The first ever senate was the Roman Senate. The term "senator" means "elder" in Latin.
The Roman Emperor Caligula raised his favorite horse Incitatus to the rank of senator. When his mount died, it was deprived of its privileges.
In ancient Rome, senators were forbidden to marry the daughter of an actor or actress.
The Roman Senate lasted until 580 (various efforts to revive it were made in Medieval Rome). In the Eastern Roman Empire, the Byzantine Senate continued until the Fourth Crusade, circa 1202–1204.
In a modern democracy, a senate is a group of people who pass or change laws for their country, state, or other area. Members of a senate are called senators. Some of these legislatures are Bicameral, meaning they have two separate groups of people called houses.
Modern democratic states with bicameral parliamentary systems are sometimes equipped with a senate, often distinguished from an ordinary parallel lower house, called a House of Representatives, House of Commons, or Assembly by electoral rules. Typically, the senate is referred to as the upper house and has a smaller membership than the lower house. In such legislatures, both houses must pass the same bill to make it a law.
Modern democratic systems having legislatures with senates include the United States of America, Canada, Australia and all US states with the exception of Nebraska (whose legislature is a unicameral body called the “Legislature” but whose members refer to themselves as “senators”).
Edward Dickinson Baker was serving as a U.S. Senator when the U.S. Civil War broke out and re-joined the Army as a colonel. He was killed at the Battle of Ball's Bluff while leading a Union Army regiment and remains the only sitting U.S. senator ever to be killed in a military engagement.
In 1879 James Shields, who had previously served Illinois and Minnesota, began a term as a U.S. Senator from Missouri. He was the first Senator to serve three states.
Martha Hughes Cannon became the first female state senator elected in the United States when she was elected as a Utah State Senator on November 3, 1896. A Mormon polygamous wife, she ran against and defeated her own husband. Martha Hughes Cannon was the author of Utah sanitation laws and was a founder and member of Utah's first State Board of Health.
The Unitarian clergyman Edward Everett Hale was appointed Chaplain of the United States Senate in 1903. He was asked in this capacity whether he prays for the senators, whereby he replied, "No I look at the senators and pray for the country."
Charles Curtis of the Kaw tribe in Kansas became the first Native American U.S. Senator on January 29, 1907. He was later the first US Native American Vice President between 1929-1933.
From 1789 until 1913, Senators were appointed by legislatures of the states they represented. Following the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, they are now popularly elected.
Rebecca Latimer Felton was the first woman US. Senator. The most prominent woman in Georgia in the Progressive Era, she was honored by appointment to the Senate. She was sworn in November 21, 1922, and served just 24 hours. At 87 years, nine months, and 22 days old, Felton was also the oldest freshman senator to enter the Senate.
Margaret Chase Smith of Maine became the first woman elected to the US Senate without completing another senator's term, when she defeated Democratic opponent and was elected United States senator on September 13, 1948. She also was the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
When Hillary Clinton decided that she wanted to be Senator, she chose New York even though she never lived there. She went on to win the election becoming the first First Lady in US history to seek a political office and win a political office.
US Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina set a filibuster record in the U.S. Senate on August 19, 1957. He spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes.
The Roman Emperor Caligula raised his favorite horse Incitatus to the rank of senator. When his mount died, it was deprived of its privileges.
In ancient Rome, senators were forbidden to marry the daughter of an actor or actress.
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| Representation of a sitting of the Roman senate: Cicero attacks Catiline, |
The Roman Senate lasted until 580 (various efforts to revive it were made in Medieval Rome). In the Eastern Roman Empire, the Byzantine Senate continued until the Fourth Crusade, circa 1202–1204.
In a modern democracy, a senate is a group of people who pass or change laws for their country, state, or other area. Members of a senate are called senators. Some of these legislatures are Bicameral, meaning they have two separate groups of people called houses.
Modern democratic states with bicameral parliamentary systems are sometimes equipped with a senate, often distinguished from an ordinary parallel lower house, called a House of Representatives, House of Commons, or Assembly by electoral rules. Typically, the senate is referred to as the upper house and has a smaller membership than the lower house. In such legislatures, both houses must pass the same bill to make it a law.
Modern democratic systems having legislatures with senates include the United States of America, Canada, Australia and all US states with the exception of Nebraska (whose legislature is a unicameral body called the “Legislature” but whose members refer to themselves as “senators”).
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| The debating chamber of the Senate of the Czech Republic By Krokodyl |
Edward Dickinson Baker was serving as a U.S. Senator when the U.S. Civil War broke out and re-joined the Army as a colonel. He was killed at the Battle of Ball's Bluff while leading a Union Army regiment and remains the only sitting U.S. senator ever to be killed in a military engagement.
In 1879 James Shields, who had previously served Illinois and Minnesota, began a term as a U.S. Senator from Missouri. He was the first Senator to serve three states.
Martha Hughes Cannon became the first female state senator elected in the United States when she was elected as a Utah State Senator on November 3, 1896. A Mormon polygamous wife, she ran against and defeated her own husband. Martha Hughes Cannon was the author of Utah sanitation laws and was a founder and member of Utah's first State Board of Health.
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| Bust photo of Martha Hughes Cannon |
The Unitarian clergyman Edward Everett Hale was appointed Chaplain of the United States Senate in 1903. He was asked in this capacity whether he prays for the senators, whereby he replied, "No I look at the senators and pray for the country."
Charles Curtis of the Kaw tribe in Kansas became the first Native American U.S. Senator on January 29, 1907. He was later the first US Native American Vice President between 1929-1933.
From 1789 until 1913, Senators were appointed by legislatures of the states they represented. Following the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, they are now popularly elected.
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| A class photo of the 111th United States Senate |
Rebecca Latimer Felton was the first woman US. Senator. The most prominent woman in Georgia in the Progressive Era, she was honored by appointment to the Senate. She was sworn in November 21, 1922, and served just 24 hours. At 87 years, nine months, and 22 days old, Felton was also the oldest freshman senator to enter the Senate.
Margaret Chase Smith of Maine became the first woman elected to the US Senate without completing another senator's term, when she defeated Democratic opponent and was elected United States senator on September 13, 1948. She also was the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
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| Senator Margaret Chase Smith |
When Hillary Clinton decided that she wanted to be Senator, she chose New York even though she never lived there. She went on to win the election becoming the first First Lady in US history to seek a political office and win a political office.
US Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina set a filibuster record in the U.S. Senate on August 19, 1957. He spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes.
US Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin wanted the US to ratify the UN Genocide Convention. He gave a speech on the need to ratify it each day the Senate was in session from 1967-1986 (a total of 3,211 times) until the US Senate finally ratified it on February 11, 1986 in an 83-11 vote.
Women were not allowed to wear trousers on the US Senate floor until 1993 when two senators defied the ban. Later that year the rule was amended to allow women to wear trousers.
Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999.
She was the first female African-American Senator, the first African-American U.S. Senator for the Democratic Party and the first woman to defeat an incumbent U.S. Senator in an election.
When Tammy Baldwin defeated her Republican opponent, former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson, in the 2012 U.S. Senate election, she became the first openly gay U.S. Senator in history.
At 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m) tall, Luther Strange (born March 1, 1953) of Alabama is the tallest United States senator in American history.
Women were not allowed to wear trousers on the US Senate floor until 1993 when two senators defied the ban. Later that year the rule was amended to allow women to wear trousers.
Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999.
She was the first female African-American Senator, the first African-American U.S. Senator for the Democratic Party and the first woman to defeat an incumbent U.S. Senator in an election.
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| Carol Moseley Braun, United States Senator from Illinois |
When Tammy Baldwin defeated her Republican opponent, former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson, in the 2012 U.S. Senate election, she became the first openly gay U.S. Senator in history.
At 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m) tall, Luther Strange (born March 1, 1953) of Alabama is the tallest United States senator in American history.
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