Elizabeth Hawley Gasque

Elizabeth Hawley Gasque (born February 26, 1886 in Blythewood , Richland County , South Carolina , † November 2, 1989 in Ridgeway , South Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1938 and 1939 she represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Elizabeth Gasque was born Elizabeth Hawley on the Rice Creek Plantation near Blythewood. She attended the South Carolina Coeducational Institute in Edgefield and then until 1907 the Greenville Female College in Greenville .

She was married first to a man named Van Exem and then to Congressman Allard H. Gasque . After his death she was elected as the Democratic Party candidate to succeed him in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC . There she ended her husband's last legislative term between September 13, 1938 and January 3, 1939. However, the Congress did not meet at that time , so she did not attend any meeting. In the following regular congressional elections, Elizabeth Gasque no longer ran for the US House of Representatives.

In her later years, Gasque appeared as a writer and editor. She died on November 2, 1989.

Web links

Elizabeth Hawley Gasque in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Elizabeth Hawley Gasque in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

↑ [1] , [2] and according to Gravestone,
older sources mostly name 1896: [3] , [4] , [5] and [6] , which is possibly due to a typographical / typographical error that has been repeatedly adopted

personal data
SURNAME	Gasque, Elizabeth Hawley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 26, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Blythewood , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH	November 2nd 1989
Place of death	Ridgeway , South Carolina

[1] [1] , [2] and according to Gravestone,
older sources mostly name 1896: [3] , [4] , [5] and [6] , which is possibly due to a typographical / typographical error that has been repeatedly adopted