Bird S. McGuire
Bird S. McGuire was born
in Belleville, Illinois, in 1864. Most of his early life was
spent in Northern Missouri, whither his parents had moved.
In 1881 the family moved
to Chautauqua county, Kansas. Shortly afterward Bird S. McGuire
went to the the Indian Territory, where he followed the life of a
stockman for three years. Returning to Kansas in 1884, he
entered the state normal school at Emporia. After two years in
school he began teaching; reading law at the same time. He then
attended the law school of the University of Kansas. After his
admission to the bar he was elected county attorney of Chautauqua
county, a position which he filled for four years. In 1895 he
came to Oklahoma, locating at Pawnee. Two years later he was
appointed Assistant U. S. District Attorney. In 1902 he was
nominated and elected delegate to Congress and was re-elected in
1904. In 1907 he was elected to Congress as representative of
the First Oklahoma District.
Source: A
History of Oklahoma by Joseph B. Throburn and Isaac M.
Holcomb, Doub and Company San Francisco 1908.
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