Background
Jarman, John was born on July 17, 1915 in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, United States. Son of John H. and Lou Neal (Jones) Jarman.
Jarman, John was born on July 17, 1915 in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, United States. Son of John H. and Lou Neal (Jones) Jarman.
Student Westminster Presbyterian College, Fulton, Missouri, 1932-1934. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1937. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1941.
Jarman was admitted to the bar in 1941 and began his law practice in Oklahoma City. Jarman enlisted in the United States Army in January, 1942 (about a month after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor). He served in the Security Intelligence Corps during World World War II and was eventually discharged from military service in December, 1945.
Jarman was later elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives and then later the Oklahoma State Senate.
Jarman was elected to the United States. House of Representatives in 1950 as a Democrat. Jarman claimed that the Democratic Party Caucus had changed over the years and that certain elements of the Caucus "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."
Jarman declined to seek re-election to the House in 1976.
After leaving Congress, he decided to resume his practice of law in Oklahoma City, where he remained until his death there on January 15, 1982. Jarman was laid to rest at Rose Hill Burial Park.
He loved animals - especially small dogs, horseback riding, the rough wilderness of Wyoming, Oklahoma and Colorado.
After barely surviving a political challenge from Republican newcomer Mickey Edwards, on January 23, 1975, Jarman switched parties from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party in protest of the removals of Felix Edward Hébert, Wright Patman and William R. Poage from their committee chairmanships.
Member house of representatives Oklahoma State Legislature, 1947. Member 82d-91st Congresses, 5th District, Oklahoma. Served as private to master sergeant, Army of the United States, 1942-1945.
Married Ruth Virginia Bewley, February 25, 1942 (deceased. Married Marylin Grant, February 10, 1968. Children: Jay, Susan, Steve.