William G. Stigler

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William Grady Stigler (July 7, 1891 - August 21, 1952) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.

Born in Stigler, Haskell County, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), Stigler attended the public schools. He was graduated from Northeastern State College, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, in 1912. He attended the law school of the University of Oklahoma at Norman. During the World War I served as a Second Lieutenant in the Three Hundred and Fifty-seventh Infantry of the Ninetieth Division in 1918 and 1919, with overseas service. He attended the University of Grenoble, France, in 1919. He was admitted to the Oklahoma bar association in 1920 and commenced practice in Stigler, Oklahoma. City attorney of Stigler, Oklahoma from 1920 to 1924. He served in the Oklahoma State Senate 1924-1932, serving as president pro tempore in 1931. He served as Lieutenant Colonel in the Forty-fifth Division of the Oklahoma National Guard 1925-1938.

Stigler was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jack Nichols. He was reelected to the Seventy-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 28, 1944, until his death in Stigler, Oklahoma, August 21, 1952. He was interred in Stigler Cemetery.

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