Henry Elbert Stubbs (March 4, 1881 – February 28, 1937) was an American clergyman and politician who served two terms as a
U.S. Representative from
California from 1933 to 1937.
Biography
Born in Nampa,
Coleman County, Texas
Coleman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,684. The county seat is Coleman. The county was founded in 1858 and organized in 1864. It is named for Robert M. Coleman, a signer of ...
, Stubbs attended the
public schools in
Groesbeck, Texas, and
Phillips University in
Enid, Oklahoma
Enid ( ) is the ninth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the county seat of Garfield County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,308. Enid was founded during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in the Land Run of 1893, a ...
.
He was ordained a
minister of the
Christian Church in 1911, and served as pastor of the Christian Church in
Frederick, Oklahoma, from 1911 to 1914 and 1918–1921, and in
Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Kingfisher is a city in and the county seat of Kingfisher County, Oklahoma,. The population was 4,903 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the former home and namesake of Kingfisher College. According to the ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History ...
from 1914 to 1917.
He moved to California in 1921, and served as pastor of the Christian Church in
Tulare, California
Tulare ( ) is a city in Tulare County, California. The population was 68,875 at the 2020 census. It is located in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley, eight miles south of Visalia and sixty miles north of Bakersfield. The city is named for t ...
, from 1921 to 1923 and of the Santa Maria (California) Christian Church from 1923 until elected to Congress.
Congress
Stubbs was elected as a
Democrat to the
73rd,
74th, and
75th Congresses, and served from March 4, 1933, until his death in
Washington, DC, February 28, 1937.
He was interred in Santa Maria Cemetery,
Santa Maria, California.
See also
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List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
External links
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References
1881 births
1937 deaths
People from Coleman County, Texas
People from Groesbeck, Texas
People from Frederick, Oklahoma
People from Kingfisher, Oklahoma
People from Tulare, California
People from Santa Maria, California
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California
Phillips University alumni
20th-century American politicians
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