As of 2011, women held about what share of seats in congress?

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Cynthia Hendricks

3 November, 14:29

As of 2011, women held about what share of seats in congress?

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Laurel Jordan · Answer 1

As of 2011, there were 96 women in the United States Congress. Out of these 96, 79 were part of the US House of Representatives. Considering that there are 535 members of Congress total (435 members of the House of Representatives and 100 members in the Senate) this equates to roughly 17.9%. This shows that men still make up a large majority of our Congress people.