Women in the Senate

Women who have served in the U.S. Senate.

• Carol Moseley-Braun (born 1947)

  American legislator.

  • Senator, D-Illinois, 1993-1999
• Hillary Rodham Clinton (born 1947)

  American lawyer and first lady.

  • Senator, D-New York, 2000-
• Margaret Chase Smith (born 1897, died 1995)

  American legislator.

  • Senator, R-Maine, 1949-73
• Paula Fickes Hawkins (born 1926)

  American politician.

  • Senator, R-Florida, 1981-87
• Patty Murray (born 1950)

  American politican.

  • Senator, D-Washington, 1993-
• Olympia Jean Snowe (born 1947)

  American politician.

  • Senator, R-Maine, 1995-
• Maurine B. Neuberger (born 1907, died 2000)

  American politician.

  • Senator, D-Oregon, 1961-67
• Barbara Ann Mikulski (born 1936)

  American politician.

  • Senator, D-Maryland, 1987-
• Rose McConnell Long (born 1892, died 1970)

  American politician.

  • Senator, D-Louisiana, 1936-37
• Nancy Landon Kassebaum (born 1932)

  American politician.

  • Senator, R-Kansas, 1978-1997
• Kay Bailey Hutchison (born 1943)

  American politician.

  • Senator, R-Texas, 1993-
• Muriel Buck Humphrey (born 1912)

  American politician. Wife of Hubert Humphrey.

  • Interim Senator, D-Minnesota, 1978-1978
• Dixie Bibb Graves (born 1882, died 1965)

  American politician.

  • Senator, D-Alabama, 1938-39
• Rebecca L. Felton (born 1835, died 1930)

  American politician.

  • Senator, Ind. D-Georgia, 1922-1922
• Hattie W. Caraway (born 1878, died 1950)

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

  • Senator, D-Arkansas, 1931-45
• Maryon Pittman Allen (born 1925)

  American politician.

  • Senator, D-Alabama, 1978-1978
• Eva Kelly Bowring

  American politician.

  • Senator, R-Nebraska, 1954-1954
• Vera Bushfield (born 1889, died 1976)

  American politician.

  • Senator, R-South Dakota, 1948-1948
• Hazel Abel (born 1888, died 1966)

  American politician.

  • Senator, R-Nebraska, 1954-55
• Barbara Boxer (born 1940)

  American politician.

  • Senator, D-California, 1993-
• Dianne Feinstein (born 1933)

  American politician. Mayor of San Francisco, 1979-88.

  • Senator, D-California, 1992-
• Maria Cantwell (born 1959)

  American politician.

  • Senator, D-Washington, 2000 -
• Jocelyn Burdick (born 1922)

  American politician.

  • Senator, D-North Dakota, 1992-1992
• Gladys Pyle (born 1890, died 1989)

  American politician.

  • Senator, R-South Dakota, 1938-39
• Blanche Lambert Lincoln (born 1960)

  American politician.

  • Senator, D-Arkansas, 1999-
• Mary L. Landrieu (born 1955)

  American legislator.

  • Senator, D-Louisiana, 1997-
• Susan M. Collins (born 1952)

  American legislator.

  • Senator, R-Maine, 1997-
• Debbie Stabenow (born 1950)

  American legislator.

  • Senator, D-Michigan, 2000 -
• Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards (born 1929)

  American politician.

  • Senator, D-Louisiana, 1972-1972
• Frahm Sheila (born 1945)
  • Senator, R-Kansas, 1996-1996
• Jean Carnahan (born 1933)

  American politician, elected posthumously on November 7, 2000 to fill vacancy caused by death of her husband, Mel E. Carnahan

  • Senator, D-Missouri, 2000 -