Otis Wingo
| Otis Theodore Wingo | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 4th district |
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| In office March 4, 1913 – October 21, 1930 |
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| Preceded by | William B. Cravens |
| Succeeded by | Effiegene Wingo |
| Member of the Arkansas State Senate | |
| In office 1907-1909 |
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| Born | June 18, 1877 Weakley County, Tennessee, USA |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Baltimore, Maryland |
| Resting place | Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Effiegene Locke Wingo |
| Children | Blanche Wingo[1] |
| Residence | De Queen, Arkansas |
| Alma mater | Bethel College McFerrin College |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Otis Theodore Wingo (June 18, 1877 – October 21, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 4th congressional district, the husband of his successor in office, Effiegene Wingo.
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. 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.
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.
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]
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.[3]
Wingo and his wife are interred at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
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 websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 4th congressional district 1913-1930 |
Succeeded by Effiegene L. Wingo |
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- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas
- Arkansas State Senators
- People from Weakley County, Tennessee
- People from De Queen, Arkansas
- Arkansas Democrats
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- Valparaiso University alumni
- Burials at Rock Creek Cemetery
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
