Preceded by Ross Rizley Profession Lawyer Spouse(s) Myrna Kathryn Reams | Political party Democratic Succeeded by Page H. Belcher Name George Wilson | |
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Born August 21, 1905
Mattoon, Illinois ( 1905-08-21 ) Died July 16, 1985(1985-07-16) (aged 79)
Enid, Oklahoma | ||
George Howard Wilson (August 21, 1905 – July 16, 1985) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Contents
- Early life and education
- Military service
- Congressional election
- Legal and Judicial Career
- Personal life and Death
- References
Early life and education
Born in Mattoon, Illinois, Wilson moved with his parents in 1910 to Enid. There he attended Enid Public Schools. He graduated from Phillips University in 1926. He studied at the University of Michigan Law School in 1926 and 1927, and graduated from the law school of the University of Oklahoma in 1929. He was admitted to the bar in 1928 and joined his father's law practice in 1929 in Enid, Oklahoma.
Military service
During World War II, Wilson ranked as Colonel within the Judge Advocate General's Department of the United States Army, serving overseas in the South Atlantic Theater of Operations from 1942 to 1946.
Congressional election
Wilson was elected as a Democrat to the 81st Congress (January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951). During his term, Wilson was on the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and the Subcommittee on Public Health, Science, and Commerce. With his colleagues he was tasked with considering legislation for a national health program, and toured western Europe for investigation purposes. In 1950, he lost his election bid for the 82nd Congress.
Legal and Judicial Career
Wilson served as a deputy district court clerk of Garfield County, Oklahoma in 1928. From 1939-1942, he was the city attorney of Enid, Oklahoma. Wilson's judicial career included: Oklahoma Supreme Court justice from 1952 to 1968; Chief judge of State Administrative Zone No. 1 in 1967; district judge, 1969; and Chief judge, Division No. 1, Judicial District No. 4. Judge Wilson was also President of the Oklahoma Judicial Conference in 1968.
Wilson was also a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1934 to 1938. He also served as director of Oklahoma State Crime Bureau in 1951.
Personal life and Death
He had four children with wife Myrna Kathryn Reams, whom he married in 1929. He continued to reside in Enid, Oklahoma until his death on July 16, 1985, and was interred in Memorial Park Cemetery.