Wilburn Cartwright
Wilburn Cartwright |
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| Oklahoma Secretary of State | |
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In office 1947-1951 |
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| Preceded by | Kathrine Manton |
| Succeeded by | John D. Conner |
| Chairman of the Committee on Roads | |
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In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943 |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 3rd district |
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In office March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1943 |
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| Preceded by | Charles D. Carter |
| Succeeded by | Paul Stewart |
| Member of the Oklahoma Senate | |
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In office 1918-1922 |
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| Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives | |
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In office 1914-1918 |
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| Personal details | |
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January 12, 1892 Georgetown, Tennessee |
| Died | March 14, 1979 (aged 87) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
State Teachers College University of Oklahoma College of Law University of Chicago |
| Occupation | teacher, lawyer |
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 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1943–1945 |
| Rank |
 Major
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| Battles/wars | World War II |
Wilburn Cartwright (January 12, 1892 – March 14, 1979) was a lawyer, educator, U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, and United States Army officer in World War II. The town of Cartwright, Oklahoma is named after him.
Born on a farm near Georgetown, Tennessee, Cartwright moved with his parents to the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, in 1903. He attended the public schools at Wapanucka and Ada, Oklahoma, and State Teachers College at Durant, Oklahoma.
As an educator he taught in the schools of Coal, Atoka, Bryan, and Pittsburg Counties in Oklahoma from 1914 to 1926. During World War I he served as a private in the Student Army Training Corps in 1917 and 1918. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1917. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Oklahoma at Norman in 1920. Afterwards he began a law practice in McAlester, Oklahoma. Additionally he took postgraduate work at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. He served as member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1914 to 1918, and then as a member of the State Senate from 1918 until 1922. Cartwright was a vocational adviser for disabled veterans at McAlester, Oklahoma, in 1921 and 1922. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in 1922 and 1924, and served as Superintendent of schools at Krebs, Oklahoma from 1922 to 1926.
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