found: Biographical directory of the United States Congress online, viewed August 20, 2012(Kennelly, Barbara Bailey, a Representative from Connecticut; born Barbara Ann Bailey, in Hartford, Conn., July 10, 1936; member, Hartford Court of Common Council, 1975-1979; secretary of state of Connecticut, 1979-1982; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative William R. Cotter, and reelected to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 12, 1982-January 3, 1999))
