Oscar O. Wolfe Jr.
Oscar Orlando Wolfe Jr. was an American farmer and Democratic Party state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives and Mississippi Senate including a stint as president pro tempore. He lived in Duncan, Bolivar County, Mississippi.
Early life and career
Born in Terry, Mississippi, on December 10, 1890, Wolfe attended Mississippi A & M College and Soule Business College. After graduating, he moved to Beulah, Mississippi, where he briefly lived before moving to Duncan, Mississippi, in 1910. He began farming in 1912. He held several government positions in Duncan, including justice of the peace, town alderman and mayor. He represented Bolivar County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1932 to 1941 when he succeeded W. B. Roberts, who died, in the Mississippi State Senate. He then represented the 30th District in the Mississippi State Senate from 1942 to 1952, and was its president pro tempore from 1944 to 1948. Frank E. Smith defeated him in 1948 in a campaign for a seat in the U.S. Congress.In 1950, Wolfe again unsuccessfully ran for Congress against Smith.
In 1961, he gave a statement on the challenges of farming in Mississippi and made recommendations for aiding farmers.
Political views
He was a supporter of state superintendent of prisons Marvin E. Wiggins Sr.In 1950, Wolfe gave a speech supporting the execution of Willie McGee, labelling the Civil Rights Congress a "Communistic bunch" and a "subversive gang", also saying that, "it is a pity that the states of this country do not have the laws to place this bunch behind bars when they come into our states and try to tell us how we should run our own affairs."