Former Republican Texas Congresswoman Kay Granger, the first Republican woman from Texas to serve in the U.S. House, has died at the age of 83.
Granger made history by being the first Republican woman from Texas to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, for which she served three decades. Her death comes nearly two years after she briefly disappeared from office before news broke that she had been placed in an assisted living facility for dementia patients.
House Speaker Mike Johnson hailed her as someone who “broke barriers for women in public service.”
“Throughout her career, she broke barriers for women in public service. She was the first...
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