Emily Taft Douglas

Representative from Illinois (1945-1947)

(wife of Paul H. Douglas), a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., April 10, 1899; Ph.B., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 1919; actor; author; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eightieth Congress in 1946; United States Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 1950; died on January 28, 1994, in White Plains, N.Y.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Government Positions

US House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

• Representative (Jan 3 '45→Jan 3 '47)

Memberships

Democratic Party The U.S. Democratic Party

• Member (past)

Family

Paul H Douglas US Senator from Illinois 1949-1967

• husband

Schools

University of Chicago Founded in 1890 with a gift from John D. Rockefeller

• Bachelor's Degree (?→'19)

Updated about 11 years ago

Types

Person, Political Candidate, Elected Representative