Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck
American politician
Died when: 53 years 345 days (647 months)Star Sign: Virgo
Winnifred Sprague Huck (née Mason;September 14, 1882 – August 24, 1936) was an American journalist and politician from the state of Illinois who became the third woman to serve in the United States Congress, after Jeannette Rankin and Alice Mary Robertson, the first woman to represent Illinois in Congress, the first woman to win a special election for the United States Congress, and the first mother.
She was elected to fill the at-large seat of her father, Representative William Ernest Mason, after his death.
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