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| In office March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1927 |
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| Born | May 6, 1862 Louisville, Kentucky |
| Died | January 25, 1929 (aged 66) near Accotink, Alabama |
| Political party | Democratic |
Oscar Wilder Underwood (May 6, 1862–January 25, 1929) was an American politician. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Francis Shelley White ( March 13 1847 &ndash August 1 1922) was a U Hugo LaFayette Black (February 27 1886&ndashSeptember 25 1971 was an American politician and jurist. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He served as a Representative from Alabama in the House of Representatives from 1895 to 1896 and from 1897 to 1915. Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. He was subsequently elected to the Senate and served there from March 4, 1915 to March 3, 1927, and did not run for reelection in 1926. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The US Senate election 1926 was an election for the United States Senate which occurred in the middle of Republican President Calvin Coolidge
Underwood was the first House minority whip from 1900 to 1901. A whip in the United States House of Representatives is a member of the party leadership who comes second in line after the party's Floor leader, which He was then House majority leader between 1911 and 1915. Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives are elected by their respective parties in a closed-door (private Caucus. Finally, he was Senate minority leader from 1920 to 1923. The Senate Majority and Minority Leaders (also called Senate Floor Leaders) are two United States Senators who are elected by the party conferences He was a candidate for the Democratic vice presidential nomination in 1912 and the Democratic presidential nomination in 1924. The United States presidential election of 1912 was fought among three major candidates two of whom had previously won election to the office The United States presidential election of 1924 was won by incumbent President Calvin Coolidge, the Republican candidate He was a "wet" (opponent of prohibition), and was the leader of the anti-Ku Klux Klan forces in the Democratic party in 1924. Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, also known as Noble Experiment, refers to a Sumptuary law which prohibits Alcohol Ku Klux Klan ( KKK) is the name of several past and present secret domestic terrorist organizations in the United States, generally in the southern states that are
Underwood was the grandson of Joseph R. Underwood. Joseph Rogers Underwood ( October 24, 1791 &ndash August 23, 1876) was a United States Representative and Senator
References
- Oscar Underwood at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Fleming, James S. The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a Biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress as "Oscar W. Underwood: The First Modern House
Leader, 1911—1915," in Raymond W Smock and Susan W Hammond, eds. Masters of the House: Congressional Leadership Over Two Centuries (1998) pp 91-118
- Evans C. Johnson. Oscar W. Underwood: A Political Biography (LSU Press, 1980).
| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by Louis Washington Turpin |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 8th congressional district March 4, 1895 – June 9, 1896 |
Succeeded by Truman Heminway Aldrich |
| Preceded by George Paul Harrison |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 9th congressional district March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1915 |
Succeeded by George Huddleston |
| United States Senate | ||
| Preceded by Francis S. White |
United States Senator (Class 3) from Alabama 1915 – 1927 Served alongside: John H. Bankhead, B. B. Comer, J. Thomas Heflin |
Succeeded by Hugo Black |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by None (new office) |
House Democratic Whip 1899 – 1901 |
Succeeded by James T. Lloyd |
| Preceded by Champ Clark |
House Democratic Leader 1911 – 1915 |
Succeeded by Claude Kitchin |
| Preceded by None (new office) |
Senate Democratic Leader 1920 – 1923 |
Succeeded by Joseph T. Robinson Arkansas |
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| NAME | Underwood, Oscar Wilder |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 1929 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Accotink, Alabama, United States |
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