Katharine Byron

Katharine Edgar Byron
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 6th district
In office
May 27, 1941  January 3, 1943
Preceded byWilliam D. Byron
Succeeded byJames Glenn Beall
Personal details
Born
Katharine Edgar

(1903-10-25)October 25, 1903
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
DiedDecember 28, 1976(1976-12-28) (aged 73)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting placeRiverview Cemetery
Williamsport, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
(m. 1922; died 1941)
    Samuel Bynum Riddick
    (m. 1947)
    Children5, including Goodloe Byron
    RelativesLouis E. McComas (grandfather)

    Katharine Byron (née Edgar; October 25, 1903 – December 28, 1976), a Democrat, was a U.S. Congresswoman who represented the 6th congressional district of Maryland from May 27, 1941, to January 3, 1943. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Maryland.