Appointed to the U.S. Senate, making Hattie Caraway the second woman to serve in the Senate.
On November 13, 1931, following the death of her husband Thaddeus Caraway, Hattie Caraway was appointed by Arkansas Governor Harvey Parnell to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat. This appointment made her the second woman ever to serve in the Senate. It marked the beginning of her historic tenure, in which she explored pathways and set precedents for women in political roles previously inaccessible to them.