Byron, Katharine Edgar, 1903-1976
Katharine Edgar Byron (October 25, 1903 – December 28, 1976) was a U.S. Congresswoman who represented the 6th congressional district of Maryland from May 27, 1941 to January 3, 1943. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first woman elected to Congress from Maryland.
Born Katharine Edgar in Detroit, Michigan, she attended independent schools during her youth, such as the Liggett School in Detroit, the Westover School of Middlebury, Connecticut, and the Holton-Arms School of Bethesda, Maryland. In 1922, Katharine met and married William Devereux Byron, a World War I aviator and the owner of a leather manufacturing business. William Byron would go on to serve as mayor of Williamsport, Maryland, a member of the state senate, and a member of the Maryland Roads Commission before his election to Congress, serving there from 1939 until his death in 1941.
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