Representative who did not seek re-election in 2024 died of Alzheimer’s disease, her son saidKay Granger, who served in the US House for almost three decades as the first elected Republican woman from Texas, died on Sunday, her family said. She was 83.The cause of death, according to her son JD Granger, was Alzheimer’s disease. Continue reading...
Granger served for nearly three decades in the House and chaired the Appropriations Committee.
Granger was the first woman elected mayor of Fort Worth, Texas, and the first Republican woman to chair one of the most powerful committees in Congress, the House Appropriations Committee.
Kay Granger, the first Republican woman from Texas to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and who served for nearly three decades, has died
DALLAS (AP) — Kay Granger, the first Republican woman from Texas to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and who served for nearly three decades, died Sunday at the age of 83, her son J.D. Granger said. House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a post on X that throughout her career, Granger “broke […]
Kay Granger, the first Republican woman from Texas to be elected to the United States House of Representatives, has died at the age of 83.