Thomas Henry McLemore was an American politician who served as a Socialist member of the

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representing Beckham County between 1914 and 1916. He was one of the first third party candidates elected to the

alongside fellow Socialist Party Representatives David C. Kirkpatrick, N. D. Pritchett, Charles Henry Ingham, and Sydney W. Hill.

Political career

McLemore was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives as a Socialist in 1914. After McLemore lost re-election in 1916, he was the Socialist nominee for president of the Oklahoma Board of Agriculture in 1918. He later joined the Farmer-Labor Party and was their nominee for a

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in 1928. After switching to the Democratic Party, he ran for his old legislative seat in 1928, 1930, 1934, and 1938. He also ran an unsuccessful race for Congress in 1932 as an independent.

Later years and death

McLemore later wrote a book on the

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. He died in Beckham County in June 28, 1947 and is buried in Fairlawn Cemetery in Elk City.

References

20th-century American politicians 20th-century Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Oklahoma Democrats Oklahoma Independents Oklahoma Farmer–Laborites Socialist Party members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Year of birth missing 1947 deaths {{Oklahoma-politician-stub