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Senate Years of Service: 1993- Party: Republican
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HUTCHISON, Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay), a Senator from Texas; born in Galveston, Tex., July 22, 1943;
attended the public schools in La Marque, Tex., graduated, University of Texas
at Austin; graduated, University of Texas School of Law 1967; television
reporter; member, Texas house of representatives 1972-1976; vice-chair,
National Transportation Safety Board 1976-1978; bank executive and general
counsel; businesswoman; unsuccessful Republican candidate for election to the
House of Representatives 1982; Texas state treasurer 1990-1993; temporary
co-chair, Republican National Convention 1992; elected as a Republican to the
United States Senate in June 5, 1993, special election to fill the remainder of
the term ending January 3, 1995, left vacant by the resignation of Lloyd M.
Bentsen, Jr.; began service on June 14, 1993; reelected in 1994, 2000, and
again in 2006 for the term ending January 3, 2013; Republican Conference
vice-chair (2000-2007); Republican Policy Committee chair (2007-2009); deputy
permanent chair, Republican National Convention 2004.
BibliographyKathryn Ann Kay Bailey Hutchison, in
Women in Congress, 1917-2006. Prepared under the direction of
the Committee on House Administration by the Office of History &
Preservation, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.: Government
Printing Office, 2006.
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