Katharine Byron

Katharine Byron

Katharine Edgar Byron (born October 25, 1903 in Detroit , Michigan , †  December 28, 1976 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1941 and 1943 she represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Katharine Byron, the granddaughter of US Senator Louis E. McComas (1846-1907), attended the public schools of their homeland and the Westover School in Middlebury ( Connecticut ) and the Holton Arms School in Washington. In 1922 she moved to Williamsport , Maryland. She married the future Congressman William D. Byron . Their son, Goodloe , would later also become a congressman for Maryland. In 1936 she became chair of the Williamsport Flood Committee; from 1938 to 1940 she sat on the local council.

After her husband died as a serving Congressman in a plane crash near Atlanta on February 27, 1941, she was elected as his successor in Congress as a candidate for the Democratic Party , where she was elected between May 27, 1941 and April 3. January 1943 ended her husband's current legislative period. In 1942 she decided not to run again. Since December 1941, her term of office was marked by the events of World War II .

After the end of her time in the US House of Representatives, Katharine Byron withdrew from politics. She died on December 28, 1976 in the federal capital Washington and was buried in Williamsport.

Web links

• Katharine Byron in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Katharine Byron in the database of Find a Grave (English)