Katharine Byron

Katharine Edgar Byron (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.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Byron attended public schools, the Westover School of Middlebury, Connecticut, and Holton Arms School of Washington, D.C., and later moved to Williamsport, Maryland, in 1922. The Byrons were communicants of Saint John's Church. She was elected to Congress in a special election held May 27, 1941 to replace her husband, Representative William D. Byron, after his death in an airplane crash in Georgia on February 27, 1941. She was not a candidate for reelection and retired in Washington, D.C., where she died. She is interred in Riverview Cemetery of Williamsport, Maryland.

Byron was a granddaughter of U.S. Senator Louis E. McComas and her son Goodloe Byron was also a representative from the 6th district.

References

• Katharine Byron at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Katharine Byron's biographic sketch at Find A Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by William D. Byron	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 6th congressional district 1941–1943	Succeeded by James Glenn Beall

v t e Congressional delegations to the 77th United States Congress from Maryland (ordered by seniority)
77th	Senate: M. Tydings | G. Radcliffe	House: W. Cole | T. D'Alesandro | L. Sasscer | D. Ward | J. Meyer | K. Byron

Persondata
Name	Byron, Katharine
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	October 25, 1903
Place of birth	Detroit Michigan
Date of death	December 28, 1976
Place of death	Washington, D.C.