Katherine G. Langley

Katherine G. Langley
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 10th district
In office
March 4, 1927  March 4, 1931
Preceded byAndrew J. Kirk
Succeeded byAndrew J. May
Personal details
Born
Katherine Emeline Gudger

(1888-02-14)February 14, 1888
Madison County, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedAugust 15, 1948(1948-08-15) (aged 60)
Pikeville, Kentucky, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
(m. 1905; died 1932)
Children3
ParentJames M. Gudger Jr. (father)
EducationEmerson College of Oratory

Katherine Emeline Langley (née Gudger; February 14, 1888 – August 15, 1948) was an American politician. Langley was a member of United States House of Representatives from Kentucky during the Seventieth and Seventy-first sessions of Congress. She was the wife of Kentucky politician John W. Langley and daughter of James M. Gudger, Jr., a four-term Congressman from North Carolina. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Kentucky.