Sterling S. McColgin explained

Sterling S. McColgin
State House:	Oklahoma
Term Start:	1947
Term End:	1951

Sterling Simison McColgin (June 14, 1901  - October 26, 1963) was an American farmer and politician.

McColgin was born in Ashkum, Illinois. He owned a farm between Cheyenne, Oklahoma and Reydon, Oklahoma. He served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1947 to 1951 and from 1953 to 1955^[1] and the Oklahoma Senate from 1955 to 1963 when he died while still in office. McColgin was a Democrat.^[2] McColgin also served as mayor of Reydon, Oklahoma. McColgin died suddenly in Cheyenne, Oklahoma while buying feed for his cattle at a feed store. His mother Bessie S. McColgin also served in the Oklahoma Legislature as the first woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. https://www.okhouse.gov/Members/Historic.aspx Oklahoma State Legislature-House of Representatives-Historic Members
2. https://www.okhouse.gov/Documents/ALLSENATE-LIST.pdf All Members Of The Oklahoma Senate
3. 'State Senator McColgin Dies,' The Lawton Constitution (Oklahoma), October 27, 1963, p. 7
4. https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/a/l/Rob-A-Walker/COL20-0456.html Allied Families of Roger Mills County OK (& Greater Area) Name Index