| Mandell Matheson | |
| State House: | Oklahoma |
| District: | 72nd |
| Term Start: | 1972 |
| Term End: | 1979 |
| Predecessor: | John W. McCune |
| Successor: | Don McCorkell |
| Constituency: | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Birth Place: | Grady County |
| Birth Date: | 13 August 1938 |
| Death Place: | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Party: | Democratic |
Mandell Matheson was an American journalist and politician who served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing the 72nd district between 1972 and 1978. He died December 12, 2011.
Matheson was born on August 13, 1938, in Grady County. He attended school near Tabler, Oklahoma until his family moved to Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City. He started working as a newspaper photographer while attending Capitol Hill High School, where he later graduated.[1]
Matheson worked as a journalist in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Indianapolis. He also served in the United States Marine Corps and worked for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. In 1969 he was the Tulsa Tribune’s capitol bureau.
Matheson left journalism in 1970 to work for David Hall's gubernatorial campaign.
Matheson was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1972 and would serve until 1978 when he did not seek re-election.
He died in his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma on December 12, 2011.