James V. McClintic

James V. McClintic

James Vernon McClintic (born September 8, 1878 in Bremond , Texas , † April 22, 1948 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1915 and 1935 he represented the seventh constituency of the state of Oklahoma in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1880 James McClintic moved with his parents to Groesbeck in Limestone County , Texas. There he attended public schools. He later studied at Add-Run University in Fort Worth , from which today's Texas Christian University emerged . In 1901 he was employed by a textile company in St. Louis , where he worked as a traveling dealer. He then moved to the Oklahoma Territory , where he was active in the village of Snyder in trade. He also ran a farm in Texas County .

Politically, McClintic became a member of the Democratic Party . In 1908 he was a council clerk for the town of Snyder in Kiowa County . In 1909 he was a district administrator in this district ( County Clerk ). In 1911, McClintic was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives; between 1913 and 1914 he was a member of the State Senate .

In 1914, McClintic was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he succeeded Joseph Bryan Thompson on March 4, 1915 . After he was re-elected in each of the nine subsequent elections, he was able to complete a total of ten terms in Congress by January 3, 1935 . From 1917 to 1919 he was chairman of the committee for the control of expenditure on public works in the 65th Congress . During his time in Washington, DC , McClintic studied law at Georgetown University . In 1928 he was admitted to the bar. In 1934 he was no longer nominated by his party for another term in Congress.

After retiring from the House of Representatives, James McClintic served on the staff of the Oklahoma Governor from 1935 to 1940 . After the death of Sam C. Massingale , who had succeeded him in Congress in 1935, McClintic ran unsuccessfully in 1941 for his party's nomination for the by-election. In 1940 and 1941 McClintic worked for the transportation department of the federal capital Washington, from 1941 to 1944 he was a member of the Interior Ministry. He then worked as a lawyer. James McClintic died on April 22, 1948 while on a train ride near Chicago.

Web links

• James V. McClintic in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James V. McClintic in the database of Find a Grave (English)