Claude Weaver (March 19, 1867 – May 19, 1954) was an American politician, judge, and

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Biography

Born in

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, Weaver was the son of W. T. G. and Nancy Wilkin Fletcher Weaver, and attended the public schools. He graduated from the law department of the

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in 1887 and was admitted to the bar the same year. He married Leila Ada Reinhardt, and they had five children: Floy, Amelia, Barbara, Lucy, and Claude Jr.

Career

Weaver practiced in

, from 1887 to 1895, serving as assistant prosecuting attorney of

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, in 1892. He moved to Pauls Valley, Indian Territory, in 1895 and resumed the practice of law. In 1910, he moved to

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, once again resuming his practice. There he served as member of Oklahoma City Board of Freeholders in 1910. Elected as a

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to the Sixty-third Congress, Weaver served from March 4, 1913, to March 3, 1915. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1914 and for election to fill a vacancy in the Sixty-sixth Congress in 1919. He became Postmaster of

from 1915 to 1923. Weaver served as acting county attorney of Oklahoma County in 1926. He was legal adviser and secretary to the Governor, William H. Murray from 1931 to 1934, and district judge of thirteenth Oklahoma district in 1934 and 1935.

Death

Weaver died in

, on May 19, 1954, at the age of 87 years, 62 days. He is

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at Fairlawn Cemetery in Oklahoma City.

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weaver, Claude 1867 births 1954 deaths County judges in Oklahoma People from Gainesville, Texas Politicians from Oklahoma City Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma University of Texas at Austin alumni Oklahoma City city council members 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives