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Politicians in the Oil and Gas Business in Nebraska

Elmer Jacob Burkett (1867-1935) — also known as Elmer J. Burkett — of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb. Born near Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa, December 1, 1867. Republican. School principal; lawyer; member of Nebraska state house of representatives, 1897-98; U.S. Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1899-1905; U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1905-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1908; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1916; director, First National Bank; director, State Oil Company. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Woodmen. Died in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb., May 23, 1935 (age 67 years, 173 days). Interment at Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.   Relatives: Son of Henry W. Burkett and Catherine (Kearney) Burkett; married, September 1, 1891, to Fannie Fern Wright.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Roy Chamberlain (1905-1979) — of Lusk, Niobrara County, Wyo. Born in Brownville, Nemaha County, Neb., June 4, 1905. Republican. Hotel owner; oil business; member of Wyoming state senate, 1943-53. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Lions. Died, of cancer, in Niobrara County Memorial Hospital, Lusk, Niobrara County, Wyo., September 19, 1979 (age 74 years, 107 days). Interment at Lusk Cemetery, Lusk, Wyo.   Relatives: Married to Gertrude Ord.   Cecil Morgan (1898-1999) — of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Nebraska, August 20, 1898. Lawyer; member of Louisiana state legislature, 1927-34; leader of a group of state legislators who impeached Gov. Huey P. Long in 1929; counsel and executive for Standard Oil Company; dean, Tulane University Law School, 1963-68. Member, American Legion. He was the last surviving legislator to have served in the old Louisiana state capitol. Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., June 14, 1999 (age 100 years, 298 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.   Relatives: Son of Howell Morgan and Thisba Ann (Hutson) Morgan; married to Margaret Geddes; third great-grandson of Richard Howell.   Political family: Davis-Howell-Morgan-Agnew family of New Orleans and Shreveport, Louisiana (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).

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