Jean Carnahan | |
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 Official Senate portrait | |
| United States Senator from Missouri | |
| In office January 3, 2001 – November 23, 2002 | |
| Appointed by | Roger B. Wilson |
| Preceded by | Mel Carnahan (elect) John Ashcroft |
| Succeeded by | Jim Talent |
| First Lady of Missouri | |
| In role January 11, 1993 – October 16, 2000 | |
| Governor | Mel Carnahan |
| Preceded by | Janet Ashcroft |
| Succeeded by | Patricia Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jean Anne Carpenter December 20, 1933 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | January 30, 2024 (aged 90) Creve Coeur, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4, including Russ and Robin |
| Education | George Washington University (BA) |
Jean Anne Carnahan (née Carpenter; December 20, 1933 – January 30, 2024) was an American politician and writer who was the First Lady of Missouri from 1993 to 2000, and served as the state's junior United States senator from 2001 to 2002. A Democrat, she was appointed to fill the Senate seat of her husband Mel Carnahan, who had been posthumously elected after his death in October, becoming the first woman to represent Missouri in the U.S. Senate.