Joseph C. Pringey

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Joseph Colburn Pringey (May 22, 1858 - February 11, 1935) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.

Born in Somerset, Pennsylvania, Pringey attended the common schools. He moved to Missouri in 1870. He attended a business college in Sedalia, Missouri. He moved to Chandler, Oklahoma, in 1891. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and in the loan and insurance business. He served as member of the Territorial senate in 1893. He served as member of the board of regents of the University of Oklahoma at Norman in 1893 and 1894. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1900. County clerk of Lincoln County, Oklahoma from 1912 to 1920.

Pringey was elected as a Republican to the 67th Congress (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the 68th Congress. Acting postmaster of Chandler, Oklahoma, in 1923 and 1924. He resumed agricultural pursuits. He died in Chandler, Oklahoma, on February 11, 1935. He was interred in Oak Park Cemetery.

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• Joseph C. Pringey at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Joseph C. Pringey at Find A Grave