- Thaddeus H. Caraway
Thaddeus Horatius Caraway (1871-1931) was a Democratic Party politician from
Arkansas who represented the state first in theU.S. House of Representatives (1913-1921) and then in theU.S. Senate (1921-1931).Caraway was born on a farm near
Springhill, Missouri onOctober 17 ,1871 , and attended the common schools as a boy. In 1883 he moved with his parents toClay County, Arkansas ; in 1896 he graduated fromDickson College inTennessee , and taught in country schools until 1899. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1900, beginning practice inOsceola, Arkansas ; later that year he moved toLake City, Arkansas , and in 1901 he moved again, to Jonesboro. Each time he continued his practice.From 1908 to 1912 Caraway served as the prosecuting attorney for the state's second judicial circuit; he was elected to Congress in 1912, taking office as a representative in 1913 and serving until 1921. Rather than seek renomination in 1920, he chose to run for the Senate, and won; he was reelected in 1926.
He served until his death, which was due to a
blood clot in hiscoronary artery ; he died in Little Rock onNovember 6 ,1931 , and lay in state in theArkansas State Capitol onNovember 8 . He is buried in Jonesboro. His widow, Hattie, was elected to fill out his term, becoming the first woman elected to the Senate and only the second to ever serve as a senator [Magdalena E. Thorne. [http://books.google.com/books?id=UJONYxmDPWwC&pg=PA14&dq=%22Thaddeus+H.+Caraway%22&lr=&num=100&as_brr=3&ei=3ZXhSNHbLYm2iwHUt9TnDg&sig=ACfU3U3oKDxwkzGqaLUZHZF0VTOklLOsIg "Women in Society: Achievements, Risk, And Challenge."]Nova Science Publishers , 2004. ISBN-13: 9781590339428; p. 14] .Further reading
CongBio|C000139|name=CARAWAY, Thaddeus Horatius|inline=1 - Congressional biography with picture
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