DEMS/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Democratic U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter, a Kentucky blacksmith’s daughter who became a leading progressive voice in Congress from New York, died early on Friday, her chief of staff said. She was 88.
Slaughter died at George Washington University Hospital in Washington after an injury sustained in her home last week, Liam Fitzsimmons said in a statement…
Born in Kentucky, Slaughter was first elected to Congress in 1986. She served as chair of the powerful House Rules Committee from 2007 to 2011, the first woman to hold the position. At the time of her death, Slaughter was the top Democrat on the panel…
She studied microbiology and public health and was the only microbiologist in Congress, according to her official biography.”
-Justin Mitchell and Susan Cornwell, “Louise Slaughter, longtime progressive New York congresswoman, dies at 88,” Reuters, Mar. 16, 2018 08:01am