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Ornstein, Mann, Malbin, and RuggLast updated July 11, 2013
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D R D R D R D R65th (1917) 1 90th (1967) 5 5 166th (1919) 91st (1969) 6 4 167th (1921) 2 1 92nd (1971) 10 3 168th (1923) 1 93rd (1973) 14 2 169th (1925) 1 2 94th (1975) 14 570th (1927) 2 3 95th (1977) 13 571st (1929) 4 5 96th (1979) 11 5 1 172nd (1931) 4 3 1 97th (1981) 10 9 273rd (1933) 4 3 1 98th (1983) 13 9 274th (1935) 4 2 2 99th (1985) 13 9 275th (1937) 4 1 2 100th (1987) 12 11 1 176th (1939) 4 4 1 101st (1989) 14 11 1 177th (1941) 4 5 1 102nd (1991) 19 9 1 178th (1943) 2 6 1 103rd (1993) 36 12 5 179th (1945) 6 5 104th (1995) 31 17 5 380th (1947) 3 4 1 105th (1997) 35 16 6 381st (1949) 5 4 1 106th (1999) 40 16 6 382nd (1951) 4 6 1 107th (2001) 41 18 10 383rd (1953) 5 7 1 108th (2003) 38 21 9 584th (1955) 10 7 1 109th (2005) 42 23 9 585th (1957) 9 6 1 110th (2007) 50 21 11 586th (1959) 9 8 1 111th (2009) 57 17 13 487th (1961) 11 7 1 1 112th (2011) 52 24 12 588th (1963) 6 6 1 1 113th (2013) 56 20 16 489th (1965) 7 4 1 1
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Women in Congress, 65th - 113th Congresses, 1917 - 2014
Notes: The data include only women who were sworn in as members and served more than one day. Figures represent the makeup of Congress on the first day of the session.
Sources: Women in Congress, H. Rept. 94-1732, 94th Cong., 2nd sess., 1976; Congressional Quarterly Almanac (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, various editions); Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, various issues; Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, http://clerk.house.gov; US Senate, http://www.senate.gov.
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