Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, becomes the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate when she won the special election on January 12, 1932. Born near Bakerville, Tennessee, Caraway worked as a schoolteacher. However, when her husband, Thaddeus Horatio Caraway died, the governor appointed her to the Senate to fill …
Pizza Friday! Tonight, I want to disconnect, read some comics, watch some Shark Tank, and go to bed. My Country – Grosjean v. American Press Co. On February 10, 1936, the Supreme Court struck down the tax imposed in Louisiana on the gross receipts of advertisement revenue for newspapers with circulation over 20,000 copies per …