John Conover Nichols

John Conover Nichols
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 2nd district
In office January 3, 1935 – July 3, 1943
Preceded by	William W. Hastings
Succeeded by	William G. Stigler
Personal details
Born	(1896-08-31)August 31, 1896 Joplin, Missouri
Died	November 7, 1945(1945-11-07) (aged 49) Asmara, Eritrea
Political party	Democratic Party

John Conover Nichols (August 31, 1896 – November 7, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.

Biography

Born in Joplin, Missouri, Nichols attended the public schools in Joplin, Missouri, and Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the teachers college at Emporia, Kansas. He studied law in the office of his brother in Eufaula, Oklahoma. He was admitted to the bar association in 1926 and commenced practice in Eufaula, Oklahoma. During World War I he served in the 19th Infantry, United States Army from 1917 to 1919.

Nichols was elected as a Democrat to the 74th Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1935, until his resignation on July 3, 1943, to become vice president of Transcontinental & Western Airlines, in which capacity he served until his death in an airplane crash at Asmara, Eritrea, November 7, 1945. He was interred in the United States military cemetery in Asmara, Eritrea. He was reinterred in Greenwood Cemetery, Eufaula, Oklahoma.

References

• John Conover Nichols at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2009-02-22
• "John Conover Nichols". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2009-02-22.