynn Nancy Rivers
Democrat - Michigan
Served: 1995 - 2003
Karen McCarthy
Democrat - Missouri
Served: 1995 - 2005
Sue W. Kelly
Republican - New York
Served: 1995 - 2007
Barbara L. Cubin
Republican - Wyoming
Served: 1995 - 2009
Sheila Jackson Lee
Democrat - Texas
Served: 1995 - Present
Zoe Lofgren
Democrat - California
Served: 1995 - Present
Sue Myrick
Republican - North Carolina
Served: 1995 - 2013
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Democrat - California
Served: 1996 - 2007
Jo Ann Emerson
Republican - Missouri
Served: 1996 - 2013
Deborah A. Stabenow
Democrat - Michigan
Served: 1997 - 2001
Julia May Carson
Democrat - Indiana
Served: 1997 - 2007
Anne Meagher Northup
Republican - Kentucky
Served: 1997 - 2007
Donna M. Christensen
Democrat - Virgin Islands
Served: 1997 - Present
Diana L. DeGette
Democrat - Colorado
Served: 1997 - Present
Kay Granger
Republican - Texas
Served: 1997 - Present
Darlene K. Hooley
Democrat - Oregon
Served: 1997 - 2009
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Democrat - Ohio
Served: 1997 - 2008 (died August 20, 2008)
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
Democrat - Michigan
Served: 1997 - 2011
Carolyn McCarthy
Democrat - New York
Served: 1997 - Present
Loretta Sanchez
Democrat - California
Served: 1997 - Present
Ellen O'Kane Tauscher
Democrat - California
Served: 1997 - 2009
Mary Bono Mack
Republican - California
Served: 1998 - 2013
Lois Capps
Democrat - California
Served: 1998 - Present
Barbara Lee
Democrat - California
Served: 1998 - Present
Heather A. Wilson
Republican - New Mexico
Served: 1998 - 2009
Tammy Baldwin
Democrat - Wisconsin
Served: 1999 - 2013
Shelley Berkley
Democrat - Nevada
Served: 1999 - 2013
Judy Borg Biggert
Republican - Illinois
Served: 1999 - 2013
Grace Napolitano
Democrat - California
Served: 1999 - Present
Janice Schakowsky
Democrat - Illinois
Served: 1999 - Present
Jo Ann Davis
Republican - Virginia
Served: 2001 - 2007
Melissa A. Hart
Republican - Pennsylvania
Served: 2001 - 2007
Shelley Moore Capito
Republican - West Virginia
Served: 2001 - Present
Susan A. Davis
Democrat - California
Served: 2001 - Present
Betty McCollum
Democrat - Minnesota
Served: 2001 - Present
Hilda L. Solis
Democrat - California
Served: 2001 - 2009
Diane Edith Watson
Democrat - California
Served: 2001 - 2011
Denise Majette
Democrat - Georgia
Served: 2003 - 2005
Katherine Harris
Republican - Florida
Served: 2003 - 2007
Marsha Blackburn
Republican - Tennessee
Served: 2003 - Present
Madeleine Z. Bordallo
Democrat - Guam
Served: 2003 - Present
Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite
Republican - Florida
Served: 2003 - 2011
Candice Miller
Republican - Michigan
Served: 2003 - Present
Marilyn N. Musgrave
Republican - Colorado
Served: 2003 - 2009
Linda T. Sánchez
Democrat - California
Served: 2003 - Present
