John Newbold Camp

John Newbold "Happy" Camp (born May 11, 1908 in Enid , Oklahoma , † September 27, 1987 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1969 and 1975 he represented the sixth constituency of the state of Oklahoma in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Camp attended public schools in Blackwell , Douglas, and Waukomis , Oklahoma. After studying at Enid University , he began a career in banking. In this area he made it to the head of the Waukomis State Bank . Politically, Camp became a member of the Republican Party . Between 1942 and 1962 he was a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives . From 1967 to 1968 he headed the public committee of that state. Camp served on the board of both his party's youth organization and the party itself, both at the district and state levels.

In 1968 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he replaced James Vernon Smith on January 3, 1969 . After he was re-elected in the following two congressional elections, Camp was able to complete a total of three legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1975 . In the 1974 election he was defeated by Glenn English of the Democratic Party . One reason for his electoral defeat was the Watergate affair , which at the time caused problems for all Republican politicians in electoral offices, even if they were not personally involved in the scandal.

After his tenure in Congress, John Camp retired from politics. He spent his twilight years in Waukomis. He was also buried there.

Web links

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

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