Individual Details
Effiegene LOCKE
(13 Apr 1883 - 18 Aug 1962)
Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
Biographies
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"WINGO, Effiegene (Locke) (widow of Otis Theodore Wingo and great-great-great-grandaughter of Matthew Locke), a Representative from Arkansas; born in Lockesburg, Sevier County, Ark., April 13, 1883; attended public and private schools and Union Female College, Oxford, Miss.; was graduated from Maddox Seminary, Little Rock, Ark., in 1901; moved to Texarkana, Ark., in 1895 and to De Queen, Ark., in 1897; elected as a Democrat on November 4, 1930, to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Otis Theodore Wingo, and on the same day was elected to the Seventy-second Congress and served from November 4, 1930, to March 3, 1933; was not a candidate for renomination in 1932; engaged in educational and research work; is a resident of De Queen, Sevier County, Ark., and New York City, N.Y."
Events
| Burial | Aug 1862 | Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, USA | |||
| Birth | 13 Apr 1883 | Lockesburg, Sevier County, Arkansas, USA | |||
| Marriage | 15 Oct 1902 | Sevier County, Arkansas, USA - Otis Theodore WINGO | |||
| Death | 18 Aug 1962 | Burlington, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario Province, Canada |
Families
| Spouse | Otis Theodore WINGO (1877 - 1930) |
| Child | Janie Blanche WINGO (1904 - ) |
| Child | Otis Theodore WINGO Jr. (1911 - 1969) |