Paul Nesbitt

Paul Nesbitt (April 3, 1872 – July 22, 1950) was an American politician, who served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. He also served as a secretary for Governor Charles N. Haskell and as a Cabinet member for Governor John C. Walton. Educated at Chicago Medical College, he was a doctor and newspaperman before his entry into Oklahoma politics.

Nesbitt died July 22, 1950, in Talihina, Oklahoma.

Early life Nesbitt was born April 3, 1872, at Milford, Iowa, the son of James and Evaline Nesbitt. His father was a first lieutenant in the United States Army and his grandfather was an Irish immigrant who served under George Washington in the American Revolutionary War. He abandoned his practice in 1904 and went to St. Louis, Missouri, to apprentice as a cub reporter and later worked for the Joplin Globe. and helped carry the state seal from Guthrie, Oklahoma, to Oklahoma City in 1910.

He supported John C. Walton for governor and served as a Cabinet member under Walton.

Death Nesbitt died July 22, 1950, in Talihina, Oklahoma, of a cerebral hemorrhage.