PHOTOS: Women Of The Senate Make History In 113th Congress

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WASHINGTON (JCHAYWARD.COM) — Women senators made history on Thursday as the 113th Congress was sworn in.

The number of women senators increased to 20, and four women were sworn in for the first time including Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, who became the first Asian-American woman in the body.

The House has 81 women, 61 of them Democrats and The Senate includes 20 women.

See PHOTOS of the Women of the Senate below.

: Rep. Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat from New Hampshire. (Getty)

: Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Scott Brown on Nov. 6. (AP)

: Sen. Mary Landrieu, Democrat from Louisiana. (Getty)

: Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Democrat from Md. (AP)

: Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Democrat of Minnesota. (AP)

: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat from New York. (AP)

: Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska. (Getty)

: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Democrat from California. (Getty)

: Sen. Claire McCaskill, Democrat from Missouri. (AP)

: Senator-elect Rep. Mazie Hirono, Democrat from Hawaii, and her husband, Leighton Oshima. (AP)

: Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Republican from New Hampshire. (AP)

: Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Democrat from Michigan. (Getty)

: Sen. Kay Hagan, Democrat from N.C., (H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY)

: Senator-elect Deb Fischer, Republican from Nebraska. (AP)

: Rep. Tammy Baldwin, Democrat from Wisconsin. (Getty)

: Sen. Patty Murray, Democrat from Wash. (H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY)

: Sen. Maria Cantwell, Democrat from Wash. (AP)

: Democrat Heidi Heitkamp from North Dakota. (AP)

: Sen. Susan Collins, Republican from Maine. (AP)

: Sen. Barbara Boxer, Democrat from Calif. (AP)

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