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V. OMEN'S DIVISION 1959 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE 1625 EYE STREET, N. W. WASHINGTON 6, D. C. W D M E N IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS X() SEVENTEEN WOMEN ELECTED TO THE 36TH CONGRESS A total of 17 women (9 Republicans and 8 Democrats) are serving in the 86th Congress, now in First Session. This equals the record for any one Congressional session, first established in 1955 in the 84th Congress. Mrs. Margaret Chase Smith, Republican of Maine, is the only woman in the Senate and is the only woman to have been elected without first being appointed to that body. Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers, Republican of Massachusetts, is dean of Congressional women, having served continuously since June, 1925. Only six men in the House of Representatives have more seniority than Representative Rogers. There were 17 women members (8 Republicans and 9 Democrats) in the first session (1955) of the 34th Congress. The figure dropped to 16 upon the death in November, 1955 of Mrs. Vera Buchanan, Democrat of Pennsylvania's 30th District. The following year, however, the number was restored to 17. At a special election held November 6, 1956, Mrs. W. T. Granahan, Democrat of Pennsylvania's 2nd District, was elected to fill the vacancy created by her husband's death during the 84th Congress. Now serving in the House of Representatives are 16 women, evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats. SIXTY-SIX CONGRESSWOMEN TO DATE A total of 66 women (29 Republicans and 37 Democrats) have been elected or appointed to Congress since 1916 when the first woman, Miss Jeanette Rankin, Republican of Montana, was elected. She served one term. In 1940 she was again elected from the same district for one term. Janua per the

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