[1] Cartwright also served in the United States Marine Corps from June 1943 to January 1946.

[5] After supporting legislation for a state constitutional amendment referendum to repeal prohibition, he was banished from his Baptist church congregation.

[6] He also supported combatting county commissioner corruption by giving control of all road building money to the Oklahoma Highway Commission.

[7] The bill was opposed by county commissioners and the press before dying in committee.

[9] He was a Democratic candidate for Governor of Oklahoma in the 1966 primary.