Oscar W. Gillespie
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Oscar William Gillespie (20 June 1858-23 August 1927) was a U.S. House Representative
for the state of Texas
.
Born near Quitman, Mississippi
, Gillespie attended private schools and was 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
to the Fifty-eighth District of Texas, and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from 4 March 1903 until 3 March 1911. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910.
He resumed the practice of law in Fort Worth, Texas
, where he died 23 August 1927. He is interred in Mansfield Cemetery in Mansfield, Texas.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
for the state of Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
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Born near Quitman, Mississippi
Quitman, Mississippi
Quitman is a city in Clarke County, Mississippi, USA, along the Chickasawhay River. The population was 2,463 at the 2000 census. The county seat of Clarke County, it is the hometown of San Antonio Spurs power forward Antonio McDyess and the birthplace of writer Wyatt Emory Cooper.-Geography:Quitman...
, Gillespie attended private schools and was 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
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
. 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
Democratic Party (United States)
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to the Fifty-eighth District of Texas, and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from 4 March 1903 until 3 March 1911. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910.
He resumed the practice of law in Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
, where he died 23 August 1927. He is interred in Mansfield Cemetery in Mansfield, Texas.