Disney, Wesley Ernest, U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 1st district (1931-1945); Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1919-1924), 1883-1961

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Biographical:

Wesley Ernest Disney, seven-term congressman from Oklahoma's First District, played a long and important role in Oklahoma politics. Reared and educated in Kansas, where he was born on October 31, 1883, Disney was admitted to the bar, and moved to Muskogee, Oklahoma, in 1908. While in Muskogee, Disney began his political career by becoming county attorney, and then went on to become a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. While in the State House (1919-1924) Disney, a Democrat, voted in favor of the 18th and 19th amendments and numerous progressive labor laws. He also assumed a leadership role in the impeachment proceedings against then Governor John C. "Jack" Walton. On the merit of his accomplishments he ran a successful campaign for the U.S. House in 1930. He remained in the House until 1944, at which time he commenced a long anticipated run for the Senate against incumbent Elmer Thomas. Disney, by this time an anti-New Deal Democrat, took on the Roosevelt-supporting Thomas, claiming that Thomas was backed by the "CIO goon squads." Disney lost in the primary and lived out his professional life as a lawyer in Washington, D.C. He died in 1961.

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Osage Tribe Seeks Full Payment Under 1868 Treaty, 1935-01-01 - 1939-12-31

Item — Box 5: Series CAC_CC_047_1_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 46

Identifier: CAC_CC_047_1_5_46_0011

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74th (1935-1937); 75th (1937-1939); 76th (1939-1941)

Dates: 1935-01-01 - 1939-12-31

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / George B. Schwabe Collection / 79th Congress / Indian Affairs, 1935-1939

Pawnee Tribe's Request for Congressional Bills 1932, 1935-01-01 - 1939-12-31

Item — Box 5: Series CAC_CC_047_1_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 49

Identifier: CAC_CC_047_1_5_49_0009

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74th (1935-1937); 75th (1937-1939); 76th (1939-1941)

Dates: 1935-01-01 - 1939-12-31

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / George B. Schwabe Collection / 79th Congress / Indian Affairs, 1921-1938

Proposed Amendments to Osage Civilization Bill: Ensuring Fair Treatment and Protection, 1935-01-01 - 1939-12-31

Item — Box 5: Series CAC_CC_047_1_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 44

Identifier: CAC_CC_047_1_5_44_0005

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74th (1935-1937); 75th (1937-1939); 76th (1939-1941)

Dates: 1935-01-01 - 1939-12-31

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / George B. Schwabe Collection / 79th Congress / Indian Affairs, 1935-1939

Request for Amendment to H. R. 1958: Letter to Honorable Will Rogers, Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, 1939-04-15 - 1939-04-15

Item — Box 5: Series CAC_CC_047_1_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 46

Identifier: CAC_CC_047_1_5_46_0008

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76th (1939-1941)

Dates: 1939-04-15 - 1939-04-15

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / George B. Schwabe Collection / 79th Congress / Indian Affairs, 1935-1939

Request for Assistance with Osage Civilization Fund Bill, 1935-01-01 - 1939-12-31

Item — Box 5: Series CAC_CC_047_1_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 46

Identifier: CAC_CC_047_1_5_46_0018

Abstract

74th (1935-1937); 75th (1937-1939); 76th (1939-1941)

Dates: 1935-01-01 - 1939-12-31

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / George B. Schwabe Collection / 79th Congress / Indian Affairs, 1935-1939

Request for Consideration of Osage Civilization Fund Bill by Committee on Indian Affairs, 1939-04-12 - 1939-04-12

Item — Box 5: Series CAC_CC_047_1_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 46

Identifier: CAC_CC_047_1_5_46_0010

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76th (1939-1941)

Dates: 1939-04-12 - 1939-04-12

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / George B. Schwabe Collection / 79th Congress / Indian Affairs, 1935-1939

Request for Departmental Report on H.R. 4080 for Osage Indian Land Payment, 1939-02-17 - 1939-02-17

Item — Box 5: Series CAC_CC_047_1_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 42

Identifier: CAC_CC_047_1_5_42_0004

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75th (1937-1939)

Dates: 1939-02-17 - 1939-02-17

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / George B. Schwabe Collection / 79th Congress / Indian Affairs, 1935-1939

Request for Report on H.R. 3611, 1937-02-08 - 1937-02-08

Item — Box 5: Series CAC_CC_047_1_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 46

Identifier: CAC_CC_047_1_5_46_0001

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75th (1937-1939)

Dates: 1937-02-08 - 1937-02-08

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / George B. Schwabe Collection / 79th Congress / Indian Affairs, 1935-1939

Request for Support: Osage Civilization Fund Bill, 1937-02-17 - 1937-02-17

Item — Box 5: Series CAC_CC_047_1_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 45

Identifier: CAC_CC_047_1_5_45_0006

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75th (1937-1939)

Dates: 1937-02-17 - 1937-02-17

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / George B. Schwabe Collection / 79th Congress / Indian Affairs, 1935-1939

Suggestions for Revisions to Report on Osage Civilization Bill, 1937-04-12 - 1937-04-12

Item — Box 5: Series CAC_CC_047_1_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 46

Identifier: CAC_CC_047_1_5_46_0017

Abstract

75th (1937-1939)

Dates: 1937-04-12 - 1937-04-12

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / George B. Schwabe Collection / 79th Congress / Indian Affairs, 1935-1939

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