Joseph C. Pringey

Joseph C. Pringey

Joseph Colburn Pringey (born May 22, 1858 in Somerset , Pennsylvania , † February 11, 1935 in Chandler , Oklahoma ) was an American politician . Between 1921 and 1923 he represented the fourth constituency of the state of Oklahoma in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Pringey attended public schools in his home country. In 1870 he moved to Missouri , where he attended a business school in Sedalia . In 1891 he settled in Chandler in what was then the Oklahoma Territory . There he worked in agriculture as well as in insurance and banking.

Politically, Pringey was a member of the Republican Party . In 1893 he became a member of the Territorial Senate. At the same time he also became a curator of the University of Oklahoma at Norman . In 1900 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention , on which President William McKinley was nominated for another term. From 1912 to 1920 Pringey was an administrative clerk in Lincoln County .

In 1920 Pringey was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington against incumbent Thomas D. McKeown . There he was only able to complete one legislative period between March 4, 1921 and March 3, 1923, because he lost to McKeown in the 1922 elections. After serving in Congress , Pringey served as Chandler's postman from 1923 to 1924. He then worked in agriculture until his death in 1935.

Web links

• Joseph C. Pringey in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph C. Pringey in the database of Find a Grave (English)