Helen Douglas Mankin
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Helen Douglas Mankin | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 5th district | |
In office January 1, 1946 – January 2, 1947 | |
Preceded by | Robert Ramspeck |
Succeeded by | James C. Davis |
Personal details | |
Born | Helen Douglas September 11, 1896 Atlanta, Georgia |
Died | July 25, 1956 Atlanta, Georgia | (aged 59)
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Rockford College |
Helen Douglas Mankin (September 11, 1896 – July 25, 1956) was a 20th-century American lawyer and politician. She was the second woman to represent Georgia in the United States House of Representatives, serving part of one term from 1946 to 1947 after winning a special election to fill the seat of a predecessor who had resigned.
Life
Mankin was born September 11, 1896, in
World War I
During and after the
In 1925, Douglas became the fifth national president of the Women's Overseas Service League.[1]
Career
After the war and earning her law degree, Mankin entered private practice as an attorney in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]
State legislature
She entered politics, and served as a Democratic member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1937 until 1946.[2]
Congress
In 1946, Mankin was elected as a Democrat to represent the fifth congressional district of Georgia in the 79th United States Congress, filling the seat left vacant by the resignation of Robert Ramspeck. As the election was a special election rather than a regular election, the "white primary" rule used to exclude African-Americans from electoral participation did not apply. Thanks to strong support from African-American voters, Mankin won by an 807-vote margin over conservative Tom Camp, Congressman Ramspeck's former executive secretary endorsed by the white supremacist and former governor, Eugene Talmadge.[3] She took her seat February 12, 1946.
Campaign for re-election
Mankin was an unsuccessful candidate in that year's
Later career and death
Mankin's term of office concluded January 3, 1947. She continued to live in Atlanta, and she died there on July 25, 1956.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Miss Helen Douglas". Carry on. 4 (3): 9. August 1925.
- ^ Georgia Encyclopedia-Helen Douglas Mankin
- ^ Bullock III, Charles S.; Buchanan, Scott E.; Gaddie, Ronald Keith (2015). The Three Governors Controversy: Skullduggery, Machinations, and the Decline of Georgia's Progressive Politics. University of Georgia Press. pp. 59–61.
- ^ Bullock III, Charles S.; Buchanan, Scott E.; Gaddie, Ronald Keith (2015). The Three Governors Controversy: Skullduggery, Machinations, and the Decline of Georgia's Progressive Politics. University of Georgia Press. pp. 115–116.
- United States Congress. "Helen Douglas Mankin (id: M000097)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Spritzer, Lorraine Nelson. The Belle of Ashby Street: Helen Douglas Mankin and Georgia Politics. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1982.
- MANKIN, Helen Douglas, Office of the Historian: Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk
- Helen Douglas Mankin (1894–1956), New Georgia Encyclopedia