Everette Burgess Howard (September 19, 1873 – April 3, 1950) was an American politician and a

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Biography

Born in

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, Howard was the son of Addison A. and Addie P. Harreld Howard. He attended the public schools, and learned the art of printing and engaged in newspaper work in

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, and

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. He married Hollis Hope in Missouri on December 4, 1895, and they had one son, Paxton.

Career

Howard moved to

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, in 1905 and engaged in the manufacture of brick and in the production of oil and gas. He served as a member of the State board of public affairs from 1911 to 1915, and as State auditor of Oklahoma from 1915 to 1919. Elected as a

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to the Sixty-sixth Congress, as a Representative from Oklahoma, serving from March 4, 1919, to March 3, 1921. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress, he was elected to the Sixty-eighth Congress. and served from March 4, 1923, to March 3, 1925. Not a candidate for renomination in 1924, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for

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. He was then elected to the Seventieth Congress as Representative and served from March 4, 1927, to March 3, 1929. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress. Returning to his private business, Howard engaged in the production of oil and gas in Oklahoma and Texas.

Death

Howard died in

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, on April 3, 1950. He is

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at Memorial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

References

External links

Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Howard, Everette
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Everette Burgess 1873 births 1950 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma People from Morgantown, Kentucky 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives