Former U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan, the first woman to represent Missouri in the Senate, has died at 90
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FILE - U.S. Senator-elect Jean Carnahan, D-Missouri, talks during an interview on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000. Carnahan, who became the first female senator to represent Missouri after she was appointed to replace her husband following his death, died Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. She was 90. (AP Photo/Kenneth Lambert, File)FILE - Sen. Jean Carnahan, D-Mo., second right, gestures during a Capitol Hill news conference Wednesday, April 4, 2001 to discuss the budget. From left are, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., Sen. James Jeffords, R-Vt., Carnahan and Sen. John Breaux, D-La. Carnahan, who became the first female senator to represent Missouri after she was appointed to replace her husband following his death, died Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. She was 90. (AP Photo/Stephen J. Boitano, File)FILE - Senator Jean Carnahan, D-Mo., accompanied by her children Tom, left, and Robin, center, participates in a mock swearing-in by Vice President Al Gore in Washington Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2001. Carnahan, who became the first female senator to represent Missouri after she was appointed to replace her husband following his death, died Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. She was 90. (AP Photo/Hillery Smith Garrison, File)FILE - Sen. Jean Carnahan, D-Mo., center, waves to supporters Sunday, April 28, 2002, during a campaign rally in Maplewood, Mo., where she announced her plans to seek election to the U.S. Senate. Carnahan, who became the first female senator to represent Missouri after she was appointed to replace her husband following his death, died Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. She was 90. (AP Photo/James A. Finley, File)FILE - Sen. Jean Carnahan, D-Mo, center, talks with her daughter-in-law Deborah Carnahan, right, front, as she stands with her son, Tom Carnahan, back right, and former Missouri first lady Betty Hearnes, left, Monday, Jan. 8, 2001, prior to the inaugural ceremonies in Jefferson City, Mo. Carnahan, who became the first female senator to represent Missouri after she was appointed to replace her husband following his death, died Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. She was 90. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson, File)FILE - Sen. Jean Carnahan, D-Mo. expressed her simpathy and commented on the death of fellow Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn, Saturday Oct. 26, 2002 in St. Louis. Carnahan, who became the first female senator to represent Missouri after she was appointed to replace her husband following his death, died Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. She was 90. (AP Photo/David Kennedy, File)
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FILE - U.S. Senator-elect Jean Carnahan, D-Missouri, talks during an interview on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000. Carnahan, who became the first female senator to represent Missouri after she was appointed to replace her husband following his death, died Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. She was 90. (AP Photo/Kenneth Lambert, File)