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Cartwright, Wilburn, Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner (1955-1973); Oklahoma State Auditor (1951-1955); Oklahoma Secretary of State (1947-1951); Chairman of the Committee on Roads (1933-1943); Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma (192

 Person

Biographical:

Wilburn Cartwright was a lawyer, educator, politician, and United States Army officer in World War II. The town of Cartwright, Oklahoma is named after him. He self-styled himself "the most elected man in Oklahoma government" and served in elected office in both the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the Oklahoma Senate, as a school superintendent, United States House of Representatives member for Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district, Oklahoma Secretary of State, Oklahoma State Auditor, and on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (Wikipedia).

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Support Needed for McCurtain County Conservation Project, 1937-03-06

 Item — Box 15: Series CAC_CC_010_3_0000_0000_0000; Series CAC_CC_010_4_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 12
Identifier: CAC_CC_010_3_15_12_0007

The Power Dam Project: A Letter from Lambert's Pexall Store, 1935-01-15

 Item — Box 15: Series CAC_CC_010_3_0000_0000_0000; Series CAC_CC_010_4_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_010_3_15_9_0001

Update on Mountain Fork or Eagletown Reservoir Project, 1936-01-01 - 1936-12-31

 Item — Box 15: Series CAC_CC_010_3_0000_0000_0000; Series CAC_CC_010_4_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 10
Identifier: CAC_CC_010_3_15_10_0001

Update on Public Works Projects Along Red River and Arkansas River, 1935-01-09

 Item — Box 15: Series CAC_CC_010_3_0000_0000_0000; Series CAC_CC_010_4_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 6
Identifier: CAC_CC_010_3_15_6_0002

Update on Walnut Creek Project in Love County, Oklahoma, 1941-02-03

 Item — Box 15: Series CAC_CC_010_3_0000_0000_0000; Series CAC_CC_010_4_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 18
Identifier: CAC_CC_010_3_15_18_0007