Hazel Abel

Hazel Hempel Abel
United States Senator from Nebraska
In office November 8, 1954 – December 31, 1954
Preceded by	Eva Bowring
Succeeded by	Carl Curtis
Personal details
Born	July 10, 1888(1888-07-10) Plattsmouth, Nebraska
Died	July 30, 1966(1966-07-30) (aged 78) Lincoln, Nebraska
Political party	Republican

Hazel Hempel Abel (July 10, 1888 – July 30, 1966) was an American politician and member of the United States Senate. She was born in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, and attended the public schools of Omaha, Nebraska.

She graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1908, and became a high school mathematics teacher and principal in Papillion, Nebraska, Ashland, Nebraska, and Crete, Nebraska. In 1954, she was elected to be the Vice Chairman of the State Republican Central Committee.

In 1954, she was elected to complete the unexpired term of Dwight Griswold, who had died in office. She became the first woman elected from Nebraska to serve in the Senate, as well as the first woman to follow another woman in a Senate seat, as Eva Bowring had previously been appointed to the seat to serve until an election was held. She served from November 8, 1954, until her own resignation on December 31, 1954. In 1957 she was named American Mother of the Year. She also served as the President and founder of the Nebraska Federation of Republican Women.

She died in Lincoln, Nebraska, on July 30, 1966.

References

• Hazel Abel at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Biographical Director of the United States Congress, 1774-1989: Bicentennial Edition. United States: Government Printing Office, 1989. ISBN 0-16-006384-1

External links

• Hazel Hempel Abel's biographic sketch at Find A Grave

United States Senate
Preceded by Eva Bowring	United States Senator (Class 2) from Nebraska 1954	Succeeded by Carl Curtis