Women in the United States Senate
State Current Previous Total
Alabama 0 2 2
Alaska 1 0 1
Arizona 2 0 2
Arkansas 0 2 2
California 2 1 3
Colorado 0 0 0
Connecticut 0 0 0
Delaware 0 0 0
Florida 0 1 1
Georgia 1 1 2
Hawaii 1 0 1
Idaho 0 0 0
Illinois 1 1 2
Indiana 0 0 0
Iowa 1 0 1
Kansas 0 2 2
Kentucky 0 0 0
Louisiana 0 3 3
Maine 1 2 3
Maryland 0 1 1
List of states represented by women
This map shows which states have had/has a female senator via party . In addition , Georgia has had both a Democratic and a Republican woman senator , and thus should be purple . Democrat ( s ) Republican ( s ) Both a Democrat and a Republican Number of female Senators by state/territory : 1 2 3In this map , Oregon should show as having had only one woman senator . Eight Democratic women senators appear at the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver . It has become a tradition at Democratic conventions for incumbent women senators to appear on opening night . 32 states have been represented by female Senators , and 20 are currently represented . In 2009 , North Carolina became the first state to have been represented by female Senators of both parties , and the first to have a female Senator succeeded by a female Senator from the other party . In 2011 , New Hampshire became the second state to be represented by female Senators from both parties , and the first to have female Senators of both parties serving concurrently .
There have been 56 total women in the United States Senate since its establishment in 1789. The first woman who served as a U.S. senator, Rebecca Latimer Felton, represented Georgia for a single day in 1922. The first woman elected to the Senate was Hattie Caraway from Arkansas in 1932. Seventeen of the women who have served were appointed; seven of those were appointed to succeed their deceased husbands. The 116th Congress has 25 female senators, meaning for the first time in history, one-fourth of the members of the U.S. Senate are female. The number will increase to 26 on January 3, 2020, with the seating of Kelly Loeffler of Georgia. Of the 56 women in the U.S. Senate, 36 have been Democrats and 20 have been Republicans. Senator Loeffler will be the 57th woman senator, and the 21st Republican.