Thaddeus H. Caraway

Thaddeus H. Caraway

Thaddeus Horatius Caraway (born October 17, 1871 in Springhill , Stoddard County , Missouri , †  November 6, 1931 in Little Rock , Arkansas ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of Arkansas in both chambers of the US Congress represented.

Born on a farm in Missouri, Thaddeus Caraway attended public schools in his homeland as a boy before moving with his parents to Arkansas in 1883, where the family settled in Clay County . In 1896 he graduated from Dickson College in Tennessee , whereupon he worked as a teacher at several village schools for the following years. He then studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1900 and began practicing in Osceola . He later moved to Lake City before moving to Jonesboro in 1901 .

From 1908 to 1912, Caraway served as the prosecutor for the second judicial district of the state of Arkansas. His political career began with the election to the House of Representatives of the United States , which he belonged to after multiple re-elections from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1921. In 1921 he moved to the Senate within Congress after he had beaten the incumbent William F. Kirby out of the running in the intra-party nomination .

After successful re-election in 1926, Caraway died of a blood clot in his coronary artery during his second term on November 6, 1931. In view of his services to the state, he was laid out in the Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock and buried in Jonesboro. His wife Hattie won the by-election for his mandate, making her the first woman to be elected to the Senate and the second after Rebecca Latimer Felton to sit in that chamber at all.

Web links

Commons : Thaddeus Caraway  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Thaddeus H. Caraway in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thaddeus H. Caraway in the database of Find a Grave (English)