Harriot Daley (circa 1867 – November 1, 1957) was the first telephone switchboard operator at the

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. She was appointed as telephone switchboard operator at the Capitol in 1898. Daley was born in

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, the third of four children of David Jeremiah Godwin, a lawyer, judge, and

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colonel, and Lucrece Wilson. In 2018 the ''

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'' published a belated obituary for her.

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* {{Commons cat inline, Harriot Daley 1957 deaths People from Portsmouth, Virginia Switchboard operators Employees of the United States Congress