J. Harvey Maxey Jr.

J. Harvey Maxey Jr.
J. Harvey Maxey Jr.
5th Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
	In office; 1913–1915
Preceded by	William A. Durant
Succeeded by	A. McCrory
Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
	In office; 1909–1915
Preceded by	H. G. Stettmund
Succeeded by	R. L. Disney
Constituency	Lincoln and Pottawatomie Counties (1909-1913); Muskogee County (1913-1915)

J. Harvey Maxey Jr. was an American politician who served as the 5th Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1913 to 1915. He served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1909 to 1915.

Biography

J. Harvey Maxey Jr. was named after his father J. Harvey Maxey, a member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention.^[1] He served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing Lincoln and Pottawatomie Counties from 1909 to 1913 as a member of the Democratic Party. He also represented Muskogee County from 1913 to 1915 while serving as the 5th Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.^[2] In the 1913 Speaker election, he defeated the Republican nominee E. J. Vosburgh of Woodward County with 77 to 18 votes.^[3] He ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1914.^[1] He placed third, and last, in the Democratic primary behind William Wirt Hastings and Campbell Russell.^[4]

1914 Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district Democratic primary (August 4, 1914)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Wirt Hastings	6,052	44.7%
	Democratic	Campbell Russell	4,761	35.2%
	Democratic	J. Harvey Maxey Jr.	2,718	20.1%
Turnout			13531

^ ^a ^b "J. Harvey Maxey For Congress". The Shawnee Daily News-Herald. The Gateway to Oklahoma History. January 16, 1914. p. 4. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
^ "Oklahoma History" (PDF). Retrieved 8 August 2024.
^ "Muskogee Man Wins Big Fight". The Crowder City Guardian. The Gateway to Oklahoma History. January 10, 1913. p. 3. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "1914-1916 Elections Results" (PDF). oklahoma.gov. Retrieved 19 February 2024.