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Inheritance of office, common in the House, was unknown in the Senate until last week. To fill the vacancy left by the death of Senator Thaddeus Horatius Caraway of Arkansas, Governor Harvey Parnell announced simply: "I have appointed Mrs. Caraway . . . because I feel she is entitled to the office held by her distinguished husband, who was my friend. . . . Mrs. Caraway is a most estimable woman, thoroughly capable and her service in the Senate will be an honor to the State...
This might have been taken as pure chivalry, like the gesture that put 87-year-old Rebecca Latimer Felton, "Grand Old Lady of Georgia" into a Senate seat for 24 hours in November 1922. But Governor Parnell went further. Decreeing a special election Jan. 12 to fill Senator Caraway's place permanently, he recommended Widow Caraway for the Democratic nomination, promised to vote...
Unlike Senator Morrow, who lived 38 hours beyond an important deadline (TIME, Oct. 12), Senator Caraway died two days too soon to help his party. By law the Governor of Arkansas may not now appoint his successor but must order a special election between 60 and 120 days after his death. The empty Caraway seat insures Republican control of the Senate when it sits...
...Zealously did Senator Caraway conceal his middle-name. Once he discharged a secretary for divulging...
Died. Thaddeus Horatius Caraway, 60, U. S. Senator from Arkansas; of coronary occlusion (constriction of heart arteries), after an operation for kidney stone; in Little Rock...