Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck
U.S. Congressperson
1882 – 1936
Who was Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck?
Winnifred Mason Huck was an American journalist and politician from the state of Illinois who became the third woman to serve in the United States Congress, after Jeannette Rankin and Alice Mary Robertson, the first woman to represent Illinois in Congress, and the first mother. She was elected to fill the at-large seat of her father, Representative William Ernest Mason, after his death.
Huck was born Winnifred Sprague Mason in Chicago, Illinois, and attended public schools in Chicago and in Washington, D.C. She worked as her father's secretary.
Huck was elected as a Republican to the 67th United States Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her father. She served a partial term from November 7, 1922 to March 3, 1923, a term which overlapped with the one-day term of the first woman in the U.S. Senate Rebecca Felton. Unlike most first-term Representatives, she introduced several bills.
She was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the 68th Congress in 1922, and an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative James Mann. After her term she joined the National Woman's Party.
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- Born
- Sep 14, 1882
United States of America - Parents
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- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Illinois
- Died
- Aug 24, 1936
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on July 23, 2013
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