Walter Davis Humphrey was the son of George Franklin Humphrey and Marenda Anne Thomas.
Walter Davis Humphrey was educated at Richlands Academy in Richlands, North Carolina and graduated from Bingham Academy in Asheville, North Carolina. He came to Vinita, Oklahoma, in 1901 and read law in the office of Wade H. Kornegay, and was admitted to the Bar of the United States Court of the Northern District of the Indian Territory in September of 1901 and in May of 1902 opened a law office at Nowata. He was elected Mayor of Nowata four times.
On April 30, 1915 he was appointed to fill a vacancy existing on the State Corporation Commission of Oklahoma. In November 1916 he was elected for a term of six years. In June 1918 he was selected as Chairman of the Corporation Commission at the reorganization of that body following the death of Honorable J. E. Love. In 1919 he resigned from the Commission to practice law.
In the early part of 1931 he was appointed a Member of the Oklahoma Tax Commission and continued until early 1935, when he retired and resumed the practice of law at Tulsa, which he continued until February 13, 1935, when he became a Principal Examiner under the Federal Communications Commission at Washington, D.C., and on September 1, 1937, a Principal Attorney.
Walter Davis Humphrey was educated at Richlands Academy in Richlands, North Carolina and graduated from Bingham Academy in Asheville, North Carolina. He came to Vinita, Oklahoma, in 1901 and read law in the office of Wade H. Kornegay, and was admitted to the Bar of the United States Court of the Northern District of the Indian Territory in September of 1901 and in May of 1902 opened a law office at Nowata. He was elected Mayor of Nowata four times.
On April 30, 1915 he was appointed to fill a vacancy existing on the State Corporation Commission of Oklahoma. In November 1916 he was elected for a term of six years. In June 1918 he was selected as Chairman of the Corporation Commission at the reorganization of that body following the death of Honorable J. E. Love. In 1919 he resigned from the Commission to practice law.
In the early part of 1931 he was appointed a Member of the Oklahoma Tax Commission and continued until early 1935, when he retired and resumed the practice of law at Tulsa, which he continued until February 13, 1935, when he became a Principal Examiner under the Federal Communications Commission at Washington, D.C., and on September 1, 1937, a Principal Attorney.
Walter Davis Humphrey was the son of George Franklin Humphrey and Marenda Anne Thomas.
Walter Davis Humphrey was educated at Richlands Academy in Richlands, North Carolina and graduated from Bingham Academy in Asheville, North Carolina. He came to Vinita, Oklahoma, in 1901 and read law in the office of Wade H. Kornegay, and was admitted to the Bar of the United States Court of the Northern District of the Indian Territory in September of 1901 and in May of 1902 opened a law office at Nowata. He was elected Mayor of Nowata four times.
On April 30, 1915 he was appointed to fill a vacancy existing on the State Corporation Commission of Oklahoma. In November 1916 he was elected for a term of six years. In June 1918 he was selected as Chairman of the Corporation Commission at the reorganization of that body following the death of Honorable J. E. Love. In 1919 he resigned from the Commission to practice law.
In the early part of 1931 he was appointed a Member of the Oklahoma Tax Commission and continued until early 1935, when he retired and resumed the practice of law at Tulsa, which he continued until February 13, 1935, when he became a Principal Examiner under the Federal Communications Commission at Washington, D.C., and on September 1, 1937, a Principal Attorney.
Walter Davis Humphrey was educated at Richlands Academy in Richlands, North Carolina and graduated from Bingham Academy in Asheville, North Carolina. He came to Vinita, Oklahoma, in 1901 and read law in the office of Wade H. Kornegay, and was admitted to the Bar of the United States Court of the Northern District of the Indian Territory in September of 1901 and in May of 1902 opened a law office at Nowata. He was elected Mayor of Nowata four times.
On April 30, 1915 he was appointed to fill a vacancy existing on the State Corporation Commission of Oklahoma. In November 1916 he was elected for a term of six years. In June 1918 he was selected as Chairman of the Corporation Commission at the reorganization of that body following the death of Honorable J. E. Love. In 1919 he resigned from the Commission to practice law.
In the early part of 1931 he was appointed a Member of the Oklahoma Tax Commission and continued until early 1935, when he retired and resumed the practice of law at Tulsa, which he continued until February 13, 1935, when he became a Principal Examiner under the Federal Communications Commission at Washington, D.C., and on September 1, 1937, a Principal Attorney.
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