Mandell Matheson | |
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Member of the OklahomaHouseofRepresentatives from the 72nd district | |
In office 1972–1979 | |
Preceded by | John W. McCune |
Succeeded by | Don McCorkell |
Personal details | |
Born | Grady County | August 13,1938
Died | December 12,2011 73) Tulsa,Oklahoma | (aged
Political party | Democratic |
Mandell Matheson was an American journalist and politician who served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing the 72nd district between 1972 and 1978. He died December 12,2011.
Matheson was born on August 13,1938,in Grady County. He attended school near Tabler,Oklahoma until his family moved to Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City. He started working as a newspaper photographer while attending Capitol Hill High School,where he later graduated. [1]
Matheson worked as a journalist in Oklahoma City,Tulsa,and Indianapolis. He also served in the United States Marine Corps and worked for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. In 1969 he was the Tulsa Tribune’s capitol bureau. [1]
Matheson left journalism in 1970 to work for David Hall's gubernatorial campaign. [1]
Matheson was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1972 and would serve until 1978 when he did not seek re-election. [1]
He died in his home in Tulsa,Oklahoma on December 12,2011. [1]
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