Elizabeth P. Farrington

Elizabeth P. Farrington

Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington , b. Mary Elizabeth Pruett (born May 30, 1898 in Tokyo , Japan , †  July 21, 1984 in Honolulu , Hawaii ) was an American politician . Between 1954 and 1957 she represented the Hawaiian Territory as a delegate in the US House of Representatives .

Early years

Elizabeth Pruett was born in Tokyo to American parents. It was there that she received her first lessons at a school for foreigners. She then came to the United States, where she attended schools in various cities and states. Until 1918 she studied at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . Eventually she finished her studies at the University of Hawaii . During this time, she also married Joseph Rider Farrington , who was to represent the Hawaii Territory as a delegate in the US Congress from 1943 to 1954 .

Elizabeth Farrington was a correspondent for the Honolulu Star Bulletin from 1918 to 1957. Her husband was the manager and president of this newspaper. After his death in 1954, she also took over his offices at the newspaper until 1963. At the same time she headed the "Honolulu Lithograph Company".

Political career

Farrington, like her husband, became a member of the Republican Party . From 1946 to 1948 she was president of her party's League of Republican Women in Washington, DC, and from 1949 to 1953 she was president of the National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs . In 1952 she was a delegate to the Republican National Convention , at which Dwight D. Eisenhower was nominated as a presidential candidate. After the death of her husband, she was appointed his successor as a delegate in Congress . In the congressional elections of 1954, she was elected to the US House of Representatives for one legislative period. There she represented the Hawaii Territory between July 31, 1954 and January 3, 1957. In the congressional elections of 1956 she was defeated by John Anthony Burns , the candidate of the Democratic Party who was to be the last delegate of the territory in Congress until 1959. After that, the state of Hawaii, which had been promoted to a state since 1959, provided regular congressmen with full voting rights.

After her time in Washington ended, Elizabeth Farrington returned to her Hawaiian business interests. She made a brief return to politics in 1969 when President Richard Nixon made her a division director in the Home Office . Her department dealt with the administration of the American territories. After that, Farrington finally withdrew from politics. She died in Honolulu in 1984.

Web links

• Elizabeth P. Farrington in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Elizabeth P. Farrington in the database of Find a Grave (English)