Otis Theodore WINGO

June 18, 1877 (age 53)

Weakley County, Tennessee, United States of America

He established his practice in De Queen in Sevier County in southwestern Arkansas. 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, United States. 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 United States. President Calvin Coolidge. Upon Wingo"s death, Cobb was urged by his party to contest the vacant United States. House seat in a special election, but he instead deferred to Wingo"s widow.

Otis Theodore WINGO

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Background

Wingo, Otis Theodore was born on June 18, 1877 in Weakly Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of Theodore Freelinghuysen and Pauline Elizabeth Jane (Johnson) Wingo.

Education

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.

Career

He established his practice in De Queen in Sevier County in southwestern Arkansas. 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, United States. 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 United States. President Calvin Coolidge.

Upon Wingo"s death, Cobb was urged by his party to contest the vacant United States. House seat in a special election, but he instead deferred to Wingo"s widow.

Achievements

Otis Theodore Wingo has been listed as a noteworthy congressman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member: 32° Masons; Knights of Pythias. Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Woodmen of World.

Connections

Married Effie Gene Locke, October 15, 1902. Children: Janie Blanche, Otis T.

Father:: Theodore Freelinghuysen Wingo
Mother:: Pauline Elizabeth Jane (Johnson) Wingo
Spouse:: Effie Gene Locke
child:: Janie Blanche Wingo
child:: Otis T. Wingo

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