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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OklahomaPercy Lee GASSAWAY
(1885-1937)
GASSAWAY, Percy Lee, a
Representative from Oklahoma; born in Waco, McLennan County, Tex.,
August 30, 1885; moved to Fort Sill, Okla. (then Indian Territory),
with his parents in 1899; attended the public schools in Fort Sill
and Oklahoma City, Okla.; employed as a clerk in a law office;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1918 and commenced practice
in Coalgate, Okla.; also engaged in agricultural and ranching
pursuits; appointed county judge of Coal County, Okla., in 1923,
elected in 1924, and served until 1926; district judge of the
twenty-sixth judicial district 1926-1934; elected as a Democrat to
the Seventy-fourth Congress (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1937);
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1936; resumed the
practice of law and also engaged as a rancher near Coalgate, Coal
County, Okla.; died in Coalgate, Okla., May 15, 1937; interment in
Coalgate Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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