William Oscar Mulkey Explained

State1:Alabama
District1:3rd
Term Start1:June 29, 1914
Term End1:March 3, 1915
Predecessor1:Henry D. Clayton
Successor1:Henry B. Steagall
Office2:Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
Term2:1911
Birth Name:William Oscar Mulkey
Birth Date:27 July 1871
Birth Place:Brundidge, Alabama
Death Place:Geneva, Alabama
Party:Democratic

William Oscar Mulkey (July 27, 1871 – June 30, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Born in Brundidge, Alabama, Mulkey attended the public schools and graduated from State Normal College, Troy, Alabama, (now Troy University) in 1892.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in Troy, Alabama, in 1894.He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1901.He served in the State house of representatives in 1911.

Mulkey was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry D. Clayton and served from June 29, 1914, to March 3, 1915.He was not a candidate for renomination in 1914.He resumed the practice of law.He died in Geneva, Alabama, June 30, 1943.He was interred in Geneva Cemetery.