Oldfield, Pearl Peden, 1876-1962
Pearl Peden Oldfield (December 2, 1876 – April 12, 1962) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first woman elected to Congress from Arkansas.
Born Fannie Pearl Peden in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, she attended Arkansas College in Batesville. In 1901 she married William Allan Oldfield, a Spanish-American War veteran, lawyer, and district attorney for Izard County, Arkansas. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1908 and went on to win election to 10 additional consecutive terms in Congress, serving as Democratic Whip for eight years, from 1920 to 1928, and as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Committee from 1924 to 1928. Shortly after election day, on November 19, 1928, William Oldfield passed away after surgery for gallstones.
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