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Paul Nesbitt (1872-1950) was an American politician, who served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. He also served as a secretary for Governor Charles N. Haskell and as a Cabinet member for Governor John C. Walton. Educated at Chicago Medical College, he was a doctor and newspaperman before his entry into Oklahoma politics. Nesbitt died July 22, 1950, in Talihina, Oklahoma. ==Early life== Nesbitt was born April 3, 1872, at Milford, Iowa, the son of James and Evaline Nesbitt.〔(Paul Nesbitt ), Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. 30, p. 245-246. (accessed July 19, 2013)〕 His father was a first lieutenant in the United States Army and his grandfather was an Irish immigrant who served under George Washington in the American Revolutionary War.〔 Growing up in Nebraska, he was educated at Chicago Medical College and practiced medicine in Vinton, Iowa, El Dorado Springs, Missouri, and finally in Watonga, a town in Oklahoma Territory, in 1899.〔 Nesbitt briefly owned the Watonga Herald.〔Thoburn, Joseph B. (History of Oklahoma ), p. 1420.] (accessed July 19, 2013)〕 He abandoned his practice in 1904 and went to St. Louis, Missouri, to apprentice as a cub reporter and later worked for the Joplin Globe.〔 In 1906, he returned to Oklahoma to direct the publicity campaign for the Democratic candidates wanting to serve as delegates to the Oklahoma constitutional convention.〔 He did not support the nomination of Charles N. Haskell in the Democratic primary, but ended up serving as secretary for Oklahoma's first governor.〔〔(Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol 14 ), p. 189. (accessed July 18, 2013)〕 and helped carry the state seal from Guthrie, Oklahoma, to Oklahoma City in 1910.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Nesbitt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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