David C. Kirkpatrick

David C. Kirkpatrick was an American politician who served as a Socialist member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing Dewey County between 1914 and 1916. He was one of the first third party candidates elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives alongside fellow Socialist Party Representatives Thomas Henry McLemore, N. D. Pritchett, Charles Henry Ingham, and Sydney W. Hill.

Political career

Kirkpatrick was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1914 as a Socialist. After losing re-election in 1916, Kirkpatrick ran as the Socialist nominee for an Oklahoma Senate district. He later ran for an Oklahoma House of Representatives seat in Dewey County under the Farmer-Labor Party in 1924.

Death

Kirkpatrick died on November 7, 1941, at the age of 89, and he is buried in Brumfield Cemetery in Seiling, Oklahoma.