Corinne Boyd Riley (July 4, 1893 – April 12, 1979) was a

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from

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, wife of John Jacob Riley. Born in

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, Riley attended public school. She graduated from Converse College,

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, 1915. She was a teacher. Served as field representative of the South Carolina State Text Book Commission from 1938 to 1942. Riley was associated with the Civilian Personnel Office at

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during World War II, from 1942 to 1944. Riley was elected as a

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to the Eighty-seventh Congress, by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

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her husband, John Jacob Riley, a World War I veteran, and served from April 10, 1962, to January 3, 1963. Her opponent in the Democratic primary was state legislator

Martha Thomas Fitzgerald Martha Elizabeth Thomas "Mattie" Fitzgerald (August 5, 1894 – January 23, 1981) was an educator and politician from South Carolina. She was the first woman elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in a general election. Fitzgerald ...

; it was believed to be the first time in South Carolina history that two women had competed against each other in a congressional election. She was not a candidate for reelection to the Eighty-eighth Congress in 1962. She retired and died on April 12, 1979, in

. Her remains were cremated; her ashes interred in Sumter Cemetery, South Carolina.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Riley, Corinne Boyd 1893 births 1979 deaths Converse College alumni Female members of the United States House of Representatives Women in South Carolina politics Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American women politicians People from Piedmont, South Carolina

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