House of Representatives

Guts, Stamina, Audacity: Shirley Chisholm’s House Career

Posted on June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 by MAMcIntosh

Beyond the headlines and iconic reputation she built across party lines, she had to fight just as hard within the House for the causes she supported. Introduction Fifty years ago this month, Shirley Chisholm, the charismatic and outspoken Brooklyn educator and politician, made history when she became the first African-American woman to serve in Congress. Small in stature,[…]

Experience, Wisdom, Knowledge: A History of Age in the House of Representatives

Posted on April 19, 2019 by MAMcIntosh

The Constitution places few limits on who can serve in the House, but it requires that Members be at least 25. No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty-five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be[…]