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Dixie Bibb Graves
United States Senator from Alabama
In office August 20, 1937 – January 10, 1938
Appointed by
Bibb Graves
Preceded by
Hugo Black
Succeeded by
Lister Hill
First Lady of Alabama
In role January 14, 1935 – January 17, 1939
Governor
Bibb Graves
Preceded by
Margaret Miller
Succeeded by
Juliet Dixon
In role January 17, 1927 – January 19, 1931
Governor
Bibb Graves
Preceded by
Elizabeth Brandon
Succeeded by
Margaret Miller
Personal details
Born
(1882-07-26)July 26, 1882 Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Died
January 21, 1965(1965-01-21) (aged 82) Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Bibb Graves
Dixie Bibb Graves (July 26, 1882 – January 21, 1965) was a first lady of the State of Alabama and the first woman to serve as a United States senator from Alabama. She was appointed to the Senate by her husband, Governor Bibb Graves, when Senator Hugo Black resigned in order to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court in August 1937. Graves was succeeded by fellow Democrat Lister Hill, who would serve for over 3 decades.
appointed his wife, DixieBibbGraves, to serve the remainder of Black's term. She thus became Alabama's first woman U.S. senator. Graves made many successful...
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August 19, 1937, resignation of two-term Democrat Hugo Black. Democrat DixieBibbGraves was appointed August 20, 1937 (by her husband, the governor) to finish...
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the Senate, three other women – Long's widow, Rose McConnell Long, DixieBibbGraves, and Gladys Pyle – held brief tenures of two years or less in the...
Kassebaum: Rebecca Latimer Felton (D-GA), Rose McConnell Long (D-LA), DixieBibbGraves (D-AL), Vera C. Bushfield (R-SD), Eva Bowring (R-NE), Elaine S. Edwards...
was elected to fill an unexpired term in the House, while Senators DixieBibbGraves and Maryon Pittman Allen were appointed and never elected. "The Honorable...
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Earl Ray to kill her husband. On April 4, 2000, King visited her husband's grave with her sons, daughter Bernice and sister-in-law. Regarding plans to construct...
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preceded Kassebaum: Rebecca Latimer Felton, Rose McConnell Long, DixieBibbGraves, Vera C. Bushfield, Eva Bowring, Elaine S. Edwards, Muriel Humphrey...
won the Democratic primary. Aug 20, 1937 – Jan 10, 1938 Democratic DixieBibbGraves 21 Appointed to continue Black's term. Elected in 1938 to finish Black's...
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