John P. Hickam Explained

Office:District Judge for Oklahoma's 11th district
Term Start:October 10, 1916
Term End:1919
Predecessor:A. H. Huston
Successor:Arthur R. Swank
Office2:Member of the Oklahoma Territorial Council from the 2nd district
Term Start2:1902
Term End2:November 16, 1907
Predecessor2:James Wilkin
Successor2:Position abolished
Birth Date:2 December 1870
Birth Place:Hot Springs, North Carolina, U.S
Death Place:Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.

John P. Hickam (December 2, 1870February 24, 1927) was an American politician who served in the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature from 1902 until statehood.

Biography

John P. Hickam was born in Hot Springs, North Carolina, to Robert H. Hickam and Jane Clemmons on December 2, 1870. He attended college in Tennessee and read the law to be admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1896. He moved to Perkins in Oklahoma Territory in 1897 where he owned the pro-single statehood Perkins Journal. In 1902 and 1904 he was elected to the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature. He opened a law practice in 1911 and unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Oklahoma in 1914 as the Progressive Party's nominee. He served as Payne and Logan County judge from 1916 to 1919. He died in Stillwater, Oklahoma on February 24, 1927.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Necrology . Chronicles of Oklahoma . June 1927 . 5 . 2 . 259 . 8 August 2024.