| Dan Kirby | |
| State House2: | Oklahoma |
| District2: | 75th |
| Term Start2: | January 3, 2009 |
| Term End2: | March 1, 2017 |
| Predecessor2: | Dennis Adkins |
| Successor2: | Karen Gaddis |
| Office: | Eufaula City Council |
| Term Start: | April 2021 |
| Term End: | March 2023 |
| Birth Date: | 14 April 1958 |
| Nationality: | American Muscogee Nation |
| Party: | Republican |
Dan Kirby (born Danny Gene Kirby, April 14, 1958) is a Republican politician from Oklahoma who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing the 75th district from 2009 to 2017 and on the Eufaula City Council from 2021 to 2023. He resigned from the Oklahoma House after sexual harassment allegations and from the Eufaula city government after his indictment for involuntary manslaughter.
In June 2023, Kirby was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the death of his girlfriend, Sheryl Bichsel, in a July 2022 motorcycle accident where Kirby was driving while intoxicated.
In January 2017, two legislative assistants accused Kirby of sexual harassment; after a House panel recommended his expulsion from the Senate, Kirby resigned in March.[1] [2] He was elected to represent Ward 4 on the Eufaula City Council in April 2021 and resigned in March 2023.[3]
In July 2022, Kirby crashed his motorcycle near Lake Eufaula State Park and Sheryl Bichsel, his girlfriend and passenger, died in the accident. Since Kirby is a Muscogee Nation citizen and the accident occurred in Indian Country only the United States and Muscogee Nation had criminal jurisdiction. In June 2023, Kirby was tried in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma in front of Judge John F. Heil III. Kirby was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and was found to be at fault for the crash for driving under the influence of alcohol, marijuana, and various prescription drugs.[4] He was sentenced to 41 months in prison in July 2024 by Judge Heil.[5]
Kirby ran unopposed in the 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014 elections. In 2016, he defeated Democrat Karen Gaddis, receiving 59.56% of the vote; after his resignation, Gaddis won a special election to replace him.[6]