William K. Brewster

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William K. ("Bill") Brewster is a Democrat politician and a retired U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma.

Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Entry into politics 3 Retirement from Congress 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Early life and career

Brewster was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma on November 8, 1941. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma in 1968. He was a member of the United States Army Reserves from 1966 to 1971. A licensed pharmacist, Brewster also engaged in ranching and real estate businesses.

[edit] Entry into politics

In 1983, Brewster was elected to a seat in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. He was re-elected in 1984, and served until 1990, when he chose, instead, to run for an open seat to the U.S. House of Representatives (District 3--then Congressman Wes Watkins had decided to retire from Congress and run for Governor of Oklahoma). Brewster won the heavily contested Democratic party nomination process and then was easily elected to Congress in November, 1990, in this heavily Democratic district (referred to as "Little Dixie," the seat had once been held for 30 years by former Democratic U.S. House Speaker Carl Albert).

[edit] Retirement from Congress

Brewster was re-elected in 1992, and then again in 1994, but decided to retire from Congress in 1996. Brewster was mentioned as a possible Democratic candidate for governor in 1998, but declined to see the nomination.

[edit] See also

• Politics of Oklahoma
• Oklahoma Democratic Party
• Oklahoma Congressional Districts
• Little Dixie
• Wes Watkins

[edit] External links

• Bill Brewster at Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress