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WJBD Online
March 19, 2018
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Representative Marcy Kaptur is now the longest-serving woman in the history of the House of Representatives, breaking the record Sunday –- 12,858 days after she first took office in 1983. Kaptur told ABC News that as she surpasses the milestone,Ãâà...
NPR
March 19, 2018
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 SundayÃâà...
NBCNews.com
March 18, 2018
Marcy Kaptur's office. Elected in 1982 during the Democratic midterm wave that followed President Ronald Reagan's election, Kaptur has served alongside eight House Speakers, during the administrations of six presidents. She said the thought of retiring has yet to cross her mind. Following the bipartisanÃâà...
News-Herald.com
March 16, 2018
WASHINGTON >> Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur is poised to become the longest-serving female member in the U.S. House. The 71-year-old Democrat from Toledo has served in the House since 1983. The longest-serving woman in the House so far was Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, a Massachusetts RepublicanÃâà...
Bloomberg Government (blog)
March 5, 2018
For Rep. Marcy Kaptur, soon to become the longest-serving woman in House history, members of her own party erected some of the tallest barriers to her access to power. Born in a busy factory town, Kaptur was raised in a Roman Catholic home, the daughter of a grocer and auto parts production worker.
Toledo Blade
December 31, 1999
Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) announced in Toledo on Monday she would back former federal consumer watchdog Richard Cordray in his bid for Ohio governor. Miss Kaptur, who on Sunday will become the longest-serving female member in the history of the House, said Mr. Cordray and his running mate,Ãâà...
Toledo Blade
December 31, 1999
Toledo native Marcy Kaptur is set to break a nearly 60-year-old seniority record for a woman in the House of Representatives. U.S. Rep. Kaptur, who on Sunday will become the longest-serving woman in the nearly 230-year history of the House, is being honored Wednesday in Washington. After 35 yearsÃâà...
cleveland.com
December 31, 1999
Marcy Kaptur on Sunday will become the longest serving woman in U.S. House history. Updated March 13, 2018 at 8:11 AM ; Posted March 13, 2018 at 8:10 AM. On March 18, Toledo Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur will become the longest-serving woman ever in the U.S. House of Representatives. ( Sabrina EatonÃâà...
CNN
December 31, 1999
(CNN) Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio will shatter records Sunday by becoming the longest-serving woman in the history of the House of Representatives. Kaptur took office in January 1983 as the representative of Ohio's 9th Congressional District, which includes a good part of the coastline of LakeÃâà...
