Emily Taft Douglas

Emily Taft Douglas
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's At-large district
In office
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947
Preceded byStephen A. Day
Succeeded byWilliam Stratton
Personal details
Born
Emily Taft

(1899-04-10)April 10, 1899
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedJanuary 28, 1994(1994-01-28) (aged 94)
White Plains, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
(m. 1931; died 1976)
Children4
Parent
Alma materUniversity of Chicago

Emily Taft Douglas (April 10, 1899 – January 28, 1994) was a Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of Illinois. She served as a U.S. Representative at-large from 1945 until 1947 and was married to U.S. Senator Paul Douglas from 1931 until his death in 1976. She was the first female Democrat elected to Congress from Illinois, and her election made Illinois one of the first two states (the other being California) to have been represented by female House members from both parties.

She was the daughter of sculptor Lorado Taft and a distant relative of U.S. President William Howard Taft.