QUESTIONS:
1. What Cabinet Department has had the most female secretaries?
2. Florida Democratic State Sen. Kendrick Meek is all but assured of succeeding his mother, Rep. Carrie Meek (D.) in Congress this November. Who was the last son of a congresswoman to serve in Congress?
3. Who was the only mother and son team to serve concurrently in the House?
4. Who is the only U.S. senator in history whose father and mother were both U.S. senators?
5. Rep. Patsy Mink (D.-Hawaii) may win re-election in spite of having died last month. When was the last time a House member was "re-elected" after his or her death?
ANSWERS:
1. The Department of Labor, with five female secretaries (Frances Perkins, Elizabeth Dole, Ann McLoughlin, Lynn Martin, and present Secretary Elaine Chao).
2. Democrat Goodloe Byron, who was elected to the House from Maryland in 1970 and served until his death in 1978. His mother Katherine Edgar Byron, had represented Maryland in the House from 1941-43.
3. Representatives Frances Payne Bolton and Oliver Payne Bolton, both Ohio Republicans. Frances served from 1940-68 and Oliver served from 1952-56 and again from 1962-64.
4. Sen. Russell B. Long (D-La.), who served from 1948-86. His father was Sen. Huey P. Long (D.-La.), who served from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. Mother Rose McConnell Long was then appointed to his seat and served until she retired in 1936.
5. In 1972, both Representatives Nick Begich (D.-Alaska) and Hale Boggs (D.-La.) were re-elected after they had disappeared in a flight in Alaska earlier that year.
