John W. Harreld
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| United States Senator from Oklahoma | |
| In office March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1927 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Gore |
| Succeeded by | Elmer Thomas |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 5th district | |
| In office November 8, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Bryan Thompson |
| Succeeded by | Fletcher B. Swank |
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| Born | John William Harreld (1872-01-24)January 24, 1872 Butler County, Kentucky |
| Died | December 26, 1950(1950-12-26) (aged 78) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Political party | Republican |
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| Alma mater | Bryant & Stratton Business College, Louisville, Kentucky |
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John William Harreld (January 24, 1872 – December 26, 1950) was a United States representative and Senator from Oklahoma. Harreld was the first Republican senator elected in Oklahoma and represented a shift in Oklahoma politics.[1]
Harreld was born in Butler County, Kentucky, near Morgantown to Martha Helm and Thomas Nelson Harreld.[2] He attended public schools, the normal schoolatLebanon, Ohio, and Bryant & Stratton Business CollegeofLouisville, Kentucky, where he taught while studying law.[where?][3] Admitted to the bar in 1889, he begin his practice in Morgantown.[3] He was prosecuting attorneyofButler County from 1892 to 1896.[3] After marrying Laura Ward on October 20, 1889, and having a son, Ward,[2] he moved to Ardmore, Oklahoma, in 1906.[3] He was a refereeinbankruptcy from 1908 to 1915, when he resigned to become an executive with an oil corporation.[3] He moved to Oklahoma City in 1917 and engaged in the production of oil and continued the practice of law.[3] After his first wife's death, he married his wife's sister, Thurlow Ward, in 1931.[2]
Harreld was elected, on November 8, 1919, as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joseph B. Thompson[2] and served from November 8, 1919, to March 4, 1921. He was not a candidate for renomination, having become a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator; he was elected to the Senate in 1920 and served from March 4, 1921, to March 4, 1927; he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1926.[3] He served as Senate chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs.[3] He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress and returned to Oklahoma City, where he continued the practice of law and his interest in the oil business.[3]
He died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1950, and was interred in Fairlawn Cemetery.[2]
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| Preceded by | Republican nominee for United States Senator from Oklahoma (Class 3) 1920, 1926 |
Succeeded by Wirt Franklin |
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 5th congressional district 1919–1921 |
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| Preceded by | U.S. Senator from Oklahoma 1921–1927 |
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