John W. Harreld

John William Harreld (January 24, 1872 – December 26, 1950) was a United States representative and Senator from Oklahoma.

[2] He attended public schools, the normal school at Lebanon, Ohio, and Bryant & Stratton Business College of Louisville, Kentucky, where he taught while studying law.[where?

[3] He moved to Oklahoma City in 1917 and engaged in the production of oil and continued the practice of law.

[2] Harreld was elected, on November 8, 1919, as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joseph B. Thompson[2] and served from November 8, 1919, to March 4, 1921.

[3] He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress and returned to Oklahoma City, where he continued the practice of law and his interest in the oil business.