The 1922 United States Senate elections were elections that occurred in the middle of Republican President Warren G. Harding's term. The 32 seats of Class 1 were contested in regular elections, and sp
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Rebecca Ann Felton was an American writer, politician, feminist, white supremacist, and slave owner who was the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, serving for only one day.
1922 United States Senate elections
…to finish the unexpired term and one Democrat retired instead of seeking election to finish the unexpired term. State Senator Replaced by Georgia Rebecca Latimer Felton Walter F. George Iowa Charles A. Rawson Smith W. Brookhart Mississippi John S. Williams Hubert D. Stephens Montana Henry L. Myers Burton K. Wheeler…
Felton in 1922
"A Woman of the Century"
On August 11, 1897, Felton delivered a speech promoting lynching "... I say lynch; a thousand times a week if necessary."
Felton at her Senate desk