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Effiegene Locke Wingo | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromArkansas's4th district | |
| In office November 4, 1930 – March 3, 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Otis Wingo |
| Succeeded by | William B. Cravens |
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| Born | (1883-04-13)April 13, 1883 Lockesburg, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | September 19, 1962(1962-09-19) (aged 79) Burlington, Ontario, Canada |
| Resting place | Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Otis Theodore Wingo |
| Residence(s) | De Queen, Sevier County, Arkansas |
| Alma mater | Union Female College Maddox Seminary |
Effiegene Wingo (néeLocke; April 13, 1883 – September 19, 1962) was aU.S. representative fromArkansas, wife ofOtis Theodore Wingo and great-great-great-granddaughter ofMatthew Locke.
Born inLockesburg inSevier County in southwestern Arkansas, Wingo attended public and private schools andUnion Female College inOxford,Mississippi. She graduated in 1901 fromMaddox Seminary inLittle Rock. She lived in Little Rock andTexarkana, Arkansas, before establishing her permanent residence inDe Queen in Sevier County.
Wingo was elected as aDemocrat on November 4, 1930, to the71st Congress tofill the vacancy caused by her husband's death, and on the same day was elected to the72nd Congress and served from November 4, 1930, to March 3, 1933. She was not a candidate for renomination in 1932.Osro Cobb, then aRepublican member of theArkansas House of Representatives and later the United States Attorney for theEastern District of Arkansas, was urged by his party to challenge Wingo for the congressional vacancy, but he instead endorsed the Democrat. In a statement, Cobb said that Wingo "is eminently qualified to fill the position left by her late husband, and I would not under any circumstances oppose her in the general election."[1]
In 1934, Wingo co-founded theNational Institute of Public Affairs inWashington, D.C. She also engaged in educational and research work. Wingo died September 19, 1962, inBurlington, Ontario,Canada, while visiting a son. She is interred along with her husband atRock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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