A Representative from Oklahoma. Born in North McAlester, Pittsburg County, Okla. , May 10, 1908. Graduated from McAlester High School, McAlester, Okla. , 1927. Graduated from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. , 1931, and (having been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship) from Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1934. Lawyer, private practice. United States Army, 1941-1946. Awarded the Bronze Star. Delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1952, 1956, 1964, and 1968. Elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1977). Majority whip (Eighty-fourth through Eighty-seventh Congresses), majority leader (Eighty-seventh through Ninety-first Congresses), Speaker of the House (Ninety-second through Ninety-fourth Congresses). Was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976. Died on February 4, 2000, in McAlester, Okla. Interment in Oak Hill Memorial Park, McAlester, Okla.
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