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As of 2016 approximately what percentage of senators and representatives in the u.s. congress were women?

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As of 2016, there were 20% of senator and 19.3% of representative in the U.S. congress were women.

Since Jeannette Rankin was sworn in as the first woman to serve in Congress in 1917, 399 women have been elected or appointed to public office in the United States, Congress.

The percentage of women in the 117th Congress is the highest in American history and has climbed significantly from where things were even a decade ago as the number of women in Congress has risen over the past several decades. 144 of the 539 seats, or 27%, are held by women when the House of Representatives and the Senate are taken into account.

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