During his lifetime , Killam resided in three principal locations , Joplin in Jasper County , Grove in Delaware County , Oklahoma , and , finally , Laredo , the seat of Webb County , Texas . In 1902 , Killam married the former Harriet " Hattie " Smith ( September 9 , 1876 &ndash; January 19 , 1949 ) . Killam was a delegate to the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago , Illinois , which nominated William Jennings Bryan to challenge then Governor William McKinley . He served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1911 to 1914 , his tenure having begun only four years after statehood . He was elected as a Democrat to the Oklahoma State Senate in 1914 and served from 1915 to 1918 . At the time , Oklahoma was a heavily Democratic state in orientation
1896 Democratic National Convention
1896 Democratic National Convention
Oliver Winfield Killam