releases: https://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-statement-on-passing-of-dc-s-first-shadow-senator-florence
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| https://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-statement-on-passing-of-dc-s-first-shadow-senator-florence | Norton Statement on Passing of D.C.s First Shadow Senator, Florence Pendleton | 2020-09-14 | 2020 | 2020-09 | Democrat | House | DC | Eleanor Norton | N000147 | norton.house.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON, D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued the following statement on the passing of Florence H. Pendleton, the District of Columbia's first shadow senator. "Senator Florence Pendleton and I were first elected at the same time. Florence was a distinguished principal in D.C. Public Schools who further distinguished herself as the District's first shadow senator, which she served as for three terms. I will always remember Florence as a friend. "Our city will remember this year, the year the House passed our D.C. statehood bill, with gratitude for Senator Pendleton's service to the District of Columbia." ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |