Kay Bailey Hutchison
| Kay Bailey Hutchison | |
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| Vice Chairperson of the Senate Republican Conference | |
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In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Leader |
Trent Lott Bill Frist |
| Preceded by | Paul Coverdell |
| Succeeded by | John Cornyn |
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United States Senator from Texas |
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In office June 14, 1993 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Krueger |
| Succeeded by | Ted Cruz |
| Treasurer of Texas | |
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In office January 15, 1991 – June 14, 1993 |
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| Governor | Ann Richards |
| Preceded by | Ann Richards |
| Succeeded by | Martha Whitehead |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 90 | |
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In office January 9, 1973 – July 9, 1976 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Bass |
| Succeeded by | Brad Wright |
| Personal details | |
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Kathryn Ann Bailey July 22, 1943 Galveston, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | John Pierce Parks (1967–1969) Ray Hutchison (1978–2014) |
| Children | Kathryn (Adopted) Houston Taylor (Adopted) Brenda (Stepdaughter) Julie (Stepdaughter) |
| Alma mater | University of Texas, Austin |
| Religion | Episcopalianism |
Kay Bailey Hutchison (born Kathryn Ann Bailey; July 22, 1943) is a former United States Senator from Texas. She is a member of the Republican Party. In 2001, she was named one of the thirty most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal. The first woman to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate, Hutchison also became the first Texas U.S. senator to receive more than four million votes in a single election.
Hutchison was the most senior female Republican senator by the end of her tenure, and the fifth most senior female senator, having assumed office in June 1993 behind Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-MD, 1987), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA, 1992), Barbara Boxer (D-CA, January 1993), and Patty Murray (D-WA, January 1993).
In 2013, she joined the law firm Bracewell & Giuliani.
Hutchison was born Kathryn Ann Bailey in Galveston, the daughter of Kathryn Ella (née Sharp) and Allan Abner Bailey, Jr., an insurance agent. She has two brothers, Allan and Frank. Hutchison grew up in La Marque, Texas.
She married her first husband, John Pierce Parks, a medical student, on April 8, 1967 (age 23); they divorced in 1969. She married her second husband, Ray Hutchison, in Dallas on March 16, 1978. They have two adopted children: Kathryn Bailey and Houston Taylor, both adopted in 2001. She also has two stepdaughters, Brenda and Julie, from her husband's previous marriage. Ray Hutchison is a former member of the Texas Legislature, a former state Republican chairman, and ran an unsuccessful bid for the Texas governorship, having lost the Republican nomination in 1978 to Bill Clements, a senior partner with the law firm of Vinson & Elkins, of Dallas.
Hutchison and her family have their primary residence in Dallas, where her children attend school. She has a second house in Virginia, where she lives when the Senate is in session. In August 2009 she put her Virginia house up for sale, and her campaign stated, "She's no longer going to be in the United States Senate. She's coming home to Texas. That's why it's for sale." She has also purchased a house in Nacogdoches, Texas. She is a supporter of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation where she is an honorary board member.
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