Louise McIntosh Slaughter
First elected in 1986, Louise McIntosh Slaughter served for 31 years as a U.S. Representative from western New York. In 2007 she became the first woman to chair the House Rules Committee.
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Louise Goff Reece
Louise G. Reece won a special election to succeed her Congressman husband after his death in 1961. .
Edna Oakes Simpson
Edna O. Simpson was unexpectedly thrust into public life when her Congressman husband collapsed and died less than two weeks before the 1958 midterm elections. A day after his death, she agreed to replace him as the GOP nominee in the western Illinois congressional district.
Jennie C Van Ness
A Republican from Essex County, she was one of the first two women elected to the New Jersey Assembly after women were granted the right to vote in 1920.
Vera Cahalan Bushfield
Vera Cahalan Bushfield’s brief US Senate service in the autumn of 1948 never brought her to the Capitol, where the 80th Congress (1947–1949) had recessed for the general elections. Instead, she stayed in her native South Dakota tending to constituent services after being appointed to the final weeks of the term of her late husband.
Leonor Sullivan
As one of America’s early consumer advocates, Leonor K. Sullivan authored many of the protective laws that Americans have come to take for granted.
Kathryn Granahan
US Representative Kathryn Granahan succeeded her late husband and followed his example as a liberal New Dealer who supported workers’ rights, welfare legislation, and civil rights.
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich
In 1982 Barbara Vucanovich became the first Nevada woman elected to federal office. At the time, Vucanovich represented one of the biggest districts in the country, covering nearly the entire state.
Elizabeth J Patterson
US Representative Elizabeth J. Patterson of South Carolina carved out a political career as a Democrat in a conservative-leaning district, portraying herself as a budget hawk and opponent of tax increases, though not at the expense of providing for working-class needs.
Gracie Bowers Pfost
A five-term US Representative from Idaho, Gracie Pfost was a consistent critic of private gain at the expense of the public interest.