Paul Nesbitt

April 3, 1872 (age 78)

He also served as a secretary for Governor Charles North. Haskell and as a Cabinet member for Governor John C. Walton. Educated at Chicago Medical College, he was a doctor and newspaperman before his entry into Oklahoma politics. Nesbitt died July 22, 1950, in Talihina, Oklahoma. Growing up in Nebraska, he was educated at Chicago Medical College and practiced medicine in Vinton, Iowa, El Dorado Springs, Missouri, and finally in Watonga, a town in Oklahoma Territory, in 1899. Nesbitt briefly owned the Watonga Herald. He abandoned his practice in 1904 and went to Saint Louis, Missouri, to apprentice as a cub reporter and later worked for the Joplin Globe. In 1906, he returned to Oklahoma to direct the publicity campaign for the Democratic candidates wanting to serve as delegates to the Oklahoma constitutional convention. He did not support the nomination of Charles North. Haskell in the Democratic primary, but ended up serving as secretary for Oklahoma"s first governor. and helped carry the state seal from Guthrie, Oklahoma, to Oklahoma City in 1910. Nesbitt represented Pittsburg County in the Oklahoma Legislature during the sessions of the 5th, 6th, and 7th Oklahoma Legislature legislatures. He supported John C. Walton for governor and served as a Cabinet member under Walton. Nesbitt died July 22, 1950, in Talihina, Oklahoma, of a cerebral hemorrhage.

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Nesbitt was born April 3, 1872, at Milford, Iowa, the son of James and Evaline Nesbitt.

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He also served as a secretary for Governor Charles North. Haskell and as a Cabinet member for Governor John C. Walton. Educated at Chicago Medical College, he was a doctor and newspaperman before his entry into Oklahoma politics. Nesbitt died July 22, 1950, in Talihina, Oklahoma.

Growing up in Nebraska, he was educated at Chicago Medical College and practiced medicine in Vinton, Iowa, El Dorado Springs, Missouri, and finally in Watonga, a town in Oklahoma Territory, in 1899.

Nesbitt briefly owned the Watonga Herald. He abandoned his practice in 1904 and went to Saint Louis, Missouri, to apprentice as a cub reporter and later worked for the Joplin Globe.

In 1906, he returned to Oklahoma to direct the publicity campaign for the Democratic candidates wanting to serve as delegates to the Oklahoma constitutional convention. He did not support the nomination of Charles North. Haskell in the Democratic primary, but ended up serving as secretary for Oklahoma"s first governor. and helped carry the state seal from Guthrie, Oklahoma, to Oklahoma City in 1910.

Nesbitt represented Pittsburg County in the Oklahoma Legislature during the sessions of the 5th, 6th, and 7th Oklahoma Legislature legislatures.

He supported John C. Walton for governor and served as a Cabinet member under Walton. Nesbitt died July 22, 1950, in Talihina, Oklahoma, of a cerebral hemorrhage.

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