Indisputable, though, is this: Paige reached the major leagues at an age when most pitchers have long stopped stressing their rotator cuffs. Also inarguable: the 6-foot-3, 180-pound right-hander is remembered as much for his witticisms as his extraordinary pitching talent and longevity.
Only four black men and women were elected to the United States Senate in all of American history â former Sens. Edward William Brooke (R-MA) and Carol Moseley Braun (D-IL) join Booker in this very exclusive group, along with President Barack Obama.
Women in the U.S. Senate 2016. Twenty women (14D, 6R) serve in the United States Senate in the 114th Congress. women have ever served in the Senate, including 29 Democrats and 17 Republicans. states (LA, ME, NE) have sent three women to the Senate. California was the first state to send two women (Boxer (D) and Feinstein (D)) to the Senate simultaneously.