Question #151715. Asked by
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Last updated Sep 05 2024.
Originally posted Sep 05 2024 4:19 AM.
But while Felton only served in the Senate for a day, she was actually in office from Oct. 3 until Nov. 21-- seven weeks. Not the shortest tenure.
And that title might go to New Hampshire's Louis Wyman. As Alan Fox of East Lansing, Mich., reminds us, Wyman was the GOP candidate in the 1974 Senate race in New Hampshire for the seat being vacated by Republican Norris Cotton. That race, as many junkies might remember, was for the longest time too close to call. Cotton resigned the seat a few days early, on Dec. 31. Gov. Mel Thomson (R) then appointed Wyman to complete the term -- all two days of it (Jan. 1 and 2).
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