Hattie Ophelia Caraway, née Hattie Ophelia Wyatt, (born Feb. 1, 1878, near Bakerville, Tenn., U.S. died Dec. 21, 1950, Falls Church, Va.), American politician who became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. Hattie Wyatt grew up in her native Bakerville, Tenn., and in nearby Hustburg. She graduated (1896) from Dickson Normal School and for a time thereafter taught school. In 1902 she married Thaddeus H. Caraway, who subsequently became a congressman and then a U.S. senator for Arkansas. When Thaddeus died in November 1931, Hattie Caraway was appointed by the governor to fill her husband’s seat until a special
Hattie Caraway was expected to step aside and make way for the men when her term was over. With the help of Huey Long, something much more interesting happened.
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February 1, 2021 Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway 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.
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Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate on this day in 1932, after having filled the seat vacated when her husband died two months earlier.