Dixie Bibb Graves

Dixie Bibb Graves was an American politician. She served as the First Lady of Alabama and was the first woman to serve as a United States senator from Alabama, and only the fourth woman to become a member of the U.S. Senate. She was appointed to the Senate by her husband, Governor Bibb Graves, when Senator Hugo Black resigned in order to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court in August 1937. Graves was succeeded by fellow Democrat Lister Hill, who would serve for over 3 decades.