List of female speakers of legislatures in the United States

This is a list of women who have served as speakers and leaders of federal, state, and territorial legislatures in the United States.

Congress

NameImageCountry Legislative BodyPartyMandate startMandate endTerm length Nancy Pelosi House of RepresentativesDemocratic

State

NameImageState Legislative BodyPartyMandate startMandate endTerm length Minnie D. Craig House of RepresentativesRepublican/NPL Consuelo N. Bailey House of RepresentativesRepublican Marion West Higgins General AssemblyRepublican Edness Kimball Wilkins House of RepresentativesDemocratic May 30, 1966 January 9, 1967 224 days Verda James House of RepresentativesRepublican Vera Katz House of RepresentativesDemocratic Debra R. Anderson House of RepresentativesRepublican Jane Dee Hull House of RepresentativesRepublican Dee Long House of RepresentativesDemocratic–Farmer–Labor Ramona Barnes House of RepresentativesRepublican Gail Phillips House of RepresentativesRepublican Jo Ann Davidson House of RepresentativesRepublican Bev Clarno House of RepresentativesRepublican Doris Allen State AssemblyRepublican Libby Mitchell House of RepresentativesDemocratic Donna Sytek House of RepresentativesRepublican Moira K. Lyons House of RepresentativesDemocratic Lynn Snodgrass House of RepresentativesRepublican Janet Wentz House of RepresentativesRepublican Catherine Hanaway House of RepresentativesRepublican Lola Spradley House of RepresentativesRepublican Karen Minnis House of RepresentativesRepublican Gaye Symington House of RepresentativesDemocratic Terie Norelli House of Representatives Democratic Margaret Anderson Kelliher House of RepresentativesDemocratic–Farmer–Labor Barbara Buckley AssemblyDemocratic Karen Bass State AssemblyDemocratic Hannah Pingree House of RepresentativesDemocratic Sheila Oliver General AssemblyDemocratic Beth Harwell House of RepresentativesRepublican Rebecca D. Lockhart House of RepresentativesRepublican Tina Kotek House of RepresentativesDemocratic Marilyn Kirkpatrick AssemblyDemocratic Toni Atkins State AssemblyDemocratic Dickey Lee Hullinghorst House of RepresentativesDemocratic Linda Upmeyer House of RepresentativesRepublican Sara Gideon House of RepresentativesDemocratic Mitzi Johnson House of RepresentativesDemocratic Crisanta Duran House of RepresentativesDemocratic KC Becker House of RepresentativesDemocratic Melissa Hortman House of RepresentativesDemocratic–Farmer–Labor Adrienne A. Jones House of DelegatesDemocratic Eileen Filler-Corn House of DelegatesDemocratic Laurie Jinkins House of RepresentativesDemocratic Incumbent Jill Krowinski House of RepresentativesDemocratic Incumbent Louise Stutes House of RepresentativesRepublican Jan Jones House of RepresentativesRepublican Rachel Talbot Ross House of RepresentativesDemocratic Julie McCluskie House of RepresentativesDemocratic Incumbent Cathy Tilton House of RepresentativesRepublican Joanna McClinton House of RepresentativesDemocratic Incumbent Valerie Longhurst House of RepresentativesDemocratic Julie Fahey House of RepresentativesDemocratic Incumbent Nadine Nakamura House of RepresentativesDemocratic Incumbent Melissa Minor-Brown House of RepresentativesDemocratic Incumbent Lisa Demuth House of RepresentativesRepublican Incumbent Joseline Peña-Melnyk House of DelegatesDemocratic Incumbent

Territorial and the District of Columbia

NameImageTerritoryLegislative BodyPartyMandate startMandate endTerm length María Libertad Gómez Garriga House of RepresentativesLiberal ? Ruby M. Rouss LegislatureDemocratic Lorraine Berry LegislatureDemocratic Linda W. Cropp CouncilDemocratic Judith Won Pat LegislatureDemocratic Jenniffer González House of RepresentativesNew Progressive/ Republican Tina Rose Muña Barnes LegislatureDemocratic Therese M. Terlaje LegislatureDemocratic Donna Frett-Gregory LegislatureDemocratic

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