Lance Cargill

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Lance Cargill
Lance Cargill
Oklahoma State Representative
In office
2000 – Present
Preceded by	Mark Siekel
Born	1971 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Residence	Harrah, Oklahoma
Constituency	96th House District
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Amber
Children	Jackson, Henry
Website: http://www.okhouse.gov/Committees/Member.aspx?MemberID=9

Lance Cargill (born 1971) is an American lawyer and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Cargill is currently elected as the Majority Party's designate to serve as the Speaker of the Oklahoma House.

[edit] Biography

Cargill was born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma where he attended Harrah Public Schools. After graduating from high school, Cargill moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma where he attended Oklahoma State University–Stillwater. He graduated from OSU with a Bachelor of Science degree. He then attended the Vanderbilt University College of Law and earned a Juris Doctor.

Cargill was first elected to the Oklahoma House in 2000 and is currently serving his fourth term in that body. In December of 2006, Cargill was selected by his party to serve as the Speaker of the House. He will be formally elected on the Constitutionally mandated organizational day on January 2, 2007. At the time of his election, Cargill is the youngest Speaker of the House in the United States. He is also the first Oklahoma county Representative to serve as Speaker in many decades. Due to term limits placed on him by the Oklahoma Constitution, Cargill will be unable to seek reelection in 2012.

[edit] Committee Membership

As the Speaker of the House, Cargill is a voting member on all committees.

[edit] References

• House biography