Hattie Caraway

Hattie Wyatt Caraway
Caraway in 1940
United States Senator
from Arkansas
In office
November 13, 1931 – January 3, 1945
Preceded byThaddeus Caraway
Succeeded byWilliam Fulbright
Personal details
Born
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt

(1878-02-01)February 1, 1878
Bakerville, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedDecember 21, 1950(1950-12-21) (aged 72)
Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
(m. 1902; died 1931)
Children3, including Paul
EducationEbenezer College
Dickson Normal College (BA)

Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway (February 1, 1878 – December 21, 1950) was an American politician who became the first woman elected to serve a full term as a United States Senator. Caraway represented Arkansas. She was the first woman to preside over the Senate. She won reelection to a full term in 1932 with the active support of fellow Senator Huey Long, of neighboring Louisiana.[1][2]

  1. ^ Kathryn Cullen-DuPont (2009). Encyclopedia of Women's History in America, 2nd ed. Infobase Publishing. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-1-4381-1033-2. Archived from the original on June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  2. ^ Snyder, Robert E. (1975). "Huey Long and the Presidential Election of 1936". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 16 (2): 129. JSTOR 4231456. Archived from the original on November 2, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.

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