Sam C. Massingale Explained

Samuel Chapman Massingale
State:Oklahoma
District:7th
Term Start:January 3, 1935
Term End:January 17, 1941
Preceded:James V. McClintic
Succeeded:Victor Wickersham
Office2:Member of the Oklahoma Territorial Council from the 12th district
Term Start2:1903
Term End2:1905
Predecessor2:A. G. Updegraff
Successor2:B. N. Woodson
Birth Place:Quitman, Mississippi, United States
Death Place:Washington, D.C.
Spouse:Anna Canaday Massingale
Party:Democratic
Alma Mater:University of Mississippi at Oxford
Allegiance: United States of America
Rank:Private
Unit:Company D, Second Texas Infantry
Battles:Spanish–American War

Samuel Chapman Massingale (August 2, 1870 – January 17, 1941) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.

Biography

Born in Quitman, Mississippi, Massingale was the son of George M. and Martha McGowan Massingale, and attended the public schools and the University of Mississippi at Oxford where he studied law.

Career

Massingale moved to Fort Worth, Texas in 1887 and was employed for a short time as a section hand while he continued to study law. He was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Cordell, Oklahoma, in 1900.[1]

During the Spanish–American War, Massingale served as a private in Company D, Second Texas Infantry. He served as a member of the Oklahoma Territorial Council in 1902. The following year he married Anna Canaday, and they had four children. He ran unsuccessfully for the Sixtieth Congress in 1906.[2]

Massingale was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1935, until his death on January 17, 1941.[3]

Death

Massingale died in Washington, D.C., January 17, 1941 (age 70 years, 168 days). He is interred in Lawnview Cemetery, Cordell, Oklahoma.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sam C. Massingale. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 4 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Sam C. Massingale. Oklahoma Historical Society. 4 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100718114315/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/M/MA036.html. 18 July 2010.
  3. Web site: Sam C. Massingale. Govtrack US Congress. 4 June 2013.
  4. Web site: Sam C. Massingale. The Political Graveyard. 4 June 2013.