Ohio Democrat Marcy Kaptur Makes History As Longest-Serving Woman In The House
The 18-term lawmaker takes the title from the late Massachusetts GOP Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers.
by Susan Davis
Mar 18, 2018
2 minutes
Marcy Kaptur didn't plan for this.
First elected in 1982, the Ohio Democrat didn't set out to become the longest-serving woman in House history.
"The reasons that I ran, to change certain practices and policies, [I thought] could be done much more quickly," she said in an interview with NPR. On Sunday, Kaptur becomes the longest-serving woman ever to serve
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