Daniel David Draper Jr. (April 12, 1940 – November 18, 2004) was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

. He served as a member of the

Oklahoma House of Representatives The Oklahoma House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Its members introduce and vote on bills and resolutions, provide legislative oversight for state agencies, and help to craft the state's b ...

from 1971 until 1983, and served as the 32nd

Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives The Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives is the speaker (politics), presiding officer of the lower house of the Oklahoma Legislature, the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The speaker exercises administrative and procedural functions ...

, beginning in 1979 until his conviction of a felony in the 1980s.

Background

Born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, he received his bachelor's degree in accounting from

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. He then went to

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and later received his law degree from Washington University School of Law. He was the Stillwater, Oklahoma, city attorney and taught business law at Oklahoma State University. He died in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Political career

Draper was first elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1971.Historic Members

Oklahoma House of Representatives
(accessed June 15, 2013) In 1978, Draper was presiding in the chair during the final day of session when there was a dispute over adjournment.A Century to Remember
, Okhouse.gov, p. 73. (accessed July 8, 2013) He was first elected speaker in 1979. The speaker's race was competitive, with five vying for the seat, and he won the race with the support of a group of conservative, rural Democrats led by Vernon Dunn and a group of progressive Democrats led by Cleta Deatherage and Jim Fried. Draper was convicted of a felony, forcing him out of office, and was succeeded by Jim Barker. The felony charge of voter tampering was eventually overturned by a federal judge.Morgan, David R
Oklahoma Politics and Policies
University of Nebraska Press, 1991. (accessed via Google Books on June 20, 2013)

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Historic members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
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Political career

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