Oscar Turner (politician, 1867)

Oscar Turner (born October 19, 1867 in Woodlands , Ballard County , Kentucky , † July 17, 1902 in Louisville , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1899 and 1901 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Oscar Turner was the son of Oscar Turner senior (1825-1896), who also represented the state of Kentucky in Congress between 1879 and 1885 . He attended the public schools in Washington, DC and the rugby school in Louisville. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Louisville and the University of Virginia and his admission as a lawyer in 1891, he began to practice in Louisville in this profession.

Turner was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1898 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington in the fifth constituency of Kentucky, where he succeeded Walter Evans on March 4, 1899 . Since he refused to run again in 1900, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1901. After his time in the US House of Representatives, Oscar Turner practiced as a lawyer again. He died on July 17, 1902 in Louisville, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Oscar Turner in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Oscar Turner in the database of Find a Grave (English)