Women in the House of Representatives

Women who have served in the U.S. House of Representatives.

• Barbara Charline Jordan (born 1936, died 1996)

  American lawyer, legislator and professor. The first African-American woman elected to Congress by a Southern state.

  • Representative, D-Texas, 1973-79
• Bella Abzug (born 1920, died 1998)

  American politician. The first Jewish woman to serve in Congress.

  • Representative, D-New York, 1971-77
• Clare Boothe Luce (born 1903, died 1987)

  American journalist, legislator and diplomat.

  • Representative, R-Connecticut, 1943-47
• Jeannette Rankin (born 1880, died 1973)

  American suffragist and political leader. The first woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress.

  • Representative, R-Montana, 1917-19, 1942-43
• Margaret Chase Smith (born 1897, died 1995)

  American legislator.

  • Representative, R-Maine, 1940-48
• Martha Wright Griffiths (born 1912)

  American legislator.

  • Representative, D-Michigan, 1955-74
• Lynn Martin (born 1939)

  American legislator, stateswoman and educator.

  • Representative, R-Illinois, 1981-90
• Elizabeth Holtzman (born 1941)

  American lawyer and politician.

  • Representative, D-New York, 1973-81
• Chase Going Woodhouse (born 1890, died 1984)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Connecticut, 1945-47, 1949-51
• Jessica McCullough Weis (born 1901, died 1963)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-New York, 1959-63
• Enid Greene Waldholtz (born 1958)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Utah, 1995-
• Barbara F. Vucanovich (born 1921)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Nevada, 1993-1997
• Karen L. Thurman (born 1951)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Florida, 1993-
• Lera M. Thomas (born 1900, died 1993)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Texas, 1966-67
• Leonor K. Sullivan (born 1902, died 1988)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Missouri, 1953-77
• Winnifred C. Stanley (born 1909, died 1996)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-New York, 1943-45
• Gladys Noon Spellman (born 1918, died 1988)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Maryland, 1975-81
• Olympia Jean Snowe (born 1947)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Maine, 1979-94
• Virginia Dodd Smith (born 1911)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Nebraska, 1975-1991
• Louise McIntosh Slaughter (born 1929)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-New York, 1993-
• Patricia S. Schroeder (born 1940)

  American politician. First woman to serve on the House Armed Services Committee.

  • Representative, D-Colorado, 1973-1997
• Patricia Fukuda Saiki (born 1930)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Hawaii, 1987-1991
• Margaret S. Roukema (born 1929)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-New Jersey, 1981-
• Edith Nourse Rogers (born 1881, died 1960)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Massachusetts, 1925-60
• Alice M. Robertson (born 1854, died 1931)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Oklahoma, 1921-23
• Lynn Nancy Rivers (born 1956)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Michigan, 1995-
• Corrine Boyd Riley (born 1893, died 1979)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-South Carolina, 1962-63
• Charlotte T. Reid (born 1913)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Illinois, 1963-71
• Louise G. Reece (born 1898, died 1970)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Tennessee, 1961-63
• Ruth Baker Pratt (born 1877, died 1965)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-New York, 1929-33
• Eliza Jane Pratt (born 1902, died 1981)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-North Carolina, 1946-47
• Shirley Neil Pettis (born 1924)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-California, 1975-79
• Elizabeth J. Patterson (born 1939)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-South Carolina, 1987-93
• Patsy Ann ''Pat'' Danner (born 1934)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Missouri, 1993-2001
• Ruth Bryan Owen (born 1885, died 1954)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Florida, 1929-33
• Pearl P. Oldfield (born 1876, died 1962)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Arkansas, 1929-31
• Mary Rose Oakar (born 1940)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Ohio, 1977-93
• Mary T. Norton (born 1875, died 1959)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-New Jersey, 1925-51
• Catherine D. Norrell (born 1901, died 1981)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Arkansas, 1969-63
• Mae Ella Nolan (born 1886, died 1973)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-California, 1923-25
• Constance A. Morella (born 1931)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Maryland, 1987-
• Patsy T. Mink (born 1927)

  American legislator.

  • Representative, D-Hawaii, 1965-77, 1990-
• Barbara Ann Mikulski (born 1936)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Maryland, 1977-87
• Marjorie Margolies Mezvinsky (born 1942)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Pennsylvania, 1993-95
• Helen Stevenson Meyner (born 1929, died 1997)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-New Jersey, 1975-79
• Clara G. McMillan (born 1894, died 1976)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-South Carolina, 1940-41
• Ruth Hanna McCormick (born 1880, died 1944)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Illinois, 1929-31
• Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy (born 1894, died 1952)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Kansas, 1933-35
• Helen Douglas Mankin (born 1896, died 1956)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Georgia, 1946-47
• Carolyn B. Maloney (born 1948)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-New York, 1993-
• Georgia L. Lusk (born 1893, died 1971)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-New Mexico, 1947-49
• Nita M. Lowey (born 1937)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-New York, 1989-
• Catherine Small Long (born 1924)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Louisiana, 1985-87
• Jill Lynnette Long (born 1952)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Indiana, 1989-
• Sheila Jackson-Lee (born 1950)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Texas, 1995-
• Martha Elizabeth Keys (born 1930)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Kansas, 1975-79
• Barbara Bailey Kennelly (born 1936)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Connecticut, 1983-1999
• Edna E. Kelly (born 1906, died 1997)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Indiana, 1949-69
• Sue W. Kelly (born 1936)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-New York, 1995-
• Maude Elizabeth Kee (born 1895, died 1975)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-West Virginia, 1951-65
• Florence P. Kahn (born 1866, died 1948)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-California, 1925-37
• Nancy L. Johnson (born 1935)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Connecticut, 1983-
• Virginia Ellis Jenckes (born 1877, died 1975)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Indiana, 1933-39
• Joan Kelly Horn (born 1936)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Missouri, 1991-93
• Nan Wood Honeyman (born 1881, died 1970)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Oregon, 1937-39
• Marjorie Sewell Holt (born 1920)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Maryland, 1973-87
• Louise D. Hicks (born 1923)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Massachusetts, 1971-73
• Margaret M. Heckler (born 1931)

  American politician and government official.

  • Representative, R-Massachusetts, 1967-83
• Julia Butler Hansen (born 1907, died 1988)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Washington, 1960-74
• Katie Beatrice Hall (born 1938)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Indiana, 1982-85
• Ella T. Grasso (born 1919, died 1981)

  American politician. Governor of Connecticut from 1975-80, she was the first female governor in the U.S. elected in her own right rather than being chosen to succeed her husband.

  • Representative, D-Connecticut, 1971-75
• Kathryn O. Granahan (born 1906, died 1979)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Pennsylvania, 1956-63
• Florence R. Gibbs (born 1890, died 1964)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Georgia, 1940-41
• Katharine St. George (born 1894, died 1983)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-New York, 1947-65
• Elizabeth (Bessie) Hawley Gasque (born 1896, died 1989)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-South Carolina, 1939
• Willa L. Fulmer (born 1884, died 1968)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-South Carolina, 1944-45
• Geraldine Anne Ferraro (born 1935)

  American politician. As Walter Mondale's running mate in 1984, she was the first female vice-presidential candidate from a major U.S. party.

  • Representative, D-New York, 1979-85
• Millicent Hammond Fenwick (born 1910, died 1992)

  American politician who was the inspiration for the character Lacey Davenport in Gary Trudeau's ''Doonesbury'' comic strip.

  • Representative, R-New Jersey, 1975-83
• Mary Elizabeth Farrington (born 1898, died 1984)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Hawaii, 1954-57
• Willa B. Eslick (born 1878, died 1961)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Tennessee, 1932-33
• Anna G. Eshoo (born 1942)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-California, 1993-
• Florence P. Dwyer (born 1902, died 1976)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-New Jersey, 1957-72
• Helen Gahagan Douglas (born 1900, died 1980)

  American singer and politician. Wife of Melvyn Douglas.

  • Representative, D-California, 1945-51
• Emily Taft Douglas (born 1899, died 1984)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Illinois, 1945-47
• Rosa L. DeLauro (born 1943)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Connecticut, 1991-
• Marian Williams Clarke (born 1880, died 1953)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-New York, 1934-35
• Marguerite Stitt Church (born 1892, died 1990)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Illinois, 1951-63
• Shirley A. Chisholm (born 1924)

  American politician. The first African-American woman elected to Congress.

  • Representative, D-New York, 1969-83
• Hattie W. Caraway (born 1878, died 1950)

  American politician. The first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, in 1932.

  • Representative, D-Arkansas
• Katherine Edgar Byron (born 1903, died 1976)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Maryland
• Beverly Butcher Byron (born 1932)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Maryland, 1979-1993
• Leslie L. Byrne (born 1946)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Virginia, 1993-95
• Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (born 1932)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-California, 1973-79
• Reva Beck Bosone (born 1895, died 1983)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Utah, 1949-53
• Frances P. Bolton (born 1885, died 1977)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Ohio, 1940-69
• Helen Delich Bentley (born 1923)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Maryland, 1985-1995
• Jean Spencer Ashbrook (born 1934)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Ohio, 1982-83
• Corinne Claiborne ''Lindy'' Boggs (born 1916)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Louisiana, 1973-
• Elizabeth Andrews (born 1911)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Alabama, 1972
• Isabella Greenway (born 1886, died 1953)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Arizona, 1934-37
• Caroline Love Godwin O'Day (born 1875, died 1943)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-New York, 1935-43
• Jessie Sumner (born 1898, died 1994)

  American politician and jurist.

  • Representative, R-Illinois, 1937-47
• Vera Buchanan (born 1902, died 1955)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Pennsylvania, 1951-55
• Ruth Thompson (born 1887, died 1970)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Michigan, 1951-57
• Gracie Pfost (born 1906, died 1965)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Idaho, 1953-63
• Edith Green (born 1910, died 1987)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Oregon, 1955-74
• Cardiss Collins (born 1931)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Illinois, 1973-1997
• Claudine Schneider (born 1947)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Rhode Island, 1981-1991
• Bobbi Fiedler (born 1937)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-California, 1981-87
• Barbara Boxer (born 1940)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-California, 1983-93
• Nancy Pelosi (born 1940)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-California, 1987-
• Barbara-Rose Collins (born 1939)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Michigan, 1991- 1997
• Lynn Woolsey (born 1938)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-California, 1993-
• Corrine Brown (born 1946)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Florida, 1993-
• Tillie K. Fowler (born 1943)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Florida, 1993-2001
• Nydia M. Velázquez (born 1953)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-New York, 1993-
• Jennifer Dunn (born 1942)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Washington, 1993-
• Maria Cantwell (born 1959)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Washington, 1993-95
• Andrea Seastrand (born 1941)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-California, 1995-97
• Susan Brooks

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-California, 1995-
• Helen Chenoweth-Hage (born 1938)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Idaho, 1995-2001
• Linda Smith (born 1950)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Washington, 1995-1999
• Winnifred S.M. Huck (born 1882, died 1936)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Illinois, 1922-23
• Katherine Langley (born 1888, died 1948)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Kentucky, 1927-31
• Veronica Boland (born 1899, died 1982)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Pennsylvania, 1942-43
• Coya Knutson (born 1912, died 1996)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Minnesota, 1955-59
• Iris Blitch (born 1912, died 1993)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Georgia, 1955-63
• Edna Simpson (born 1891, died 1984)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Illinois, 1959-61
• Catherine May (born 1914)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Washington, 1959-70
• Marilyn Lloyd (born 1929)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Tennessee, 1975 - 1995
• Marcy Kaptur (born 1946)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Ohio, 1983-
• Sala Burton (born 1925, died 1987)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-California, 1983-87
• Jan Meyers (born 1928)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Kansas, 1985-1997
• Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Florida, 1989-
• Jolene Unsoeld (born 1931)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Washington, 1989-95
• Susan Molinari (born 1958)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-New York, 1990-1997
• Maxine Waters (born 1938)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-California, 1991-
• Blanche Lambert Lincoln (born 1960)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Arkansas, 1993-1997
• Lucille Roybal-Allard (born 1941)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-California, 1993-
• Carrie Meek (born 1926)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Florida, 1993-
• Cynthia Ann McKinney (born 1955)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Georgia, 1993-
• Eva Clayton (born 1934)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-North Carolina, 1993-
• Deborah Price (born 1951)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Ohio, 1993-
• Elizabeth Furse (born 1936)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Oregon, 1993-1999
• Karan English (born 1949)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Arizona, 1993-95
• Jane Harman (born 1946)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-California, 1993-99, 2001-
• Karen Shepherd (born 1941)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Utah, 1993-95
• Zoe Lofgren (born 1947)

  American legislator.

  • Representative, D-California, 1995-
• Sue Myrick (born 1941)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-North Carolina, 1995-
• Catherine Webber

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Oregon, 1995-
• Barbara Cubin (born 1946)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Wyoming, 1995-
• Ellen O. Tauscher (born 1951)

  American legislator.

  • Representative, D-California, 1997-
• Juanita M. McDonald (born 1938)

  American legislator.

  • Representative, D-California, 1996-
• Diana DeGette (born 1957)

  American legislator.

  • Representative, D-Colorado, 1997-
• Julia M. Carson (born 1938)

  American legislator.

  • Representative, D-Indiana, 1997-
• Anne Meagher Northup (born 1948)

  American legislator.

  • Representative, R-Kentucky, 1997-
• Debbie Stabenow (born 1950)

  American legislator.

  • Representative, D-Michigan, 1997-2000
• Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (born 1945)

  American legislator.

  • Representative, D-Michigan, 1997-
• Karen McCarthy (born 1947)

  American legislator.

  • Representative, D-Missouri, 1995-
• Jo Ann Emerson (born 1950)

  American legislator.

  • Representative, R-Missouri, 1996-
• Carolyn McCarthy (born 1944)

  American legislator.

  • Representative, D-New York, 1997-
• Kay Granger (born 1943)

  American legislator.

  • Representative, R-Texas, 1997-
• Effiegene Wingo (born 1883, died 1962)

  American legislator.

  • Representative, D-Arkansas, 1930-33
• Grace F. Napolitano (born 1936)
  • Representative, D-California, 1999 -
• Stephanie Tubbs Jones (born 1949)
  • Representative, D-Ohio, 1999-
• Heather Wilson (born 1960)
  • Representative, New Mexico, 1998 -
• Lynn Schenk (born 1945)
  • Representative, California, 1993-1995
• Janice D. Schakowsky (born 1944)
  • Representative, Illinois, 1999-
• Loretta Sanchez (born 1960)
  • Representative, California, 1997-
• Eleanor Holmes Norton (born 1937)
  • Delegate from District of Columbia, 1991-
• Lee Barbara (born 1946)
  • Reprentative, D-California, 1998-
• Eddie Bernice Johnson (born 1935)
  • Representative, D-Texas, 1993-
• Darlene Hooley (born 1939)
  • Representative, D-Oregon, 1997-
• Cecil Murray Harden (born 1894, died 1984)
  • Representative, R-Indiana, 1949-1959
• Donna Christensen (born 1945)
  • Delegate from the Virgin Islands, 1997-
• Capps Lois (born 1938)
  • Representative, D-California, 1998-
• Mary Bono (born 1961)
  • Representative, R-California, 1998-
• Biggert Judith Borg (born 1936)
  • Representative, R-Illinois, 1999-
• Berkley Shelley (born 1951)
  • Representative, D-Nevada, 1999-
• Irene Bailey Baker (born 1901, died 1994)
  • Representative, R-Tennessee, 1964-1965