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Choctaw County, OK Biographies

Politicians born in Choctaw County
[Submitted by Norm Gentry]

Boswell: Carmon C. Harris 1904

Harris, Carmon Coleman (b. 1904) — also known as Carmon C. Harris — of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla. Born in Boswell, Choctaw County, Okla., November 27, 1904. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1946, 1948. Christian. Member, Lions; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

Politicians that lived in Choctaw County, Boswell: John M. Brower Hugo: H. A. Babb - O. A. Brewer

Brower, John Morehead (1845-1913) — also known as John M. Brower — of Mt. Airy, Surry County, N.C.; Boswell, Choctaw County, Okla. Born in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., July 19, 1845. Republican. Merchant; tobacco grower; member of North Carolina state senate, 1876-78; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1887-91; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1896-98. Died in Paris, Lamar County, Tex., August 5, 1913. Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Mt. Airy, N.C.

Additional information:
BROWER, John Morehead, (1845 - 1913), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., July 19, 1845; moved to Surry County, N.C., with his parents, who settled in Mount Airy in 1845; educated by private tutors and attended the Mount Airy Male Academy; engaged in agricultural pursuits, the raising and processing of tobacco, and mercantile pursuits; delegate to all Republican State conventions from 1872 to 1896; member of the State senate 1876-1878; elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1891); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Fifty-first Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; member of the State house of representatives 1896-1898; resumed his former agricultural and business pursuits; moved to Oklahoma and settled in Boswell, Choctaw County, in 1907 and engaged in the manufacture of lumber, agricultural pursuits, and stock raising; died in Paris, Lamar County, Tex., August 5, 1913; interment in Oakdale Cemetery, Mount Airy, N.C.

Babb, H. A. — of Hugo, Choctaw County, Okla. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1932. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

Brewer, O. A. — of Hugo, Choctaw County, Okla. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1944. Still living as of 1944.