Kathryn E. Granahan

Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan
32nd Treasurer of the United States
In office January 9, 1963 – November 22, 1966
President	John F. Kennedy Lyndon Johnson
Preceded by	Elizabeth Rudel Smith
Succeeded by	Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd district
In office November 6, 1956 – January 3, 1963
Preceded by	William T. Granahan
Succeeded by	Robert N.C. Nix, Sr.
Personal details
Born	Kathryn Elizabeth O'Hay December 7, 1894 Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	William T. Granahan
Alma mater	Chestnut Hill College
Signature	Kathryn E. Granahan's signature

Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan (December 7, 1894 – July 10, 1979) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Born Kathryn Elizabeth O'Hay in Easton, Pennsylvania, she graduated from Mount St. Joseph Collegiate Institute (later Chestnut Hill College) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was supervisor of public assistance in the State Auditor General’s Department, and liaison officer between that department and Department of Public Assistance, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1940 to 1943. She was also a member of national board, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. She was a delegate to the 1960 Democratic National Convention.

She was elected as a Democrat to the 84th United States Congress in 1956, by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, William T. Granahan, and served until 1963. She served as chair of the House Subcommittee on Postal Operations, and worked with Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield to pass the Granahan bill "to seize and detain the mail of anyone suspected of trafficking in obscenity." She was not a candidate for reelection in 1962.

After her term in Congress, she was appointed Treasurer of the United States and served from January 9, 1963, to November 20, 1966. She died in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

Sources

• Kathryn E. Granahan at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Remarks by Joseph M. Hoeffel of Pennsylvania
• The Political Graveyard

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by William T. Granahan	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district 1956 - 1963	Succeeded by Robert N.C. Nix, Sr.
Legal offices
Preceded by Elizabeth Rudel Smith	Treasurer of the United States 1963–1966	Succeeded by Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis