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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OklahomaWilliam Grady STIGLER
(1891-1952)
STIGLER, William Grady, a
Representative from Oklahoma; born in Stigler, Haskell County,
Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), July 7, 1891; attended the public
schools; was graduated from Northeastern State College, Tahlequah,
Okla., in 1912; attended the law school of the University of
Oklahoma at Norman; during the First World War served as a second
lieutenant in the Three Hundred and Fifty-seventh Infantry of the
Ninetieth Division in 1918 and 1919, with overseas service;
attended the University of Grenoble, France, in 1919; was admitted
to the Oklahoma bar in 1920 and commenced practice in Stigler,
Okla.; city attorney of Stigler, Okla., 1920-1924; served in the
State senate 1924-1932, serving as president pro tempore in 1931;
lieutenant colonel in the Forty-fifth Division of the Oklahoma
National Guard 1925-1938; elected as a Democrat to the
Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Jack Nichols; reelected to the Seventy-ninth and to
the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 28, 1944,
until his death in Stigler, Okla., August 21, 1952; interment in
Stigler Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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