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  Disney, Wesley E.
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NameWesley E. Disney
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Tulsa, Oklahoma , United States
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Born October 31, 1883
DiedMarch 26, 1961 (77 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Dec 17, 2014 11:31pm
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InfoDISNEY, Wesley Ernest, a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Richland, Shawnee County, Kans., October 31, 1883; attended the public schools of Kansas and was graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1906; was admitted to the Kansas bar in 1906, the Oklahoma bar in 1908, and began practice in Muskogee, Okla., in 1908; county attorney of Muskogee County, Okla., 1911-1915; member of the State house of representatives 1919-1924; chairman of the board of managers in the impeachment trial of Gov. John C. Walton in 1923; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1945); was not a candidate for renomination in 1944, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator; engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C., and Tulsa, Okla., until his death in Washington, D.C., March 26, 1961; interment in Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Okla.


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Son Wesley V. Disney 1919-1989

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  07/11/1944 OK US Senate - D Primary Lost 27.26% (-9.05%)
  11/03/1942 OK District 01 Won 54.18% (+9.76%)
  11/05/1940 OK District 01 Won 62.19% (+24.81%)
  07/09/1940 OK District 1 - D Primary Won 76.59% (+53.18%)
  11/08/1938 OK District 01 Won 63.20% (+26.88%)
  07/12/1938 OK District 1 - D Primary Won 75.20% (+50.40%)
  11/03/1936 OK District 01 Won 57.70% (+15.83%)
  07/07/1936 OK District 1 - D Primary Won 60.63% (+46.97%)
  11/06/1934 OK District 01 Won 60.12% (+21.89%)
  07/03/1934 OK District 1 - D Primary Won 63.81% (+53.69%)
  11/08/1932 OK District 01 Won 63.27% (+27.00%)
  07/05/1932 OK District 1 - D Primary Won 60.31% (+45.79%)
  11/04/1930 OK District 01 Won 50.16% (+0.31%)
  08/12/1930 OK District 1 - D Runoff Won 56.46% (+12.92%)
  07/29/1930 OK District 1 - D Primary Won 45.20% (+17.49%)
  08/03/1926 OK District 1 - D Primary Lost 27.49% (-27.36%)
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