Sam C. Massingale

Sam C. Massingale

Samuel Chapman Massingale (born August 2, 1870 in Quitman , Clarke County , Mississippi , † January 17, 1941 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1935 and 1941 he represented the seventh constituency of the state of Oklahoma in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Sam Massingale attended public schools in his home country and then the University of Mississippi at Oxford . In 1887 he moved to Fort Worth , Texas . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1895, he began working in his new profession in Cordell , Washita County . During the Spanish-American War , Massingale was a US Army soldier .

Politically, Massingale joined the Democratic Party . In 1902 he became a member of the Oklahoma Territory Council of Governors . In the congressional elections of 1906, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US House of Representatives. He then took almost 20 years of political hiatus, during which he pursued his private interests and worked as a lawyer.

In 1934 Massingale returned to the political stage and secured the election victory for a seat in the US House of Representatives in the seventh district of Oklahoma. There he replaced James V. McClintic on January 3, 1935 , whom he had defeated in his party's primary elections. In the elections of 1936, 1938 and 1940 he was confirmed in his mandate. His last term of office began on January 3, 1941. Sam Massingale died just two weeks later on January 17, 1941. He was buried in Cordell. After the by-election that became necessary, his seat fell to Victor Wickersham .

Web links

• Sam C. Massingale in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Sam C. Massingale in the database of Find a Grave (English)