Albert, Carl Bert & Mary

Surname Index
Updated: 20 Mar 2009

Daily Oklahoman, The
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
February 6, 2000, page 1

CARL BERT ALBERT
May 10, 1908 ~ February 4, 2000
McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.

photo source: http://www.oklaosf.state.ok.us/~arts/capitolart/permart/paintings/wilson/albert.html
Photo by Charles Banks Wilson

"Little Giant' dies at age 91

Former U.S. House Speaker Carl Bert Albert, who rose from humble rural beginnings to the highest government post of any Oklahoman, died Friday night at the age of 91.... He died at McAlester Regional Heath Center. Funeral services are being planned under the direction of Chaney's funeral home, McAlester. More than 2000 people are expected to attend funeral services.

He was U.S. House of Representatives Speaker from 1971 to 1977. He began his first term in the House in 1947. He served as majority whip from 1955 to 1962. As Speaker of the House, Albert was next in line to assume the presidency following the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew. As the Watergate crisis began to unfold, President Richard Nixon was widely expected to resign before Congress could appoint a replacement, which would have made Albert his successor.

Albert retired in 1977 and returned to Oklahoma to live with his wife, Mary, on a quiet hillside in Bugtussle, near McAlester, his birthplace. The house stood on land that was once part of his father's (Ernest H. Albert) farm. Carl Bert Albert was born, the son of a coal miner and farmer on May 10, 1908, McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma and died February 4, 2000, McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. He studied at the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. He returned to the U.S. and in 1935 practiced law in Oklahoma City.

Albert joined the Army Air Force in 1941, winning a Bronze Star.

photo courtesy Tony Hatler, FindAGrave

Carl & Mary Albert are buried side by side at Oak Hill Memorial Park Cemetery, McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.

Carl Albert State College
Poteau, OK

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Compiled, transcribed and submitted by Marti Graham, Oklahoma County, OKGenWeb Coordinator, November 2007. Information posted for educational purposes for viewers and researchers. The contributor is not related to nor researching any of the above.

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