Nationality American Occupation Attorney | Organization Democrat Party Name Oscar Gillespie | |
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Born 20 June 1858 ( 1858-06-20 ) Near Quitman, Mississippi, USA Died 23 August 1927(1927-08-23) (aged 69)
Fort Worth, Texas Resting place Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Texas Alma mater Mansfield College, Texas | ||
Oscar William Gillespie (20 June 1858 – 23 August 1927) was a U.S. Representative for the state of Texas.
Born near Quitman, Mississippi, Gillespie attended private schools and graduated from Mansfield College, Texas, in 1885. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced his law practice in Fort Worth, Texas. He was assistant attorney of Tarrant County from 1886 to 1888. He then served as prosecuting attorney of Tarrant County from 1890 to 1894.
Gillespie was elected as a Democrat from the Fifty-eighth District of Texas, and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from 4 March 1903 until 4 March 1911. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910.
He resumed the practice of law in Fort Worth, where he died 23 August 1927. He is interred in Mansfield Cemetery in Mansfield, Texas.