American politician
Otis Wingo
In office March 4, 1913 – October 21, 1930Preceded by William B. Cravens Succeeded by Effiegene Wingo In office 1907-1909
Born Otis Theodore Wingo
(1877-06-18 ) June 18, 1877Weakley County, Tennessee , U.S.Died October 21, 1930(1930-10-21) (aged 53)Baltimore, Maryland , U.S. Resting place Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C. , U.S.Political party Democratic Spouse Effiegene Locke Wingo Children Blanche Wingo[1] Residence(s) De Queen, Arkansas , U.S.Alma mater Occupation Attorney
Otis Theodore Wingo (June 18, 1877 – October 21, 1930) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1913 to 1930. He was the husband of his successor in office, Effiegene Wingo .
Biography
Born in Weakley County in northwestern Tennessee , Wingo attended the public schools, Bethel College at McKenzie , Tennessee, the former McFerrin College at Martin in Weakley County, Tennessee, and Valparaiso University in Indiana .
Early career
He taught school and studied law, having been admitted to the bar in 1900. He established his practice in De Queen in Sevier County in southwestern Arkansas . From 1907 to 1909, Wingo was a member of the Arkansas State Senate .
Congress
In 1912, Wingo was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses, having served from March 4, 1913, until his death while undergoing surgery in Baltimore , Maryland , on October 21, 1930.
Advocacy for national park
In 1927, Wingo joined his fellow Democrat, U.S. Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson , and Republican State Representative Osro Cobb of Montgomery County in proposing the establishment of a second national park in Arkansas which would have been located in the scenic Ouachita National Forest about halfway between Little Rock and Shreveport , Louisiana . The proposal, which would have been in driving distance of then some 45 million Americans, was pocket vetoed by U.S. President Calvin Coolidge .[2]
Death and burial
Upon Wingo's death, Cobb was urged by his party to contest the vacant U.S. House seat in a special election , but he instead deferred to Wingo's widow, Effiegene, who served until 1933.[3]
Wingo and his wife are interred at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
See also
References
^ Mrs. Wingo had five children named "Pratt" and no mention of "Blanche." So each must have had previous marriages.
^ Osro Cobb , Osro Cobb of Arkansas: Memoirs of Historical Significance (Little Rock, Arkansas : Rose Publishing Company, 1989), pp. 42-44
^ Cobb, p. 44
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress