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Facts and Findings
Current women officeholdersWomen candidates and electionsState by state informationGender gap, voting behavior, women's PACs
 
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Historical Overview

Percent of women in Congress over time
  Firsts for Women in U. S. Politics
  Women of Color in Elective Office
This fact sheet now includes historical information on the numbers of women of color who have served in elective office in U.S. Congress, statewide, state legislative office and mayors (for 100 largest cities.)
   
Did You Know...
This is an archive of the facts on women in U.S. politics presented on the CAWP home page under the Did You Know heading. These include firsts for women as well as other political milestones.
  
Federal/Congress
  Women Appointed to Presidential Cabinets  (.pdf)
  A listing of all women who have ever served in U.S. presidential cabinets.
    
Women Who Succeeded Their Husbands in Congress
 (.pdf)
  A listing of all women who have ever been elected or appointed to fill a Congressional vacancy created by the death of their husbands.
    
Women in the U.S. Congress 1917-2008
(.pdf)
  Listing of each congress from the 65th through 110th, number of women serving in U.S. Senate and U.S. House by party.
    
Women in the U.S. Senate 1922-2008  
(.pdf)
  Historical listing of all women who have served in the U.S. Senate, as well as information on how they first entered office, Senate firsts for women and additional historical information.
  
Statewide Elective Executive Offices
  Women in Statewide Office 1969-2008  (.pdf)
  Summary of number of total women elected to statewide offices with party breakdown and percentage of total offices.
   
Women Governors 1925-2008  (.pdf)
  A listing of all women who have been governors. 
   
Women Lieutenant Governors 1940-2008
  A listing by state of all women who have been lieutenant governors. 
  
State Legislature
  Women in State Legislatures 1975-2007  (.pdf)
  State by state listing of numbers and percentages of women elected to state legislatures.  
    
Women in State Legislatures - full fact sheet by year  (.pdf)
 
   2007   1997  
   2006 1996 1987
  2005 1995 1986
  2004 1994 1985
  2003 1993 1984
  2002 1992 1983
  2001 1991 1981
  2000 1990 1979
  1999 1989 1977
  1998 1988 1975


  Women in State Legislative Leadership - full fact sheet by year  (.pdf)
 
   1991 2001       
  1993 2003  
  1997 2005  
  1999 2007  

 

               
               
               
     
 
   

 

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