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Felton was sworn in on November 21, 1922, and served just 24 hours. At the age of 87, she was the oldest freshman senator to enter the Senate. Felton was the only woman to have served as a senator from Georgia until the appointment of Kelly Loeffler in 2020, nearly one hundred years later.
Rebecca Latimer Felton (D-Georgia), the first female member of the United States Senate, who served for a single day in 1922. One woman (Barbara Mikulski) was reelected and four women were elected to the Senate in 1992, the "Year of the Woman," Left to right: Senators Murray, Moseley Braun, Mikulski, Feinstein, and Boxer.
First woman to be appointed to the United States Senate - Rebecca Latimer Felton - 1922 [275] First woman to be elected to the United States Senate - Hattie Caraway - 1932 [276] First female to preside over the Senate – Hattie Caraway of Arkansas - 1943 [276] First female to serve in both houses of Congress – Margaret Chase Smith of Maine ...
Rebecca Felton was sworn in as a Senator for Georgia on November 21, 1922, and served one day; she was the first woman to serve in the Senate. [14] In 1928, Octaviano Larrazolo became the first Latino senator elected to the Senate, where he served a three-month unexpired term. As a politician, he advocated for education equality for Spanish ...
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Uncertainty is the Enemy By Rebecca Felton, Senior Market Strategist SUMMARY Markets will be clouded by uncertainty for the remainder of 2022, in our view. We agree with Chairman Powell’s view ...
"That part's not true," the then-72-year-old Donham told Tyson 2007, according to Vanity Fair's report. Following the interview, Till's murder investigation was reopened in 2008, but the grand ...
By Rebecca Felton, Senior Market Strategist, RiverFront Investment Group Looking Ahead to 2022 with ‘Realistic Optimism’ Stock valuations are driven by future expectations. That mindset proved ...