Records of the Federal Highway Administration, 1956 - 2008. Subject Files of Director Kenneth L. Pierson, 1978 - 1987
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Collins, Cardiss, 1931-2013
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Cardiss Hortense Collins (née Robertson; September 24, 1931 – February 3, 2013) was an American politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the fourth African-American woman in Congress and the first to represent the Midwest. Collins was elected to Congress in the June 5, 1973 special election to replace her husband, George, who had died in the December 8, 1972 United Airlines Flight 553 plane cras...
