Pearl Peden Oldfield

Pearl Peden Oldfield

Pearl Peden Oldfield (December 2, 1876 – April 12, 1962) was a U.S. Democratic politician. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Arkansas.

She was born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas. She was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas by a special election caused by the death of her husband, William Allan Oldfield, and served from January 9, 1929 to March 3, 1931. She died in Washington, D.C.

References

• Pearl Peden Oldfield at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by William Allan Oldfield	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 2nd congressional district 1929-1931	Succeeded by John E. Miller