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Sources differ on listing his term in office as starting in 1910/12 or 1911/13, because elections were held in even-numbered years and the new legislative session would start in the following odd-numbered year. In
Oklahoma, legislators officially take office the year of their
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Cherokee. Houston B. Teehee as five-eighths. His mother was a one-half Cherokee, her death occurring prior to the enrollment."
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mayor. At the end of his term in 1909, he was succeeded by T.J. Adair. In June 1908 he resigned from the bank and opened his own law practice.
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English and described learning English as "the most difficult thing I had to do."
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Out of the "Graves of the
Polluted Debauches": The Boys of the Cherokee Male Seminary
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Sources disagree on whether Teehee was born on
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nominated Teehee to be Register of the United States Treasury, replacing
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restriction for being Native American. The same year, he ran for the
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Democratic Party members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
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History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folk Lore
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History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folk Lore
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20th-century members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
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family, with his father serving in all three branches of the
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citizens were granted United States citizenship in 1907.
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1085:Cherokee Nation state legislators in Oklahoma
132:Oklahoma House of Representatives
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441:In 1910, Teehee successfully petitioned the
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929:This Indian's Name Is On Your Liberty Bond
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1080:Cherokee Nation mayors in Oklahoma
399:, and afterward spent one year at
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728:TEEHEE, HOUSTON BENGE (1874–1953)
602:Oklahoma Supreme Court Commission
498:Oklahoma Supreme Court Commission
451:Oklahoma House of Representatives
348:Family, early life, and education
342:Oklahoma Supreme Court Commission
330:Oklahoma House of Representatives
1021:Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise
836:Rowley, Sean (August 13, 2017).
573:According to Emmet Starr's 1922
504:Personal life, death, and legacy
519:He died on November 19, 1953.
352:Teehee was born in the town of
48:for the First Judicial District
1120:Cherokee Nation businesspeople
422:Political and business careers
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1115:Oklahoma city council members
671:The Native American volume 16
508:Teehee was inducted into the
457:and was elected to represent
35:Houston B. Teehee, circa 1921
1100:People from Indian Territory
579:rolls of the Cherokee Nation
426:In 1902, Teehee was elected
1110:Presbyterians from Oklahoma
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978:The Chronicles of Oklahoma
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991:"Names Affirmed by Court"
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953:Washington Evening Star
82:position disestablished
489:United States Treasury
393:Cherokee Male Seminary
1046:Oklahoma Hall of Fame
1042:Teehee, Houston Benge
863:"Mayors of Tahlequah"
842:Tahlequah Daily Press
751:Oklahoma State Senate
510:Oklahoma Hall of Fame
401:Fort Worth University
285:American (after 1907)
253:October 14 or 31 1874
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667:The Native American
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308:(sometimes spelled
768:"Houston B. Tehee"
663:Arizona Range News
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549:Union Army
436:Republican
214:T.J. Adair
161:Henry Ward
1044:, at the
950:, in the
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626:"History"
591:election.
405:bilingual
403:. He was
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236:1902–1906
232:In office
194:1907–1909
190:In office
178:Tahlequah
176:Mayor of
171:J. D. Cox
151:1910–1914
147:In office
136:from the
98:In office
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1001:16 April
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455:Democrat
428:alderman
409:Cherokee
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366:Cherokee
362:Oklahoma
338:Oklahoma
318:Cherokee
220:Alderman
182:Oklahoma
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374:Georgia
354:Muldrow
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