Elizabeth P. Farrington

Elizabeth P. Farrington
Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii Territory's At-large district
In office
August 4, 1954 – January 3, 1957[1]
Preceded byJoseph R. Farrington
Succeeded byJohn A. Burns
President of the National Federation of Republican Women
In office
1949–1952
Preceded byJessica M. Weis
Succeeded byDorothy Andrews Elston
Personal details
Born(1898-05-30)May 30, 1898
Tokyo, Empire of Japan
DiedJuly 21, 1984(1984-07-21) (aged 86)
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJoseph R. Farrington
Farrington grave marker in Oahu Cemetery

Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (May 30, 1898 – July 21, 1984), more commonly known as Elizabeth P. Farrington, was publisher of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and an American politician who served as delegate to the United States Congress for the Territory of Hawai'i. She was the wife to Joseph Rider Farrington, whom she had succeeded in Washington, D.C. Her father-in-law was the Territorial Governor of Hawai'i Wallace Rider Farrington.[2]

  1. ^ "US House of Rep history". Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  2. ^ Women in Congress, 1917-1990. Diane Publishing Company. 1997. ISBN 9780788142567.

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