How has women's representation in Congress grown?
Women in Congress over time
HouseSenateTotal
2025House 124Senate 27Total 151
Women serving
Representation · sourced historical data
Women serving in Congress, 1917–2025
The number of women serving in the House and Senate in every Congress since the first woman entered Congress.
What this chart says
CAWP counts 151 women serving in the 119th Congress: 124 in the House and 27 in the Senate.
How to read it
CAWP historical count by Congress, preserving the source's chamber totals.
Important limits
- For prior Congresses, CAWP generally reports the number serving at the conclusion; the current Congress figure is current as published.
The data behind the view
Every plotted value.
| Year | House | Senate | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1919 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1923 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1925 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1927 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1929 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 1931 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 1933 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 1935 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 1937 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 1939 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 1941 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 1943 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 1945 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 1947 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 1949 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 1951 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 1953 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 1955 | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| 1957 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 1959 | 17 | 2 | 19 |
| 1961 | 18 | 2 | 20 |
| 1963 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 1965 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 1967 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 1969 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 1971 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 1973 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 1975 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 1977 | 18 | 2 | 20 |
| 1979 | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| 1981 | 21 | 2 | 23 |
| 1983 | 22 | 2 | 24 |
| 1985 | 23 | 2 | 25 |
| 1987 | 23 | 2 | 25 |
| 1989 | 29 | 2 | 31 |
| 1991 | 28 | 4 | 32 |
| 1993 | 47 | 7 | 54 |
| 1995 | 48 | 9 | 57 |
| 1997 | 54 | 9 | 63 |
| 1999 | 56 | 9 | 65 |
| 2001 | 59 | 13 | 72 |
| 2003 | 60 | 14 | 74 |
| 2005 | 68 | 14 | 82 |
| 2007 | 72 | 16 | 88 |
| 2009 | 73 | 17 | 90 |
| 2011 | 73 | 17 | 90 |
| 2013 | 80 | 20 | 100 |
| 2015 | 85 | 20 | 105 |
| 2017 | 87 | 23 | 110 |
| 2019 | 101 | 25 | 126 |
| 2021 | 122 | 24 | 146 |
| 2023 | 127 | 24 | 151 |
| 2025 | 124 | 27 | 151 |