Background
Billups, Richard Alphonzo was born on April 24, 1878 in Jefferson, Carroll Company, Mississippi, United States. Son of William and Irene (Kimbrough) Billups.
Billups, Richard Alphonzo was born on April 24, 1878 in Jefferson, Carroll Company, Mississippi, United States. Son of William and Irene (Kimbrough) Billups.
Public school education. Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland University, Tennessee, 1899.
Elected probate judge, 1899, re-elected, 1901. Member Oklahoma Senate. Author of Billups prohibition enforcement law, that has made Oklahoma a prohibition state.
Secretary Democratic Committee, 1902, chairman Company Committee, 1904.
Member Democratic National Committee, 1904-1908.
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Member Oklahoma Senate. Member Democratic National Committee, 1904-1908.
Married Beatrice Tyler, of Duck Hill, Mississippi, March 30, 1902.