<P> There have been 52 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 . Fifteen of the women who have served were appointed ; seven of those were appointed to succeed their deceased husbands . As of April 9 , 2018 when Cindy Hyde - Smith of Mississippi was sworn in , the 115th United States Congress has 23 female Senators out of 100 ( 23 % ) , three more than both the 113th and 114th Congresses , and an all - time high . </P>
<P> There have been 52 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 . Fifteen of the women who have served were appointed ; seven of those were appointed to succeed their deceased husbands . As of April 9 , 2018 when Cindy Hyde - Smith of Mississippi was sworn in , the 115th United States Congress has 23 female Senators out of 100 ( 23 % ) , three more than both the 113th and 114th Congresses , and an all - time high . </P>
who was the first woman elected to the us senate
who was the first woman elected to the us senate
Hattie Caraway
Hattie Caraway