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That's Mae Ella Nolan (1886-1973) of San Francisco, whose husband John Ignatius Nolan (1874-1822) was a labor leader and Congressman. After he died, she took over his seat in Congress. She was the first woman elected to Congress from California, first woman to chair a Congressional committee, first woman to win a special election for Congress, first widow to fill her husband's seat in Congress. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Nolan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_I._Nolan

Her entry in the Biographical Directory of Congress bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000125 This picture is probably in connection with her husband's election to Congress in 1913. She married him shortly after his election, according to them more detailed Congressional biography: womenincongress.house.gov/member-profiles/profile.html?in...

pennylrichardsca and artolog: thank you for the additional information on Mrs. Nolan. We will update the description data to include the full name.

Joseph Warren Fordney (November 5, 1853 – January 8, 1932), politician from the U.S. state of Michigan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Fordney

B-59 Thank you , I guess he never heard of me :-))

"FORDNEY, Joseph Warren, (1853 - 1932) FORDNEY, Joseph Warren, a Representative from Michigan; born on a farm near Hartford City, Blackford County, Ind., November 5, 1853; attended the common schools; moved to Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich., in June 1869 and engaged in the lumber industry; afterward became the owner of extensive lumber enterprises; vice president of the Saginaw Board of Trade; member of the board of aldermen of Saginaw 1896-1900; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1923); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Fifty-ninth Congress), Committee on Ways and Means (Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses); co-sponsor of the Fordney-McCumber Tariff of 1922; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1922; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908; returned to the lumber business in Saginaw, Mich.; also interested in banking and agricultural pursuits; died in Saginaw, Mich., on January 8, 1932; interment in St. Andrew’s Cemetery. Bibliography Russell, John A. Joseph Warren Fordney: An American Legislator. Boston: The Stratford Co., 1928." bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000271

Wow! These guys look tough!

The title does not seem to be right. I doubt these are "Miss" anything

The two men labelled "Miss" represented Mississippi in Congress. Harrison served in both houses, Vardaman was a senator.

Byron Patton Harrison (1881-1941) was a Mississippi Democrat who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1912 to 1919, and of the U.S. Senate from 1919 until his death. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. James Kimble Vardaman (1861-1930) was a former Mississippi Governor who served one term in the U.S. Senate, from 1913 to 1919. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. General Clarence Ransom Edwards (1859-1931) served during the Spanish-American War and WWI. Wikipedia article.

this is totally the bomb.