American politician
Otis Wingo
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In office
March 4, 1913 ? October 21, 1930
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Preceded by
| William B. Cravens
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Succeeded by
| Effiegene Wingo
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In office
1907-1909
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Born
| Otis Theodore Wingo
(
1877-06-18
)
June 18, 1877
Weakley County, Tennessee
, U.S.
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Died
| October 21, 1930
(1930-10-21)
(aged 53)
Baltimore, Maryland
, U.S.
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Resting place
| Rock Creek Cemetery
Washington, D.C.
, U.S.
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Political party
| Democratic
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Spouse
| Effiegene Locke Wingo
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Children
| Blanche Wingo
[1]
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Residence(s)
| De Queen, Arkansas
, U.S.
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Alma mater
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Occupation
| Attorney
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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References
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Mrs. Wingo had five children named "Pratt" and no mention of "Blanche." So each must have had previous marriages.
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Osro Cobb
,
Osro Cobb of Arkansas: Memoirs of Historical Significance
(
Little Rock, Arkansas
: Rose Publishing Company, 1989), pp. 42-44
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Cobb, p. 44
This article incorporates
public domain material
from the
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress