Oliver H. Cross

Oliver Harlan Cross (born July 13, 1868 in Eutaw , Alabama , †  April 24, 1960 in Waco , Texas ) was an American politician . Between 1929 and 1937 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Oliver Cross attended the public schools in his home country and then studied until 1891 at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa . He was a teacher in Union Springs in 1891 and 1892 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1893, he began to work in Deming in what would later become the state of New Mexico in this profession. He then moved to Texas, where he practiced as a lawyer in 1895 and 1896 in McGregor and then in Waco. Between 1898 and 1902 he was assistant prosecutor in McLennan County ; from 1902 to 1906 he acted as the actual district attorney there. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1900 he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives . In 1917, Cross ended his legal career. Instead, from then on he worked in agriculture.

In the 1928 congressional election , Cross was elected to the 11th constituency of Texas in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Tom Connally on March 4, 1929 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four terms in Congress by January 3, 1937 . Since 1933, many of the Federal Government's New Deal laws have been passed there under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In 1936 he refused to run again.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Oliver Cross returned to farming. He was also active in the real estate market. He died in Waco on April 24, 1960.

Web links

• Oliver H. Cross in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Oliver H. Cross in the database of Find a Grave (English)