children birth_date birthname term_end alma_mater term_start spouse image name predecessor birth_place jr/sr party office state governor successor religion article_title
kathryn brenda -lrb- stepdaughter -rrb- julie -lrb- stepdaughter -rrb- -lrb- adopted -rrb- houston taylor -lrb- adopted -rrb- 22 july 1943 kathryn ann bailey january 3 , 2013 june 14 , 1993 1977 university of texas , austin june 14 , 1993 january 15 , 1991 1973 john hutchison -lrb- 1978 -- 2014 -rrb- pierce parks -lrb- 1967 -- 1969 -rrb- ray kay bailey hutchison , official photo 2.jpg kay bailey hutchison bob krueger ann richards ??? galveston , texas , u.s. & nbsp ; republican treasurer representatives of texas member of the texas house of texas ann richards ted cruz martha whitehead brad wright episcopalian kay bailey hutchison

kay bailey hutchison

kay bailey hutchison -lrb- born kathryn ann bailey ; july 22 , 1943 -rrb- 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 -lrb- d-md , 1987 -rrb- , dianne feinstein -lrb- d-ca , 1992 -rrb- , barbara boxer -lrb- d-ca , january 1993 -rrb- , and patty murray -lrb- d-wa , january 1993 -rrb- .
in 2012 , she joined the law firm bracewell & giuliani .
