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William Wirt Hastings
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William Wirt Hastings was an American lawyer, educator and politician who served nine terms as a U.S. representative from Oklahoma between 1915 and 1935.
HASTINGS, WILLIAM. HONORABLE LCCN2016862065
HASTINGS, WILLIAM. HONORABLE LCCN2016862065
Alice Robertson
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Alice Mary Robertson was an American educator, social worker, Native Americans' rights activist, government official, and politician who became the second woman to serve in the United States Congress,
William Wirt Hastings
…of the Interior (Sixty-fifth Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress, losing to Republican Alice Mary Robertson. This was the first time in history that an incumbent U.S. Congressman was defeated by a female candidate. Hastings was elected to the Sixty-eighth and…
Portrait of Alice Mary Robertson
Portrait of Alice Mary Robertson
Robertson's former residence in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Robertson's former residence in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Robertson became the first woman to preside over the House chamber on June 20, 1921.
Robertson became the first woman to preside over the House chamber on June 20, 1921.
Robertson presiding over the House chamber on June 21, 1921.
Robertson presiding over the House chamber on June 21, 1921.