Ruth Hanna McCormick, Republican suffragist and congresswoman

Grand Old Partisan salutes Ruth Hanna McCormick, born this day in 1880.  She was the daughter of Senator Marcus Hanna (R-OH).  A prominent suffragist, she was the first to chair the Woman’s Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee and the first Republican National Committeewoman for Illinois.

In 1928, McCormick won a term in the U.S. House of Representatives but lost a bid for the U.S. Senate two years later.  She then moved to New Mexico and served as a delegate to the 1936 and 1944 Republican National Conventions.

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