Kay Granger, first Republican woman from Texas to serve in the House, has died at age 83Granger was the first GOP woman from Texas to be elected to Congress, where she served for nearly three decades. Granger was the first GOP woman from Texas to be elected to Congress, where she served for nearly three decades. Granger was the first GOP woman from Texas to be elected to Congress, where she served for nearly three decades. Granger was the first GOP woman from Texas to be elected to Congress, where she served for nearly three decades. Kay Granger, the first Republican woman from Texas to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and who served for nearly three decades, died Sunday at the age of 83, her son J.D.