Terms of Service

• House, 45th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/12/1937 - 6/25/1937
  Democrat
  

(1) Preston L. Anderson, sworn 9/27/1937, succeeded Oscar A. McCracken, Jr., who did not attend 1st Called Session and resigned after it. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. O.A. McCracken, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Oscar Augustus McCracken, Jr., birth date 3/24/1903 in Floresville; death date 12/16/1958 in Houston, Harris County; attorney, oil. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• Oscar A. McCracken, Jr., birth date 3/24/1903, death date 12/16/1958, burial in Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, with spouse Ann E. McCracken. Includes photo of "McCracken First Master Councilor" from the San Antonio Evening News, 12/6/1922; and obituary from the Austin American-Statesman, 12/17/1958. Find a Grave .
• Obituary and photo, Oscar A. McCracken, Jr., "Sinclair Oil Gulf Division Attorney Dies," 12/17/1958, sec. D, p. 18. Houston Chronicle .
• Obituary, "Sinclair Official Dies in Houston," The Ennis Daily News, 12/17/1958, p. 1, crediting the Ennis Public Library. Oscar McCracken "practiced law in San Antonio until 1936 when he was elected to the Texas legislature." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
• Memorial, March 1959, p. 157. Texas Bar Journal .
• 45th Legislature (1937) - O.A. McCracken, Jr., postoffice San Antonio, Bexar County, nativity Texas, attorney (no age listed). Texas Legislative Manual .

Committee Information

• 45th R.S. - 1937
• Judiciary  
• Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
• Public Printing  
• Revenue and Taxation