Rebecca Latimer Felton
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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.
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
Kelly Loeffler
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Kelly Lynn Loeffler is an American businesswoman and politician who has served as the 28th administrator of the Small Business Administration since February 2025. A member of the Republican Party, she
Rebecca Latimer Felton
…serve in the Senate to have owned slaves in her lifetime. Felton was the only woman to have served as a senator from Georgia until the appointment of Kelly Loeffler in 2020, nearly 100 years later. Felton was born in Decatur, Georgia, on June 10, 1835. She was the daughter of Charles Latimer, a prosperous planter…
Official portrait, 2025
Loeffler meeting with Mitch McConnell in December 2019
Loeffler after being sworn in as Senator by Vice President Mike Pence
Loeffler in 2020