Ruth Hanna McCormick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ruth Hanna McCormick

American politician

Date of Birth: 27-Mar-1880

Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 31-Dec-1944

Profession: politician, suffragette, publisher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Ruth Hanna McCormick

  • Ruth Hanna McCormick (née Ruth Hanna, also known as Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms; March 27, 1880 – December 31, 1944), was an American politician, activist, and publisher.
  • She served one term in the United States House of Representatives, winning an at-large seat in Illinois in 1928.
  • She gave up the chance to run for re-election to seek a United States Senate seat from Illinois.
  • She defeated the incumbent, Senator Charles S.
  • Deneen, in the Republican primary, becoming the first female Senate candidate for a major party.
  • McCormick lost the general election.
  • A decade later, she became the first woman to manage a presidential campaign, although her candidate, Thomas E.
  • Dewey, failed to capture his party's nomination. Politics was a part of McCormick's life from an early age.
  • She was the daughter of Mark Hanna, a Senator and politician who was instrumental in the election of President William McKinley.
  • McCormick learned politics by watching her father, and put those lessons to use fighting for causes such as women's suffrage and improved working conditions for women.
  • McCormick was instrumental in passing a partial suffrage law in Illinois in 1913, allowing women to vote in municipal and Presidential elections.
  • She also married two politicians, Senator Joseph Medill McCormick and Congressman Albert Gallatin Simms. McCormick's endeavors were not limited to politics.
  • Throughout her life, she maintained an interest in agriculture.
  • She owned and operated ranches in Illinois, New Mexico, and Colorado.
  • She also owned several newspapers, founding the Rockford Consolidated Newspapers in Rockford, Illinois.

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