O. C. Fisher

Ovie Clark "O.C." Fisher
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 21st district
In office January 3, 1943 – December 31, 1974
Preceded by	Charles L. South
Succeeded by	Bob Krueger
District Attorney Texas 51st Judicial District
In office 1937–1943
Member Texas House of Representatives 53rd District
In office 1935–1937
County Attorney Tom Green County
In office 1931–1935
Personal details
Born	November 12, 1903(1903-11-12) Junction, Texas
Died	December 9, 1994(1994-12-09) (aged 91) Junction, Texas
Resting place	Junction Cemetery Junction, Texas
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Marian E. De Walsh
Children	Rhoda
Residence	San Angelo, Texas
Alma mater	University of Texas at Austin Baylor Law School
Profession	Attorney

Ovie Clark Fisher (November 22, 1903 – December 9, 1994) was an attorney and author who served his country for 32 years as United States Congressman from the 21st District of Texas.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Fraternal memberships 3 O.C. Fisher Reservoir 4 O.C. Fisher bibliography 5 References 6 Source

Biography

O.C. Fisher was born Ovie Clark Fisher in Junction, Kimble County, Texas to ^[1]Jobe Bazilee and Rhoda Catherine Clark Fisher. He married Marian E. De Walsh on September 11, 1927. A daughter named Rhoda was the couple's only child.

Fisher attended University of Texas at Austin, University of Colorado, and Baylor University^[2] where he received his LL.B. He was admitted to the bar in 1929. Fisher practiced law in San Angelo for two years^[3] and in 1931 was elected County Attorney in Tom Green County, Texas.

Clark Fisher served the 53rd District of Texas in the Texas House of Representatives^[4] 1935-1937. 1937-1943, Fisher was District Attorney for the ^[5]51st Judicial District of Texas.

In 1942, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives^[6] as a Democrat and served in the 78th United States Congress^[7] through the 93rd United States Congress. After heart surgery^[8] in 1973, Fisher announced that he would not be standing for re-election^[9] in 1974.

O.C. Fisher died^[10] December 9, 1994.

Baylor University is the repository for ^[11] the O.C. Fisher Papers.

Fraternal memberships

O.C. Fisher had membership^[12] in the following organizations:

• Freemasons
• Order of the Eastern Star
• Knights of Pythias
• Rotary International
• Acacia Fraternity

O.C. Fisher Reservoir

In 1975, San Angelo Lake, a reservoir managed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, was renamed O.C. Fisher Reservoir^[13] in his honor. San Angelo State Park^[14] is on the shores of the reservoir.

O.C. Fisher bibliography

• Fisher, O.C. (1937). It Occurred in Kimble The Story of a Texas County. Anson Jones Press. ASIN: B001KCW7DU. 
• Members of the Potomac Corral of the Westerners, (O.C. Fisher) (1960). Great Western Indian Fights. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0585325146. 
• Fisher, O.C. (1963). The Texas Heritage of the Fishers and the Clarks. Anson Jones Press. ASIN: B0007E8BS2. 
• Fisher, O.C.; Dykes, J.C. (1967). King Fisher: His Life and Times. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0806107111. 
• Fisher, O.C. (1978). Cactus Jack : A Biography of John Nance Garner. Texian Press. ISBN 978-0872440661. 
• Fisher, O.C. (1980). From New Deal to Watergate. Texian Press. ASIN: B0006XMO1O. 
• Fisher, O.C. (1980). Political Miscellany. Texian Press. ASIN: B0006E26IO. 
• Fisher, O.C.; Pope, Jack; Anderson, Gertrude; Gillman, Geneva (1988). John Berry and His Children. Jack Pope. ISBN 978-0962105302. 
• O.C., Fisher (1985). The Speaker of Nubbin Ridge: The Story of the Modern Angora Goat. Talley Press. ASIN: B000712VUO. 

References

Source

• O. C. Fisher at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Persondata
Name	Fisher, O. C.
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	12 November 1903
Place of birth	Junction, Texas
Date of death	9 December 1994
Place of death	Junction, Texas