Claude Weaver
Claude Weaver | |
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 Claude Weaver, between 1910 and 1915 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOklahoma'sat-largedistrict | |
| In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 | |
| Preceded by | Seat added |
| Succeeded by | Seat eliminated |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 19, 1867 Gainesville, Texas,U.S. |
| Died | May 19, 1954(aged 87) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,U.S. |
| Citizenship |  United States |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Leila Ada Reinhardt Weaver |
| Children |
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| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
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Claude Weaver(March 19, 1867 – May 19, 1954) was an American politician, judge, andU.S. RepresentativefromOklahoma.
Biography
[edit]Born inGainesville, Texas,Weaver was the son of W. T. G. and Nancy Wilkin Fletcher Weaver, and attended the public schools. He graduated from the law department of theUniversity of Texas at Austinin 1887 and was admitted to the bar the same year. He married Leila Ada Reinhardt, and they had five children: Floy, Amelia, Barbara, Lucy, and Claude, Jr.[1]
Career
[edit]Weaver practiced inGainesville, Texas,from 1887 to 1895, serving as assistant prosecuting attorney ofCooke County, Texas,in 1892. He moved to Pauls Valley, Indian Territory, in 1895 and resumed the practice of law. In 1910, he moved toOklahoma City, Oklahoma,once again resuming his practice. There he served as member of Oklahoma City Board of Freeholders in 1910.[2]
Elected as aDemocratto the Sixty-third Congress, Weaver served from March 4, 1913, to March 3, 1915.[3]He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1914 and for election to fill a vacancy in the Sixty-sixth Congress in 1919. He became Postmaster ofOklahoma City, Oklahomafrom 1915 to 1923.
Weaver served as acting county attorney of Oklahoma County in 1926. He was legal adviser and secretary to the Governor, William H. Murray from 1931 to 1934, and district judge of thirteenth Oklahoma district in 1934 and 1935.
Death
[edit]Weaver died inOklahoma City, Oklahoma,on May 19, 1954, at the age of 87 years, 62 days. He isinterredat Fairlawn Cemetery in Oklahoma City.[4]
References
[edit]- ^"Claude Weaver".Ancestry.com.Retrieved26 May2013.
- ^"Claude Weaver".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.Retrieved25 May2013.
- ^"Claude Weaver".Govtrack US Congress.Retrieved25 May2013.
- ^"Claude Weaver".The Political Graveyard.Retrieved25 May2013.
