Political party Democrat | Died 1961 | |
Anna Lee Keys Worley (1876 - 1961) was the first woman elected to the Tennessee Senate, representing Sullivan County.
Worley served as a Democrat in the Tennessee Senate beginning January 25, 1921. She was elected in a special election to replace her recently deceased husband.
One historian wrote that Worley "succeeded her antisuffragist husband in the Tennessee state senate and promptly used her powers to sponsor legislation to remove civil disabilities against Tennessee's women".
Worley left the Senate in 1923 after serving one term. She lived to age 95.
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