"Appointed to the Senate in 1931, Hattie Caraway (D-AR) filled a vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Thaddeus Caraway. The second woman to serve in the Senate, Caraway became the first woman elected to the Senate in January of 1932, easily winning a special election to fill out the remainder of her husband's term." - U.S. Senate: Hattie Wyatt Caraway: A Featured Biography