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US Sen. Hattie Caraway Gravesite

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Area
  
less than one acre

Year built
  
1950

NRHP Reference #
  
07000976

Added to NRHP
  
20 September 2007

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Location
  
Oaklawn Cemetery, 2349 W. Matthews Avenue Lane., Jonesboro, Arkansas

The US Sen. Hattie Caraway Gravesite is located in Oaklawn Cemetery on the west side of Jonesboro, Arkansas. It is the only surviving site in Arkansas associated with the life of Hattie Caraway (1878-1950), the first woman to be elected to a full term in the United States Senate. The gravesite consists of a family headstone, simply engraved "Caraway", and three footstones: one for the senator, one for her husband Thaddeus, whom she succeeded in the Senate, and their son Robert. The site is located on the western central edge of the cemetery.

The gravesite was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

References

US Sen. Hattie Caraway Gravesite Wikipedia