Sam C. Massingale
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Samuel Chapman Massingale (August 2, 1870 - January 17, 1941) was a U.S. Representative
from Oklahoma
.
Born in Quitman, Mississippi
, Massingale attended the public schools and the University of Mississippi at Oxford where he studied law.
He moved to Fort Worth, Texas
in 1887 and was employed for a short time as a section hand.
He was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Cordell, Oklahoma, in 1900. During the Spanish-American War, Massingale served as a private in Company D, Second Texas Infantry. He served as member of the Oklahoma Territorial Council in 1902. He ran unsuccessfully for the Sixtieth Congress in 1906. Massingale was elected as a Democrat
to the Seventy-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1935, until his death in Washington, D.C.
, January 17, 1941. He was interred in Lawnview Cemetery, Cordell, Oklahoma.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
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Born in Quitman, Mississippi
Quitman, Mississippi
Quitman is a city in Clarke County, Mississippi, USA, along the Chickasawhay River. The population was 2,463 at the 2000 census. The county seat of Clarke County, it is the hometown of San Antonio Spurs power forward Antonio McDyess and the birthplace of writer Wyatt Emory Cooper.-Geography:Quitman...
, Massingale attended the public schools and the University of Mississippi at Oxford where he studied law.
He moved to Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
in 1887 and was employed for a short time as a section hand.
He was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Cordell, Oklahoma, in 1900. During the Spanish-American War, Massingale served as a private in Company D, Second Texas Infantry. He served as member of the Oklahoma Territorial Council in 1902. He ran unsuccessfully for the Sixtieth Congress in 1906. Massingale was elected as a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
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to the Seventy-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1935, until his death in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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, January 17, 1941. He was interred in Lawnview Cemetery, Cordell, Oklahoma.