April 16, 1954:
Griswold is succeeded by a woman, Eva Bowring, who becomes the 8th female senator in history.
Two days after Sen. Dwight Griswold (R) of Nebraska dies, Gov. Robert Crosby appoints Eva Bowring, a fellow Republican, to replace him. She becomes the second woman in the current Senate — alongside Maine's Margaret Chase Smith (R) — and just the eighth in history.
Bowring is a former vice chair of the Nebraska GOP who worked for the election of President Eisenhower in 1952. She says she will not seek to hold the seat and will serve only until a successor is elected in November.
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