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Massachusetts
Women in Elective Office - Historical Summary

U.S. Congress  
  Niki Tsongas (D) U.S.Rep. 2007-present
    Tsongas won a special election to fill a vacancy.   
  Margaret M. Heckler (R)
Louise Day Hicks (D)
Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
 U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep.		 1967-1983
1971-1973
1925-1960
     Rogers initially won a special election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband; she was subsequently re-elected.
 
Statewide Elective Executives
  Martha Coakley (D)
Kerry Murphy Healey (R)
Jane Swift (R)
Shannon O'Brien (D)
Jane Swift (R)
Evelyn Murphy (D)		 Attorney General
Lieutenant Governor
Governor
State Treasurer
Lt. Governor
Lt. Governor		 2007-present
2003-2007
2001-2003
1999-2003
1999-2001
1987-1990

   
State Legislature
  
 
    
 
 
State
 
 
Senate
Total
Wom./
Total
 
 
House
Total
Wom./
Total
Total
Wom./
Total
 
%
Total
Year 
 Rank 
  D  
  R 
  Senate  
   D  
  R  
  I  
  House  
  Legis.  
 Wom. 
                           
2008
 21 12 0 12/ 40 33 4 - 37/ 160 49/ 200 24.5
2007
 20 12 0 12/ 40 33 4 - 37/ 160 49/ 200 24.5
2006
 19 11 0 11/ 40 34 6 - 40/ 160 51/ 200 25.5
2005
 19 11 0 11/ 40 33 6 - 39/ 160 50/ 200 25.0
2004
 20 10 1 11/ 40 33 6 - 39/ 160 50/ 200 25.0
2003
 19 11 1 12/ 40 34 6 - 40/ 160 52/ 200 26.0
2002
 18 11 1 12/ 40 32 7 - 39/ 160 51/ 200 25.5
2001
 19 11 1 12/ 40 30 7 - 37/ 160 49/ 200 24.5
2000
 14 10 1 11/ 40 32 9 - 41/ 160 52/ 200 26.0
1999
 14 9 1 10/ 40 33 9 - 42/ 160 52/ 200 26.0
1998
 20 7 0 7/ 40 30 10 - 40/ 160 47/ 200 23.5
1997
 22 7 0 7/ 40 29 10 - 39/ 160 46/ 200 23.0
1996
 17 6 2 8/ 40 27 13 - 40/ 160 48/ 200 24.0
1995
 17 6 2 8/ 40 27 13 - 40/ 160 48/ 200 24.0
1994
 21 7 2 9/ 40 25 11 - 36/ 160 45/ 200 22.5
1993
 19 7 2 9/ 40 25 12 - 37/ 160 46/ 200 23.0
1992
 23 3 3 6/ 40 23 8 - 31/ 160 37/ 200 18.5
1991
 21 3 4 7/ 40 23 8 - 31/ 160 38/ 200 19.0
1990
 23 3 2 5/ 40 22 7 - 29/ 160 34/ 200 17.0
1989
 23 4 1 5/ 40 22 8 - 30/ 160 35/ 200 17.5
1988
 17 5 1 6/ 40 22 9 - 31/ 160 37/ 200 18.5
1987
 17 5 1 6/ 40 22 9 - 31/ 160 37/ 200 18.5
1986
 19 4 1 5/ 40 20 8 - 28/ 160 33/ 200 16.5
1985
 19 4 1 5/ 40 20 8 - 28/ 160 33/ 200 16.5
1984
 24 5 1 6/ 40 13 6 1 20/ 160 26/ 200 13.0
1983
 22 5 1 6/ 40 13 6 1 20/ 160 26/ 200 13.0
1982*
 - 5 0 5/ 40 7 7 1 15/ 160 20/ 200 10.0
1981
 32 5 0 5/ 40 7 6 1 14/ 160 19/ 200 9.5
1979
 31 - - 4/ 40 - - - 11/ 160 15/ 200 7.5
1977
 - - - 4/ NA - - - 16/ NA 20/ NA -
1975
 - - - 2/ NA - - - 14/ NA 16/ NA -
 * 1982 numbers for women in the MA statelegislature provided by the MA Caucus of Women Legislators.

  

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