death_date birth_date signature term_end alma_mater death_place title term_start order spouse image name predecessor birth_place president party successor article_title birth_name
10 july 1979 december 7 , 1894 kathryn granahan sig.jpg november 22 , 1966 january 3 , 1963 chestnut hill college norristown , pennsylvania , u.s. treasurer of the united states january 9 , 1963 november 6 , 1956 32nd pennsylvania 's 2nd district member of the u.s. house of representatives from william t. granahan kathryn granahan.jpg kathryn elizabeth granahan elizabeth rudel smith william t. granahan easton , pennsylvania , u.s. john f. kennedy lyndon johnson democratic dorothy . andrews elston kabis robert n.c. nix , sr. kathryn e. granahan
 kathryn elizabeth o'hay
kathryn e. granahan

kathryn elizabeth granahan -lrb- december 7 , 1894 -- july 10 , 1979 -rrb- was a democratic member of the u.s. house of representatives from pennsylvania .
born kathryn elizabeth o'hay in easton , pennsylvania , she graduated from mount st. joseph collegiate institute -lrb- later chestnut hill college -rrb- in philadelphia , pennsylvania .
she was supervisor of public assistance in the state auditor general 's department , and liaison officer between that department and department of public assistance , commonwealth of pennsylvania from 1940 to 1943 .
she was also a member of national board , woman 's medical college of pennsylvania .
she was a delegate to the 1960 democratic national convention .
she was elected as a democrat to the 84th united states congress in 1956 , by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband , william t. granahan , and served until 1963 .
she served as chair of the house subcommittee on postal operations , and worked with postmaster general arthur summerfield to pass the granahan bill `` to seize and detain the mail of anyone suspected of trafficking in obscenity . ''
she was not a candidate for reelection in 1962 .
after her term in congress , she was appointed treasurer of the united states and served from january 9 , 1963 , to november 20 , 1966 .
she died in norristown , pennsylvania .
