- John Conover Nichols
John Conover Nichols (
August 31 ,1896 -November 7 ,1945 ) was a U.S. Representative fromOklahoma .Born in
Joplin, Missouri , Nichols attended thepublic school s inJoplin, Missouri , andColorado Springs, Colorado , and the teachers college atEmporia, Kansas .He studied law in the office of his brother inEufaula, Oklahoma .He was admitted to thebar association in 1926 and commenced practice inEufaula, Oklahoma . DuringWorld War I he served in the 19th Infantry,United States Army from 1917 to 1919.Nichols was elected as a Democrat to the 74th Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from
January 3 ,1935 , until his resignation onJuly 3 ,1943 , to become vice president of Transcontinental & Western Airlines, in which capacity he served until his death in an airplane crash atAsmara ,Eritrea ,November 7 ,1945 .He was interred in the United States military cemetery in Asmara, Eritrea.He was reinterred in Greenwood Cemetery,Eufaula, Oklahoma .ource
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