Oscar Callaway
Francis Oscar Callaway ( born October 2, 1872 in Harmony, Rusk County, Texas, † January 31, 1947 in Comanche, Texas ) was an American politician. Between 1911 and 1917 he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Career
Even in childhood was Oscar Callaway 1876 with his parents in the Comanche County, where he later attended the public schools. In 1894 he graduated from Comanche High School. He then worked 1894-1897 as a teacher. This was followed up in 1899 to study at the University of Texas at Austin. After a subsequent law degree from the same university and its made in 1900 admitted to the bar he began in Comanche to work in this profession. In the years 1900 to 1902 he was a prosecutor in Comanche County. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1896 and 1926 he was a delegate at numerous regional party days of the Democrats in Texas.
In the congressional elections of 1910, Callaway was the twelfth electoral district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Oscar W. Gillespie on March 4, 1911. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1917 three legislative periods. In the years 1912 and 1913 he was a member of the Committee to control expenditure of the Treasury. In the following two legislative sessions, he was a member of the Control Committee of the Ministry of Interior or Ministry of the Marine. In 1916, he attracted national attention when he spoke out against the construction of battleships. Given the broken out in Europe, World War I, the United States adopted a defensive concept, the Callaway resisted. This resistance was the main reason for his party, it is no longer set up in 1916 for re-election.
After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Oscar Callaway returned to his ranch in Texas, which he had acquired in the meantime. There he ran, among other livestock. At the same time he also practiced law. He died on 31 January 1947 in Comanche, where he was also buried.