Nan Wood Honeyman

Nan Wood Honeyman

Nan Wood Honeyman (born July 15, 1881 in West Point , New York , † December 10, 1970 in Woodacre , California ) was an American politician . Between 1937 and 1939 she represented the third constituency of the state of Oregon in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Nan Honeyman was born as Nan Wood. In 1884 she moved to Portland with her parents . There she enjoyed an education at private schools. She then attended St. Helens Hall , a school in Portland, until 1898 , and then finished her education at Finch School in New York City . In 1908 she married David Honeyman, with whom she had three children. Before starting her political career, she was involved in various non-profit organizations.

Politically, she became a member of the Democratic Party . In 1933, she chaired an assembly that ratified the 21st Amendment to the Constitution for the state of Oregon , which repealed nationwide prohibition . In 1936 and 1940 she was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions , at which incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated again as a presidential candidate. Honeyman was a supporter of the president and his New Deal policy. Between 1935 and 1937 she was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives .

In 1936 she was elected to the US House of Representatives, where she succeeded William A. Ekwall on January 3, 1937 . She was the first ever female Oregon Congressman. In 1938 she was defeated in the elections by Homer D. Angell , the candidate of the Republican Party . This meant that she could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1939 . In 1940 she ran again unsuccessfully for a return to Congress.

Between 1941 and 1942, Honeyman was a member of the Oregon Senate . At the same time, she was a member of the Pacific Coast Office of Price Administration , which controlled price developments during World War II . From 1942 to 1953 she was in charge of Portland Customs. In 1942, her husband was convicted of embezzlement of over $ 100,000. She herself was not drawn into this affair.

Nan Wood Honeyman died in California in December 1970 and was buried in Portland.

Web links

• Nan Wood Honeyman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Nan Wood Honeyman in the database of Find a Grave (English)