U.S. Congresswoman. In 1951, she was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Frank Buchanan, reelected to the Eighty-third and Eighty-fourth Congresses, serving until her death at age 53. She is the first female U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, to ever die while in office.
U.S. Congresswoman. In 1951, she was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Frank Buchanan, reelected to the Eighty-third and Eighty-fourth Congresses, serving until her death at age 53. She is the first female U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, to ever die while in office.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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