John Jarman

John Jarman

John Jarman (born July 17, 1915 in Sallisaw , Sequoyah County , Oklahoma , † January 15, 1982 in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma) was an American politician . Between 1951 and 1977 he represented the fifth constituency of the state of Oklahoma in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Jarman attended the public schools in Oklahoma City and from 1932 to 1934, the Presbyterian College in Fulton ( Missouri ). This was followed by studies at Yale University until 1937 . Jarman graduated from Harvard Law School with a law degree in 1941. He then began practicing law in Oklahoma City. After the attack on Pearl Harbor and the subsequent entry of the United States into World War II , Jarman became a soldier in the US Army . There he served in a reconnaissance unit. In 1945 he was present at the founding conference of the UN in San Francisco .

Politically, Jarman became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1947 and 1948 he was an MP in the Oklahoma House of Representatives ; from 1949 to 1950 he was a member of the State Senate . In the congressional elections of 1950 Jarman was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington , where he replaced AS Mike Monroney on January 3, 1951 . After he was re-elected in the following twelve elections, he was able to complete a total of 13 legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1977 . During his last term in office, he changed his party affiliation in 1975. He joined the Republican Party in protest against the recall of three committee chairmen by the Democratic party leadership . He was also of the opinion that the Democratic Party was too liberal.

In 1976 he did not run for his new party's nomination for re-election to the House of Representatives. Instead, he withdrew from politics. He served as an attorney in Oklahoma City until his death in 1982.

Web links

• John Jarman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Jarman in the database of Find a Grave (English)