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Women in Congress by State 2003

 

U.S. Congress

Senate

House of Representatives

Party Affiliation

No. of  Seats Occupied by Women

No. of Seats

No. of Seats Occupied by Women (%)

Alabama

2R

0

7

0

 

Alaska

2R

1

1

0

 

Arizona

2R

0

8

0

 

Arkansas

2D

1

4

0

 

California

2D

2

53

18

(33.9)

Colorado

2R

0

7

1

(14.3)

Connecticut

2D

0

5

2

(40.0)

Delaware

2D

0

1

0

 

Florida

2D

0

25

4

(16.0)

Georgia

1R  1D

0

13

1

(7.7)

Hawaii

2D

0

2

1

(50.0)

Idaho

2R

0

2

0

 

Illinois

1R  1D

0

19

2

(10.5)

Indiana

1R  1D

0

9

1

(10.0)

Iowa

1R  1D

0

5

0

 

Kansas

2R

0

4

0

 

Kentucky

2R

0

6

1

(16.7)

Louisiana

2D

1

7

0

 

Maine

2R

2

2

0

 

Maryland

2D

1

8

1

(12.5)

Massachusetts

2D

0

10

0

 

Michigan

2D

1

15

2

(13.3)

Minnesota

1R  1D

0

8

1

(12.5)

Mississippi

2R

0

4

0

 

Missouri

1R  1D

0

9

2

(22.2)

Montana

1R  1D

0

1

0

 

Nebraska

1R  1D

0

3

0

 

Nevada

1R  1D

0

3

1

(33.3)

New Hampshire

2R

0

2

0

 

New Jersey

2D

0

13

0

 

New Mexico

1R  1D

0

3

1

(33.3)

New York

2D

1

29

6

(20.7)

North Carolina

1R  1D

1

13

3

(23.0)

North Dakota

2D

0

1

0

 

Ohio

2R

0

18

2

(11.1)

Oklahoma

2R

0

5

0

 

Oregon

1R  1D

0

5

1

(20.0)

Pennsylvania

2R

0

19

 1

(5.3)

Rhode Island

1R  1D

0

2

0

 

South Carolina

1R  1D

0

6

0

 

South Dakota

2D

0

1

0

 

Tennessee

2R

0

9

1

(11.1) 

Texas

2R

1

32

2

(6.3)

Utah

2R

0

3

0

 

Vermont

0R  1D 1I

0

1

0

 

Virginia

2R

0

11

1

(9.1)

Washington

2D

2

9

1

(11.1)

West Virginia

2D

0

3

1

(33.3)

Wisconsin

2D

0

8

1

(12.5)

Wyoming

2R

0

1

1

(100.0)

Total

100
(50R  49D 1I)

14
(5R  
9D)

435

60

 

 

Sources

Center for American Women and Politics, http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cawp/ (January 2003)

Official List of Members of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, January 6, 2003, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, http://clerkweb.house.gov/members/olm108.phb

United States Senate, http://www.senate.gov (January 2003) 


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