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Katharine Byron

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Katharine Edgar Byron
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 6th district
In office
May 27, 1941 – January 3, 1943
Preceded byWilliam D. Byron
Succeeded byJames Glenn Beall
Personal details
Born
Katharine Edgar

(1903-10-25)October 25, 1903
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
DiedDecember 28, 1976(1976-12-28) (aged 73)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting placeRiverview Cemetery
Williamsport, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
(m. 1922; died 1941)
Samuel Bynum Riddick
(m. 1947)
Children5, including Goodloe Byron
RelativesLouis E. McComas (grandfather)

Katharine Byron (née Edgar; October 25, 1903 – December 28, 1976), a Democrat, was a U.S. Congresswoman who represented the 6th congressional district of Maryland from May 27, 1941, to January 3, 1943.[1] She was the first woman elected to Congress from Maryland.[1]

Early life

Katharine Edgar was born in Detroit, Michigan on October 25, 1902, to Mary (née McComas) and Brigadier General Clinton Goodloe Edgar.[1] She attended independent schools during her youth, such as the Liggett School in Detroit, the Westover School of Middlebury, Connecticut, and the Holton-Arms School of Bethesda, Maryland.[1] She later moved to Williamsport, Maryland, in 1922.[1] The Byrons were communicants of Saint John's Church.[citation needed]

She was a granddaughter of U.S. Senator Louis E. McComas, who represented the 6th congressional district of Maryland.[1]

Personal life

She married William D. Byron in 1922.[1] Together, they had five sons:[1]

She married Samuel Bynum Riddick in 1947.[2]

Career

She was elected to Congress in a special election held May 27, 1941 to replace her husband, Representative William D. Byron, after his death in an airplane crash near Atlanta, Georgia on February 27, 1941.[1]

She advocated amending the Neutrality Act during World War II and gave one of five speeches on December 8, 1941, in favor of President Franklin Roosevelt's declaration of war on Japan.[1]

She did not seek re-election in 1942 and retired in Washington, D.C.[1]

Death

Byron died at Georgetown University Hospital on December 28, 1976.[1] She is interred in Riverview Cemetery in Williamsport, Maryland.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Mrs. Byron, was state's first woman in Congress". The Baltimore Sun. December 29, 1976. p. A8. Retrieved May 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Collection: Byron Family papers | Archival Collections". archives.lib.umd.edu. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "Mrs. Byron". The News. Frederick, Maryland. December 29, 1976. p. 5. Retrieved September 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 6th congressional district

1941–1943
Succeeded by


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