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Number of Women in the US House of Representatives

Number of Women in the US House of Representatives

At the beginning of the 111th Congress in 2009, there were 75 women who were representatives in the US House and three women who are non-voting delegates representing Washington, DC, Guam and the Virgin Islands. There are now 73 women who are representatives as a result of Kirsten Gillibrand becoming a US Senator representing New York State and Ellen O. Tauscher becoming undersecretary of state for arms control and international security.

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US House - 73 Women Representatives from 28 States:

56 Democrats, 17 Republicans

State	District	Representative
Arizona	001	Ann Kirkpatrick (Dem)
	008	Gabrielle Giffords (Dem)
California	005	Doris Matsui (Dem)
	006	Lynn Woolsey (Dem)
	008	Nancy Pelosi (Dem)
	009	Barbara Lee (Dem)
	012	Jackie Speier (Dem)
	014	Anna Eshoo (Dem)
	016	Zoe Lofgren (Dem)
	023	Lois Capps (Dem)
	032	Judy Chu (Dem)
	033	Diane Watson (Dem)
	034	Lucille Roybal-Allard (Dem)
	035	Maxine Waters (Dem)
	036	Jane Harman (Dem)
	037	Laura Richardson (Dem)
	038	Grace Napolitano (Dem)
	039	Linda Sanchez (Dem)
	045	Mary Bono Mack (Rep)
	047	Loretta Sanchez (Dem)
	053	Susan Davis (Dem)
Colorado	001	Diana DeGette (Dem)
	004	Betsy Markey (Dem)
Connecticut	003	Rosa DeLauro (Dem)
Florida	003	Corrine Brown (Dem)
	005	Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite (Rep)
	011	Kathy Castor (Dem)
	018	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Rep)
	020	Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Dem)
	024	Suzanne Kosmas (Dem)
Hawaii	002	Mazie Hirono (Dem)
Illinois	008	Melissa Bean (Dem)
	009	Jan Schakowsky (Dem)
	011	Debbie Halvorson (Dem)
	013	Judy Biggert (Rep)
Kansas	002	Lynn Jenkins (Rep)
Maine	001	Chellie Pingree (Dem)
Maryland	004	Donna Edwards (Dem)
Massachusetts	005	Niki Tsongas (Dem)
Michigan	010	Candice Miller (Rep)
	013	Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (Dem)
Minnesota	004	Betty McCollum (Dem)
	006	Michele Bachmann (Rep)
Missouri	008	Jo Ann Emerson (Rep)
Nevada	001	Shelley Berkley (Dem)
	003	Dina Titus (Dem)
New Hampshire	001	Carol Shea-Porter (Dem)
New York	004	Carolyn McCarthy (Dem)
	011	Yvette Clarke (Dem)
	012	Nydia Velazquez (Dem)
	014	Carolyn Maloney (Dem)
	018	Nita Lowey (Dem)
	028	Louise Slaughter (Dem)
North Carolina	005	Virginia Foxx (Rep)
	009	Sue Myrick (Rep)
Ohio	002	Jean Schmidt (Rep)
	009	Marcy Kaptur (Dem)
	011	Marcia Fudge (Dem)
	013	Betty Sutton (Dem)
	015	Mary Jo Kilroy (Dem)
Oklahoma	005	Mary Fallin (Rep)
Pennsylvania	003	Kathy Dahlkemper (Dem)
	013	Allyson Schwartz (Dem)
South Dakota	at large	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (Dem)
Tennessee	007	Marsha Blackburn (Rep)
Texas	012	Kay Granger (Rep)
	018	Sheila Jackson Lee (Dem)
	030	Eddie Bernice Johnson (Dem)
Washington	005	Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Rep)
West Virginia	002	Shelley Moore Capito (Rep)
Wisconsin	002	Tammy Baldwin (Dem)
	004	Gwen Moore (Dem)
Wyoming	at large	Cynthia Lummis (Rep)

Sources: Center for American Women in Politics (CAWP), Rutgers University, Women in the 111th Congress, www.house.gov, Women in the US Congress report

Equal Representation –The Essence of Democracy Updated 2009-07-20