Number of Women in the US Senate

Thirty-eight women from twenty-three states have been US Senators, beginning with Rebecca Latimer Felton, who was appointed in1922 to serve one day in the US Senate.  Of the thirty-eight women, only twenty-four women from eighteen states were elected to serve a full-term; the other fourteen women senators were appointed to complete the term of another senator and were not subsequently elected to a full-term.  Until 1992, no more than two women had ever been elected to serve in the US Senate at the same time.  For a complete list of all the thirty-eight women who have ever served in the US Senate: www.senate.gov

US Senate - 17 Women from 14 States: 13 Democrats, 4 Republicans

Sources: Women in the US Congress, www.senate.gov

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