Victor Wickersham

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Victor Eugene Wickersham (February 9, 1906 - March 15, 1988) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.

Born on a farm near Lone Rock, Arkansas, Wickersham moved to Mangum, Oklahoma, with his parents in 1915. He was educated in the public schools of Oklahoma. He was employed in the office of the county clerk of Greer County, Oklahoma from 1924 to 1926.

He then served as court clerk of Greer County from 1926 until 1935.

He served as chief clerk of the board of affairs of the State of Oklahoma in 1935 and 1936. He engaged as a building contractor in Oklahoma City in 1937 and 1938 and in the life insurance business 1938-1941.

Wickersham was elected as a Democrat to the 77th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sam C. Massingale. He was reelected to the 78th and 79th Congresses and served from April 1, 1941, to January 3, 1947. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946.

Wickersham was elected to the 81st and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1957). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1956 and for the Democratic nomination in 1958.

Wickersham was elected to the 87th and to the 88th Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1965). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1964 to the 89th Congress. Real estate, insurance, and investment broker. He served as member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, January 3, 1971-January 3, 1979, and again from February 9, 1988, until his death in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on March 15, 1988. He was a resident of Mangum, Oklahoma.

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• Victor Wickersham at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Victor Wickersham at Find A Grave