John Jarman | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOklahoma's5th district | |
| In office January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1977 | |
| Preceded by | A. S. Mike Monroney |
| Succeeded by | Mickey Edwards |
| Member of theOklahoma Senate from the 14th district | |
| In office 1949-July 25, 1950 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Burns |
| Succeeded by | George Miskovsky |
| Member of theOklahoma House of Representatives from theOklahoma County district | |
| In office 1947-1948 | |
| Preceded by | Robert H. Sherman |
| Succeeded by | Robert H. Sherman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 17, 1915 |
| Died | January 15, 1982 (aged 66) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US |
| Party | Democratic (until 1975) Republican (1975–1982) |
| Spouse | Ruth Virginia Bewley |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Yale University Harvard Law School |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1942-1945 |
| Unit | Security Intelligence Corps |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
John Henry Jarman II (July 17, 1915 – January 15, 1982) was a member of theUS House of Representatives fromOklahoma for 26 years, from 1951 to 1977.
Jarman was born inSallisaw, Oklahoma, on July 17, 1915, and graduated fromYale University in 1937 and fromHarvard Law School in 1941. He was admitted to thebar in 1941 and began hislaw practice inOklahoma City.
Jarman enlisted in theUS Army in January 1942, about a month after theJapaneseattack on Pearl Harbor. He served in theSecurity Intelligence Corps duringWorld War II and was discharged from military service in December 1945.
He was married Ruth Virginia Bewley and had three children: John Henry Jarman III, Susan Jarman, and Steve Jarman.
Jarman was later elected to theOklahoma House of Representatives and later to theOklahoma State Senate. Jarman was elected to theUS House of Representatives in 1950 as aDemocrat.
Jarman did not sign the 1956Southern Manifesto and voted for theCivil Rights Act of 1960,[1] the24th Amendment to the US Constitution,[2] and theVoting Rights Act of 1965[3] but not theCivil Rights Acts of 1957,[4]1964,[5] and1968.[6]
Jarman was reelected 11 times without serious difficulty, even as the Oklahoma City area trended increasingly Republican at the local level. Although the district had supported a Democrat for president only once sinceHarry Truman, most local offices were still held by Democrats. By the 1970s, however, Republicans began making gains at the local level. For example, in 1974, Jarman was nearly defeated by aRepublican newcomer,Mickey Edwards, despite Republicans being severely punished that year for theWatergate scandal.
On January 24, 1975, Jarmanswitched parties and became a Republican in protest of the removals ofF. Edward Hébert,Wright Patman, andWilliam R. Poage from theircommittee chairmanships.[7] Jarman claimed that theHouse Democratic Caucus had changed over the years and had elements that "force their liberal views on this Congress and on this country by nullifying the seniority system and punishing those who do not adhere to the liberal party line as laid down by the caucus."[7]
He did not run for re-election in 1976. Edwards won the seat, and the district remained in Republican hands untilKendra Horn unseatedSteve Russell in the2018 midterm elections approximately 42 years later.
Jarman declined to seek re-election to the House in 1976.[8] After leaving Congress, he decided to resume his practice of law in Oklahoma City, until he died there on January 15, 1982.[9]
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