M. O. Penix

– 1955) was a state legislator in Arkansas who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1911 to 1913.

[1][2] He was a proponent of prohibition and opposed women's suffrage, claiming "women accoutered with liquor constitute a greater threat to the sanctity of our self-government than does the socialist".

[3] Although there was support for prohibition at the time, his proposals failed to pass, and he lost reelection in 1912.

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