Ovie Clark Fisher
| Ovie Clark "O.C." Fisher | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 21st district |
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In office January 3, 1943 – December 31, 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Charles L. South |
| Succeeded by | Bob Krueger |
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District attorney Texas 51st Judicial District |
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In office 1937–1943 |
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| Member Texas House of Representatives 53rd District |
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In office 1935–1937 |
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| County Attorney Tom Green County |
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In office 1931–1935 |
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November 22, 1903 Junction, Texas |
| Died | December 9, 1994 (aged 91) Junction, Texas |
| Resting place | Junction Cemetery Junction, Texas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Marian E. De Walsh |
| Children | Rhoda |
| Residence | San Angelo, Texas |
| Alma mater | Baylor Law School |
| Profession | Attorney |
Ovie Clark Fisher (November 22, 1903 – December 9, 1994) was an attorney and author who served for thirty-two years as United States Representative for Texas's 21st congressional district.
Fisher was born in Junction in Kimble County, Texas to Jobe Bazilee and Rhoda Catherine Clark Fisher. He married Marian E. De Walsh on September 11, 1927. A daughter named Rhoda was the couple's only child.
Fisher attended University of Texas at Austin, University of Colorado at Boulder, and Baylor University at Waco, from which he received his LL.B. He was admitted to the bar in 1929. Fisher practiced law in San Angelo in West Texas for two years. In 1931, he was elected county attorney for Tom Green County.
Fisher represented the 53rd District of Texas in the Texas House of Representatives from 1935 to 1937. From 1937 to 1943, Fisher was District Attorney for the 51st Judicial District of Texas.
In 1942, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat and served in the 78th United States Congress through the 93rd United States Congress. In 1972, the Republican Doug Harlan held Fisher to 57 percent of the general election vote. Paul Burka of Texas Monthly said Harlan's race was "one of the first indications that the dominance of the rural conservative Democrats in Texas politics could not be sustained."
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