O. C. Fisher

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Ovie Clark "O.C." Fisher
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Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 21st district
In office
January 3, 1943 – December 31, 1974
Preceded by Charles L. South
Succeeded by Bob Krueger
District attorney
Texas 51st Judicial District
In office
1937–1943
Member
Texas House of Representatives
53rd District
In office
1935–1937
County Attorney
Tom Green County
In office
1931–1935
Personal details
Born (1903-11-12)November 12, 1903
Junction, Texas
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Junction, Texas
Resting place Junction Cemetery
Junction, Texas
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Marian E. De Walsh
Children Rhoda
Residence San Angelo, Texas
Alma mater University of Texas at Austin Baylor Law School
Profession Attorney

Ovie Clark Fisher (November 22, 1903 – December 9, 1994) was an attorney and author who served for thirty-two years as United States Representative for Texas's 21st congressional district.

Biography

Fisher was born in Junction in Kimble County, Texas to[1] Jobe Bazilee and Rhoda Catherine Clark Fisher. He married Marian E. De Walsh on September 11, 1927. A daughter named Rhoda was the couple's only child.

Fisher attended University of Texas at Austin, University of Colorado at Boulder, and Baylor University at Waco, from which[2] where he received his LL.B. He was admitted to the bar in 1929. Fisher practiced law in San Angelo in West Texas for two years.[3] In 1931, he was elected county attorney for Tom Green County.

Fisher represented the 53rd District of Texas in the Texas House of Representatives[4] 1935–1937. 1937–1943, Fisher was District Attorney for the[5] 51st Judicial District of Texas.

In 1942, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives[6] as a Democrat and served in the 78th United States Congress[7] through the 93rd United States Congress. In 1972, the Reublican Doug Harlan held Fisher to 57 percent of the general election vote. Paul Burka of Texas Monthly said Harlan's race was "one of the first indications that the dominance of the rural conservative Democrats in Texas politics could not be sustained."[8]

After heart surgery[9] in 1973, Fisher announced that he would not be stand for re-election[10] in 1974. His party nominated Robert Krueger as his successor; Krueger then defeated Doug Harlan, who made his second and last race for Congress.

O.C. Fisher died[11] December 9, 1994.

Baylor University is the repository for[12] the O.C. Fisher Papers.

Fraternal memberships

O.C. Fisher had membership[13] in the following organizations:

O.C. Fisher Reservoir

In 1975, San Angelo Lake, a reservoir managed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, was renamed O.C. Fisher Reservoir[14] in his honor. San Angelo State Park[15] is on the shores of the reservoir.

O.C. Fisher bibliography

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References

  1. ↑ Leatherwood, Art: Ovie Clark Fisher from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved June 19, 2010. Texas State Historical Association
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Sources

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 21st congressional district
January 3, 1943 - December 31, 1974		 Succeeded by
Bob Krueger
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