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HARRIS, Fred Roy (1930-2024)

Democrat of Oklahoma

0th congressional district

Served in Senate 1965-1973

Total roll-call votes cast: 2,103

Biography

A Senator from Oklahoma; born in Walters, Cotton County, Okla., November 13, 1930; attended the public schools; graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1952 and from the law school in 1954; admitted to the bar in 1954 and began to practice law in Lawton, Okla.; member, State senate 1956-1964; unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate in 1962; elected in a special election on November 3,1964, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert S. Kerr for the term ending January 3, 1967; reelected in 1966 and served from November 4, 1964, to January 3, 1973; was not a candidate for reelection in 1972; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976; professor of political science, University of New Mexico; author; was a resident of Corrales, N.Mex., until his death on November 23, 2024.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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