George B. Schwabe

George Blaine Schwabe (July 26, 1886 – April 2, 1952) was an American politician and a Republican U.S. congressman from Oklahoma.

Biography Schwabe was born in Arthur in Vernon County son of George Washington Schwabe and Emily Ellen (Mose) Schwabe. He attended public schools in his hometown. In 1910, he graduated from the law department at the University of Missouri. He was admitted to the bar the same year and began to practice law in Columbia, Missouri.

Career In 1911, Schwabe moved to Nowata, Oklahoma, and began to practice law there. He successfully ran for mayor of Nowata and served in that capacity during 1913 and 1914. On June 10, 1914, he married Jeannette Eadie Simpson and they had five children. After Jeannette died in 1939, he married Barbara Yirsa McFarland on July 23, 1943.

He began his service in state government in 1918 when he represented Nowata County, Oklahoma, in the State House of Representatives. He served as House Speaker in 1921 and 1922.

Death On April 2, 1952, while still in office, Schwabe died of a heart attack at age 65 years, 251 days, in Alexandria, Virginia. He is interred at Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Oklahoma.