1. Wilburn Cartwright was an American lawyer, educator, politician, and United States Army officer in World War II.
20 Facts About Wilburn Cartwright
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Wilburn Cartwright attended the public schools at Wapanucka and Ada, Oklahoma, and State Teachers College at Durant, Oklahoma.
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Wilburn Cartwright studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1917.
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Wilburn Cartwright was graduated from the law department of the University of Oklahoma at Norman in 1920.
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Wilburn Cartwright served as member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1914 to 1918, and then as a member of the State Senate from 1918 until 1922.
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Wilburn Cartwright was a vocational adviser for disabled veterans at McAlester, Oklahoma, in 1921 and 1922.
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Wilburn Cartwright was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in 1922 and 1924, and served as Superintendent of schools at Krebs, Oklahoma from 1922 to 1926.
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Wilburn Cartwright's siblings were Floyd, Gerty, McKinley, Shafter, Dewey, Cecil, Keith, and Clifford.
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Wilburn Cartwright's father, Jackson Robert Cartwright, was a Baptist preacher and served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1929 and 1931.
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Wilburn Cartwright was elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth and to the seven succeeding Congresses.
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Wilburn Cartwright served as chairman of the Committee on Roads.
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Wilburn Cartwright was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942.
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Wilburn Cartwright was a supporter of the New Deal public works projects in his district.
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Wilburn Cartwright served as a major in the United States Army, Allied Military Government, with service in Africa and Europe from 1943 until he was injured.
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Wilburn Cartwright returned to the United States as an instructor at Fort Custer, Michigan, in 1945.
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Wilburn Cartwright was employed with the Veterans' Administration at Muskogee, Oklahoma, in 1945 and 1946.
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Wilburn Cartwright was elected Secretary of State of Oklahoma for four-year term in 1946.
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Wilburn Cartwright was elected State auditor for four-year term in 1950.
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Wilburn Cartwright was elected State corporation commissioner for six-year term in 1954 and reelected in 1960 and 1966.
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Wilburn Cartwright was a resident of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma until his death there on March 14,1979.