Background
HASTINGS, William Wirt was born on December 31, 1866 in Indiana. Son of (of Cherokee parentage) Yell and Louisa J. Hastings.
HASTINGS, William Wirt was born on December 31, 1866 in Indiana. Son of (of Cherokee parentage) Yell and Louisa J. Hastings.
Graduate from Cherokee Male Seminary, 1884. Bachelor of Laws, Vanderbilt University, 1889.
Attorney General for Cherokee Nation, 1891-1895, and has represented same in winding up of tribal affairs at Washington, District of Columbia, since 1890. National Attorney for Cherokee Tribe, 1907-1914. Delegate, at large to Democrat National Convention at Baltimore, 1912.
Elected to 64-71 Congresses, from Second Oklahoma, Die., Democrat.
Member 64th to 66th Congresses (1915-1921), and 68th to 73d Congresses (1923-1935), 2d Oklahoma District.
Married Lulu Starr, of Cherokee Nation, December 9, 1896.