J. C. Graham

James Clinton Graham was an American politician and attorney who served as the 2nd President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate from 1909 to 1911.

Biography J. Clint Graham was born in 1870 in Springtown, Texas, to John Wesley Graham and Nancy Ann Doark. He attended College Hill Institute and graduated from the Cumberland School of Law in 1891. He later moved to Ardmore, Indian Territory, and was the first city attorney in 1898. He was also a member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention and two term mayor of Marietta, Oklahoma. In 1910, he presided over the dedication of the Love County Courthouse. During his tenure he authored Oklahoma's Jim Crow laws. He also served one term in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1921 to until his death representing Love County. His nephew, Clint Livingston, also served in the Oklahoma House.

He married Bonniebel O'Farrell on October 9, 1918.

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