Senators in Congress by gender U.S. 2023

The 118th Congress began in January, 2023. In this Congress, there were 35 women serving as Senators, and 75 men. The number of women has increased since the 1975 when there were no women in the Senate. The first female Senator was Rebecca Felton of Georgia who was sworn in in 1922. A breakdown of women Senators by party can be found here.

Senators in the United States Congress from 1975 to 2023, by gender

Characteristic	Male	Female
94th Congress, 1975	100	-
95th Congress, 1977	100	-
96th Congress, 1979	98	2
97th Congress, 1981	98	2
98th Congress, 1983	98	2
99th Congress, 1985	98	2
100th Congress, 1987	98	2
101st Congress, 1989	98	2
102nd Congress, 1991	98	2
103rd Congress, 1993	94	6
104th Congress, 1995	92	8
105th Congress, 1997	91	9
106th Congress, 1999	91	9
107th Congress, 2001	87	13
108th Congress, 2003	86	14
109th Congress, 2005	86	14
110th Congress, 2007	84	16
111th Congress, 2009	83	17
112th Congress, 2011	83	17
113th Congress, 2013	80	20
114th Congress, 2015	80	20
115th Congress, 2017	79	21
116th Congress, 2019	75	25
117th Congress, 2021	75	25
118th Congress, 2023	75	25

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Release date

January 2023

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United States

Survey time period

1975 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Figures represent the makeup of Congress on the first day of the session.
Data for the 96th Congress through to the 117th Congress can be found here.
For the 117th Congress, the source includes Kamala Harris, who did not resign from office until January 18th, 2021.

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