Jean Carnahan

Jean Anne Carpenter Carnahan (December 20, 1933 – January 30, 2024) was an American politician and writer. She served as First Lady of Missouri from 1993 to 2000, and as her state's junior U.S. senator from 2001 to 2002. 

A member of the Democratic Party, she was appointed in 2001 to fill the Senate seat of her husband Mel Carnahan, who had been elected but died before taking office, becoming the first woman to represent Missouri in the Senate.

Carnahan died under hospice care in Creve Coeur, Missouri, on January 30, 2024, at the age of 90.

References

Other websites
Bio by Fired Up Missouri 
Online News Hour account of the 2000 election 
Online News Hour account of the 2002 election 


Category:1933 births
Category:2024 deaths
Category:United States senators from Missouri
Category:Politicians from Washington, D.C.
Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians