Oscar Callaway

Oscar Callaway

Francis Oscar Callaway (born October 2, 1872 in Harmony , Rusk County , Texas , †  January 31, 1947 in Comanche , Texas) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1917 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1876 , when he was still a child, Oscar Callaway came to Comanche County with his parents , where he later attended public schools. In 1894 he graduated from Comanche High School . He then worked as a teacher between 1894 and 1897. This was followed by studies at the University of Texas at Austin until 1899 . After studying law at the same university and being admitted to the bar in 1900, he began to work in this profession in Comanche. From 1900 to 1902 he was a prosecutor in Comanche County. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Partya political career. Between 1896 and 1926 he was a delegate to numerous regional Democratic party conventions in Texas.

In the 1910 congressional election Callaway was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the twelfth constituency of Texas , where he succeeded Oscar W. Gillespie on March 4, 1911 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1917 . In 1912 and 1913 he was a member of the Ministry of Finance's Expenditure Control Committee. In the following two legislative periods he was a member of the control committee of the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of the Navy. In 1916 he caused a national stir when he spoke out against the construction of battleships. In the face of World War I that broke out in Europe , the United States adopted a concept of defense that Callaway opposed. This resistance was the main reason for his party not to put him up for re-election in 1916.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Oscar Callaway returned to his ranch in Texas, which he had acquired in the meantime. There he ran cattle, among other things. At the same time he also practiced as a lawyer. He died on January 31, 1947 in Comanche, where he was also buried.

Web links

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