Kay Bailey Hutchison

U.S. Congressperson

1943 –

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Who is Kay Bailey Hutchison?

Kay Bailey Hutchison is a former United States Senator from Texas. She is a member of the Republican Party. In 2001, she was named one of the thirty most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal. The first woman to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate, Hutchison also became the first Texas U.S. senator to receive more than four million votes in a single election.

Hutchison was the most senior female Republican senator by the end of her tenure, and the fifth most senior female senator, having assumed office in June 1993 behind Senators Barbara Mikulski, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, and Patty Murray.

In 2012, she joined the law firm Bracewell Giuliani.

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Born
Jul 22, 1943
Galveston
Also known as
  • Kathyrn Ann Bailey Hutchison
  • Senator Kay Hutchison
  • Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
  • Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
  • Kathryn Ann Bailey
  • Kay Hutchison
Parents
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Episcopal Church
Ethnicity
  • White American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • University of Texas School of Law
  • La Marque High School
Lived in
  • Galveston

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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