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Linda Sanchez
Linda Sánchez


Linda Sánchez assumed office in 2003, representing California's 39th District in the United States House of Representatives. After redistricting, she was elected to serve the 38th District in 2012. Sánchez is the first Latina to serve on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee. Her sister Loretta also served in the House of Representatives as the congresswoman from the 47th District of California. They were the first sisters and the first women of any relation to serve together in Congress. Sánchez was born in Orange, California, […]
Loretta Sanchez
Loretta Sánchez


Loretta Sánchez represented California's 46th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1997 to 2003 and the 47th District from 2003 to 2017. Her sister Linda serves in the House of Representatives as the congresswoman from the 38th District of California. They were the first sisters and the first women of any relation to ever serve together in Congress. Sánchez was born January 7, 1960, in Lynwood, California. She completed her Bachelor of Arts from Chapman University in Orange, California, in 1982 and received her Master of Business […]
Stephanie Sandlin
Stephanie H Sandlin


Stephanie Herseth Sandlin represented South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2004 until 2011. She was the first woman elected to serve as a U.S. representative from South Dakota. Sandlin was born on December 3, 1970, near Houghton, South Dakota. She graduated from Groton High School in Groton, South Dakota, and then completed a Bachelor of Arts at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1993. In 1997, Sandlin completed her Juris Doctorate at Georgetown University Law School. Following college graduation, Sandlin worked as a law clerk to Judge Charles B. Kornmann, […]
Mary Gay Scanlon
Mary Gay Scanlon


Mary Gay Scanlon assumed office as U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 5th Congressional District, previously the 7th District, on Jan. 3, 2019. She was sworn in as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 7th District on November 13, 2018. She was elected to both positions on Nov. 6, 2018, in a special election to fill the vacancy in the 7th District created by the resignation of Representative Pat Meehan and in the regular election for the 5th district. Scanlon earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University in 1980 and a […]
Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky


Janice (Jan) Schakowsky assumed office January 1999, representing Illinois 9th District in the United States House of Representatives. Schakowsky was born May 26, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois. She received her Bachelor of Science in elementary education from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1965. Prior to serving in Congress, Schakowsky was program director of Illinois Public Action, Illinois' largest public interest group, from 1976 to 1985, and served as director of the Illinois State Council of Senior Citizens from 1985 to 1990. From 1990 to 1998, Schakowsky served as a […]
Jean Schmidt
Jean M Schmidt


Jean M. Schmidt has been a member of the Ohio House of Representatives representing District 65 since January 1, 2021. Previously, Schmidt served in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Ohio's 2nd District from August 2005 to January 2013. Schmidt was born November 29, 1951, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She received her Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Cincinnati in 1974. Prior to her political career, she was employed as a bank branch manager, a fitness instructor and a schoolteacher. She was a delegate to the Republican […]
Kim Schrier
Kim Schrier


Kim Schrier assumed office as U.S. representative for Washington state's 8th Congressional District on Jan. 3, 2019. Schrier received her Bachelor of Arts degree in astrophysics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1991 and her M.D. from the University of California, Davis in 1997. She has been a pediatrician since 2002. For information on Schrier's policy subject areas, committee appointments and sponsored/co-sponsored legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, please visit her profile on https://www.congress.gov.
Pat Schroeder
Pat Schroeder


Patricia "Pat" Schroeder represented Colorado in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Colorado, running without the support of the state Democratic Party or the Democratic National Committee. Schroeder was born July 30, 1940, in Portland, Oregon. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1961 with degrees in philosophy, history, and political science. Following, Schroeder completed her Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School in 1964. From 1964 to 1972, she was a field attorney with the National […]
Allyson Schwartz
Allyson Schwartz


Allyson Schwartz represented Pennsylvania's 13th District in the United States House of Representatives from 2005 to 2015. In 2014, Schwartz was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor of Pennsylvania, but was defeated in the primary. Schwartz was born October 3, 1948, in Queens, New York. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Simmons College, located in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1970. In 1972, she received her Master of Social Work from Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Prior to entering Congress, Schwartz worked as a […]
Terri Sewell
Terri Sewell


Terri Sewell assumed office as Alabama's United States representative in January 2011. Representing Alabama's 7th Congressional District, Sewell became the first Black woman elected to Congress from Alabama. Sewell and Republican Martha Roby, also elected in 2010, are the first women elected to Congress from Alabama in regular elections. Sewell was born January 1, 1965, and was raised in Selma, Alabama. Her mother, Nancy Sewell, was the first African American city councilwoman in Selma. She graduated cum laude in 1986 from Princeton University. In 1988, she was awarded the Marshall/Commonwealth […]