- William K. Brewster
Infobox Congressman
name=Bill K. Brewster
state=Oklahoma
district= 3rd
party= Democratic
term= 1991–1997
preceded=Wes Watkins
succeeded=Wes Watkins
date of birth= birth date and age|1941|11|08
place of birth=Ardmore, Oklahoma
date of death=
place of death=
spouse=
religion =William K. ("Bill") Brewster is a Democratic
politician and a retired U.S. Congressman fromOklahoma .Early life and career
Brewster was born in
Ardmore, Oklahoma onNovember 8 ,1941 . He earned hisBachelor of Science degree fromSouthwestern Oklahoma State University inWeatherford, Oklahoma in 1968, where he was initiated intoTau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He was a member of theUnited States Army Reserves from 1966 to 1971. A licensedpharmacist , Brewster also engaged inranching andreal estate business es.Entry into politics
In 1983, Brewster was elected to a seat in the
Oklahoma House of Representatives . He was re-elected in 1984, and served until 1990, when he chose, instead, to run for an open seat to theU.S. House of Representatives (District 3 — then CongressmanWes Watkins had decided to retire from Congress and run forGovernor of Oklahoma ). Brewster won the heavily contested Democratic party nomination process and then was easily elected to Congress in November, 1990, in this heavily Democratic district (referred to as "Little Dixie," the seat had once been held for 30 years by former Democratic U.S. House SpeakerCarl Albert ).Retirement from Congress
Brewster was re-elected in 1992, and then again in 1994, but decided to retire from Congress in 1996. Brewster was mentioned as a possible Democratic candidate for governor in 1998, but declined to run for the nomination.
ee also
*
Politics of Oklahoma
*Oklahoma Democratic Party
*Oklahoma Congressional Districts
* Little Dixie
*Wes Watkins External links
*
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.