Victor Eugene Wickersham
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOklahoma
In office January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1965
Preceded by	Toby Morris
Succeeded by	Jed Johnson, Jr.
Constituency	6th district
In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1957
Preceded by	Preston E. Peden
Succeeded by	Toby Morris
Constituency	7th district (1949–1953) 6th district (1953–1957)
In office April 1, 1941 – January 3, 1947
Preceded by	Sam C. Massingale
Succeeded by	Preston E. Peden
Constituency	7th district
Member of theOklahoma House of Representatives
In office January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1979
In office February 9, 1988 – March 15, 1988
Personal details
Born	February 9, 1906 (1906-02-09) Lone Rock, Arkansas, United States
Died	March 15, 1988 (1988-03-16) (aged 82) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Jessie Blaine Stiles Wickersham Lorene Dennis Wickersham
Children	4
Profession	court clerk, building contractor, real estate agent, insurance agent, investment broker, politician

Victor Eugene Wickersham (February 9, 1906 – March 15, 1988) was an American politician and aU.S. Representative fromOklahoma.

Born on a farm nearLone Rock, Arkansas, Wickersham was the son of Frank Morrell and Lillie Mae Sword Wickersham. He moved toMangum, Oklahoma, with his parents in 1915 and was educated in thepublic schools of Oklahoma.^{[citation needed]}

Employed in the office of the county clerk ofGreer County, Oklahoma from 1924 to 1926, Wickersham was appointed ascourt clerk of Greer County from 1926 to 1935. On June 30, 1929, he married Jessie Blaine Stiles of Mangum. As the county clerk, he issued his own marriage license. Four children were born to the marriage, LaMelba, Nelda, Galen, and Victor Wickersham II.^[1]

Wickersham served as chief clerk of the board of affairs of the State of Oklahoma in 1935 and 1936. He engaged as a building contractor inOklahoma City in 1937 and 1938 and in the life insurance business 1938–1941. Wickersham also worked as a real estate, insurance, and investment broker.^[2]

Wickersham was elected as aDemocrat to the77th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofSam C. Massingale. He was reelected to the78th and79th Congresses and served from April 1, 1941, to January 3, 1947. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946, but was reelected to the81st and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1957). He was not renominated in 1956 and 1958. He succeeded in his election to the87th and to the88th Congresses (January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1965).^[3] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1964 to the89th Congress.

Wickersham did not sign the 1956Southern Manifesto, and voted forthe Twenty-Fourth Amendment (abolishingthe poll tax) in 1962, but voted against theCivil Rights Act of 1964.^[4]

In 1984 Wickersham's wife, Jessie, died. He married Lorene Dennis in 1986. He served as member of theOklahoma House of Representatives from January 3, 1971 to January 3, 1979, and again from February 9, 1988, until his death.^[5] He was the oldest state legislator in office in 1988 at the age of 82.^[5]

Wickersham died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, on March 15, 1988 (age 82 years, 35 days). He isinterred at Riverside Cemetery, Mangum, Oklahoma.^[6]

• United States Congress."Victor Wickersham (id: W000439)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Victor E. Wickersham Collection andPhotograph Series at theCarl Albert Center
• Victor Wickersham atFind a Grave

• 1906 births
• 1988 deaths
• People from Baxter County, Arkansas
• People from Greer County, Oklahoma
• Democratic Party members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
• Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma
• People from Mangum, Oklahoma
• 20th-century members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
• 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives

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