Courtesy U.S. Senate Historical Office

HAGAN, Kay, (niece of Lawton M. Chiles, Jr.), a Senator from North Carolina; born in Shelby, N.C., May 26, 1953; B.A., Florida State University, 1975; J.D., Wake Forest University, 1978; banker; North Carolina State senator, 1999-2009; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 2008, and served from January 3, 2009, to January 3, 2015; was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 2014.