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About Emily Taft Douglas
Emily Taft Douglas was an American Democratic Party politician from Illinois. She served as a U.S. representative at-large from 1945 until 1947 and was married to U.S. Senator Paul Douglas from 1931 until his death in 1976. She was the first female Democrat elected to Congress from Illinois, and her election made Illinois one of the first two states to have been represented by female House members from both main parties.
Everything about Emily Taft Douglas →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- United States representative
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 9, 1899
- Died
- January 28, 1994