oct 3, 1922 - Filling a vacancy caused by the death of Senator Thomas E. Watson, Rebecca L. Felton is appointed by Georgia Governor Thomas Hardwick. The appointment is largely symbolic since Congress would not be in session. Felton had been active for many years in Georgia politics, campaigned for women’s suffrage, and defended Southern racial politics
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oct 3, 1922
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