Cheryl Johnson, who was sworn in as Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives by Speaker Nancy Pelosi in 2021, begins a historic term as the House seeks a new leader. As the Pelosi era comes to a ...

For the first time ever, two Black women have been elected to serve in the U.S. Senate, while voters also sent a transgender lawmaker to the U.S. House of Representatives ...

Black women notch historic Senate wins in an election year defined by potential firsts Voters also sent the first openly transgender lawmaker to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Black women notch historic Senate wins in an election year defined by potential firsts Voters also sent the first openly transgender lawmaker to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Demings, a Florida Congresswoman, is the only Black woman helping to present the U.S. House of Representatives’ case against the president. Harris is the lone Black woman in the 100-member Senate.

Philadelphia Democratic Rep. Joanna McClinton was elected on Tuesday as speaker of Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives, becoming the first Black woman in state history to hold that post ...

What It Looks Like To Have A Record Number Of Women In The House Of Representatives The 116th Congress has 127 female members — 102 of them in the House. That's far more than the previous record ...

The Maine House of Representatives elected Rachel Talbot Ross, 62, ... Maine’s influx of Black female politicians adds to the growing number of Black women in U.S. politics.

Democratic Rep. Alyce Clarke, 83, has represented Jackson in the Mississippi House of Representatives for 38 years, serving under seven governors and four speakers of the house.

Sarah Elisabeth Goode made history in 1885 when she became one of the first Black American women to earn a patent. She ...

Republican incumbent Trey Rhodes and Democrat Melanie Miller are candidates in the election for the Georgia House of Representatives District 124 on Nov. 5. Miller’s candidacy makes her the first ...

The first Black man to win a seat in the Mississippi Legislature in the 20th century was Robert Clark, no relation, a Democrat from Ebenezer who was elected to the House in 1967.