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Elizabeth Pruitt Farrington
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1898-1984
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1898--born Mary Elizabeth Pruitt, May 30, Tokyo, Japan, to Robert Lee and Josie Baugh Pruitt, American missionaries to Japan from Nashville, Tennessee.
1918--graduated from University of Wisconsin in journalism.
1920--married Joseph Rider Farrington, May 17; children: Beverly (Mrs. Hugh F. Robinson), and John.
1943--active in Republican Party affairs.
1945--president, 78th Club--wives of new members of Congress.
1946-1948--president, League of Republican Women in Washington, D.C.
1949--president, National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs, January 1 to January 1, 1953.
1954--elected in special election to complete unexpired term of her husband as delegate to congress, 83rd Congress, July 31.
--November 2, reelected for two year term, 84th Congress, as Hawaii's ninth delegate to congress.
1954-1956--responsible for such legislation as statehood bills, Hawaii Geophysics Institute, Territorial legislature reapportionment, City of Refuge National Historical Park.
--cited by Speaker of the U.S. House for achieving record of most bills passed in 84th Congress.
1984-Died in Honolulu, July 21.
Sources: Men and women of Hawaii, 1966. Hawaii State Archives, Name Index. Various items in collection.
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Honolulu; Washington D.C.
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Married to Joseph Rider Farrington
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Created by Ronald Williams Jr. 20211104