Jean Carnahan

Jean Carnahan
Official Senate portrait
United States Senator
from Missouri
In office
January 3, 2001 – November 23, 2002
Appointed byRoger B. Wilson
Preceded byMel Carnahan (elect)
John Ashcroft
Succeeded byJim Talent
First Lady of Missouri
In role
January 11, 1993 – October 16, 2000
GovernorMel Carnahan
Preceded byJanet Ashcroft
Succeeded byPatricia Wilson
Personal details
Born
Jean Anne Carpenter

(1933-12-20)December 20, 1933
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DiedJanuary 30, 2024(2024-01-30) (aged 90)
Creve Coeur, Missouri, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
(m. 1954; died 2000)
Children4, including Russ and Robin
EducationGeorge 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.