Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Catherine Cortez Masto
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Catherine Cortez Masto The history of women in politics
Read Next
Close up of a hand placing a ballot in a ballot box. Election vote voter voting
Have Any U.S. Presidents Decided Not to Run For a Second Term?
Washington, D.C. locator map.
What State Is Washington, D.C. In?
Artwork for themes for Pro-Con articles.
Pro and Con: Filibuster
The United States Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.
14 Questions About Government in the United States Answered
Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.
U.S. Death Toll During Major Events
Discover
Currency. Money. Cash. Dollars. Bills. Pile of ten, twenty, fifty, and hundred dollar bills.
6 Questions About the History of Money and Banking Answered
Nazi Germany, Nazi SS troops marching with victory standards at the Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, 1933. (Schutzstaffel, Nazi Party, Nurnberg)
Why Was Nazi Germany Called the Third Reich?
Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)
7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)
The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church
Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"
How Deadly Is Quicksand?
Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.
What is Holy Week?

Catherine Cortez Masto: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Catherine-Cortez-Masto
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Catherine Marie Cortez
Born March 29, 1964 (age 61) • Las Vegas • Nevada
Title / Office United States Senate (2017-), United States

Photos

Catherine Cortez Masto
See All Images and Interactives →
Ron Ziegler
American government official
Christine Todd Whitman
American politician
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
United States statesman
Edward Rutledge
American politician
Warren Rudman
United States senator
Edmund Gerald Brown
American politician
Ethel Rosenberg
American spy
Conrad Taeuber
American sociologist
William Selby Harney
United States general
John Connally
American politician
Jesse Lee Reno
United States Army officer
Louis McLane
United States public official
Susan Rice
American public official and foreign policy analyst
Paul Simon
United States senator
Julius Rosenberg
American engineer and spy
William S. Cohen
United States senator and secretary of defense
Phil Gramm
United States senator
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
American clergyman and politician
Thomas Ewing
United States government official
George Bruce Cortelyou
United States public official