Press Conference List #2

Question 1

First Native American senator

Answer 1

Ben Nighthorse Campbell

Question 2

Mediator in the Republican Party, played vital role in debates regarding tax form

Answer 2

Kevin McCarthy

Question 3

Senate majority leader

Answer 3

Chuck Schumer

Question 4

Senate minority leader

Answer 4

Mitch McConnell

Question 5

First African American senator; Alcorn State University

Answer 5

Hiram Rhodes Revels

Question 6

First woman ever elected to Congress

Answer 6

Jeanette Rankin

Question 7

First black woman ever elected to Congress

Answer 7

Shirley Chisholm

Question 8

House majority leader

Answer 8

Steve Scalise

Question 9

First Democrat to serve 3 terms

Answer 9

Robert (Bob) Casey Jr

Question 10

Pennsylvania state Senator

Answer 10

John Fetterman

Question 11

Serving 5th Congressional District in Pennsylvania

Answer 11

Mary Gay Scalon

Question 12

Second First Lady of the United States; First woman to be a role model for women’s rights

Answer 12

Abigail Adams

Question 13

Currently house minority leader; First black person to be in a leadership position in Congress

Answer 13

Hakeem Jeffries

Question 14

First African American US Senator; New Zealand ambassador

Answer 14

Carol Moseley Braun

Question 15

First and currently only Holocaust survivor to be elected to Congress

Answer 15

Tom Lantos

Question 16

First woman president pro tempore of the Senate; “Mom in tennis shoes”

Answer 16

Patty Murray