117​th ​ Congress Chart January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 Congratulations you've just been elected to the Congress! Use your brain, textbook, this data from the ​Pew Research Center​, these great graphics by The Hill​ have the breakdown of the 117th Congress by race, gender, age, etc., and all the cool​ ​Pew visuals​ about your generation (Z) to fill in the chart below. 117th Congress* House Senate Number of Members Term Lengths Election Frequency Incumbent Reelection % ( latest election) Age Requirement Year you could first run for this position Citizenship requirements Name of Speaker of the House* Name of Majority Leader* Name of Minority Leader* Name of Majority Whips* Name of Minority Whips* Name of Senate President Name of Senate President Pro Tempore # of Democrats* # of Republicans* # of Independents* # Vacant # of Women* # of Non-Whites* # LGBTQ # Millennials (born between 1981-1996) Favorite Member Least Favorite Member Hottest!!!! Member gopopro.com 117​th ​ Congress Chart Key* These answers (below ​Age Requirement​) will vary, of course, Congress to Congress. These numbers are as of 1/3/2019. 116th Congress* House Senate Number of Members 435 100 Term Lengths 2 6 Election Frequency every 2 years 1/3 are up for reelection every 2 years Incumbent Reelection % ( latest 91% 84% election) Age Requirement 25 30 Year you could first run for this varies varies position Citizenship requirements 7 9 Name of Speaker of the House* Nancy Pelosi xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Name of Majority Leader* Steny Hoyer Chuck Schumer Name of Minority Leader* Kevin McCarthy Mitch McConnel Name of Majority Whips* Jim Clyburn John Thune Name of Minority Whips* Steve Scalise Richard Durbin Name of Senate President xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Kamala Harris (D) Senate President Pro Tempore xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Patrick Leahy (age 80) # of Democrats* 221 48 # of Republicans* 211 50 # of Independents* 0 2 (caucus with Democrats) # Vacant 3 0 # of Women* 120 (27%) 24 (24%) African American=58 (13%), African American=2 Hispanic=39 (9%) Hispanic=5 # of Non-Whites* Asian/Pacific Islander=15 Asian/Pacific Islander=2 Native American=6 Native American=0 # LGBTQ 9 2 # Millennials 31 1 *as of 3/1/2021 gopopro.com 117th Congress Firsts ● Cori Bush (Missouri's 1st District), Democrat: First Black congresswoman from Missouri. ● Madison Cawthorn (North Carolina's 11th District),Republican: First member of Congress born in the 1990s, youngest Republican elected to the House, second youngest House member in modern history. Madison Cawthorn came under scrutiny during the summer for photos on his Instagram page that show him in 2017 visiting Adolf Hitler's vacation house in Germany known as the "Eagle's Nest." The post's caption refers to Hitler as "the führer" and says that a visit to the site -- a popular tourist destination documenting the horrors of the Nazi regime -- had been on his "bucket list for awhile" and "did not disappoint." ● Ritchie Torres ​ ​(New York's 15th District), Democrat: First Black man who identifies as gay elected to Congress (with Mondaire Jones). ● Mondaire Jones (New York's 17th District), Democrat: First Black man who identifies as gay elected to Congress (with Ritchie Torres). ● Marilyn Strickland (Washington's 10th District), Democrat: First Black member of Congress from Washington, first Korean American woman elected to Congress (with Michelle Steel and Young Kim). ● Michelle Steel (California's 48th District), Republican: First Korean American woman elected to Congress (with Marilyn Strickland and Young Kim). ● Young Kim (California's 39th District), Republican: First Korean American woman elected to Congress (with Michelle Steel and Marilyn Strickland). ● Yvette Herrell (New Mexico's 2nd District), Republican: First Native American Republican woman elected to Congress. ● Cynthia Lummis, Republican: First female senator from Wyoming If you like this chart you should check out all our graphic organizers, charts, visuals, lessons and tests that are part of our ​GoPo Pro Toolkit​! gopopro.com .