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Joseph McGraw
Member of the Oklahoma Senate
from the 39th district
Preceded byDewey Bartlett
Succeeded byStephen Wolfe
Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
from the 70th district
In office
1964–1966
Preceded byRedistricting[a]
Succeeded byJim Inhofe
Personal details
Political partyRepublican

Joseph R. McGraw Jr. (born 1930) is an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1964 to 1966 and in the Oklahoma Senate from 1966 to 1972.

Education and career

Joseph R. McGraw Jr. graduated from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1959. He founded McGraw Breckinridge Company Realtors in 1965 which was renamed in 1986 to McGraw Davisson Stewart after a merger. He currently owns McGraw Realtors and McGraw Commercial Properties.[2]

Oklahoma House and Senate

McGraw was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1964.[2] He retired to run for the Oklahoma Senate in 1966. He was succeeded in the Oklahoma House by Jim Inhofe.[3] He his 1966 senate race and served until 1972.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Oklahoma moved from county based seats to numbered districts with this election.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Oklahoma History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "The McGraw Family". utulsa.edu. University of Tulsa. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  3. ^ Gerard, Jordan (July 9, 2024). "Sen. Jim Inhofe dies at 89: Timeline of defining moments in senator's political career". The Oklahoman. Retrieved August 7, 2024.