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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Ohio BOLTON, Frances Payne(1885—1977)BOLTON, Frances Payne, (wife of Chester C. Bolton, granddaughter of Henry B. Payne, and mother of Oliver P. Bolton), a Representative from Ohio; born Francis Payne Bingham, March 29, 1885, in Cleveland, Ohio; attended private schools in United States and France; active in public health, nursing education and other social service, education, and philanthropic work; vice regent for Ohio of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association; member of the Republican State central committee, 1937-1940; delegate to Republican National Conventions and member of Resolutions Committee, 1956, 1960, 1964, and 1968; first woman appointed as congressional delegate to United Nations General Assembly, 1953; elected as a Republican by special election, February 27, 1940, to the Seventy-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Chester C. Bolton; reelected to the fourteen succeeding Congresses and served from February 27, 1940, to January 3, 1969; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress; resided in Lyndhurst, Ohio, where she died March 9, 1977; interment in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. Bolton, Frances Payne. “Assembly Votes to Recess.” U.S. Department of State Bulletin 29 (28 December 1953): 910. ———. “Educational Needs in Non-self-governing Territories.” U.S. Department of State Bulletin 29 (16 November 1953): 686-8. ———. “Ewe-Togoland Unification Question.” U.S. Department of State Bulletin 29 (21 December 1953): 876-7. ———. Letters from Africa, 1955. Washington: N.p., 1956. ———. “Nature of U.S. Puerto Rican Relations.” Texts of Statements Made in Committee IV (Trusteeship). U.S. Department of State Bulletin 29 (7 December 1953): 797-8, 802-5. ———. “Requests for Oral Hearings Concerning Trust Territories in Fourth Committee. U.S. Opposition to Request for Puerto Rican Independence Party.” U.S. Department of State Bulletin 29 (12 October 1953): 498-9. ———. “Treatment of Indians in South Africa.” Statement, October 26, 1953. U.S. Department of State Bulletin 29 (23 November 1953): 728-30. ———. “U.N.: A Family of Nations.” Address, October 18, 1953. U.S. Department of State Bulletin 29 (9 November 1953): 628-9. ———. “U.S. Position on Question of Southwest Africa.” U.S. Department of State Bulletin 29 (7 December 1953): 805-6. ———. Why We Need a National Commission on Nursing Service . [Washington?: N.p., 1956?] ———. “World Impact of U.S. Policy: Fundamental Defenses.” Vital Speeches 14 (1 June 1948): 503-5. “Frances Payne Bolton” in Women in Congress, 1917-1990. Prepared under the direction of the Commission on the Bicentenary by the Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1991. Loth, David. A Long Way Forward: The Biography of Congresswoman Frances P. Bolton. New York: Longmans, 1957. Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present |
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