John P. Hickam

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John P. Hickam (December 2, 1870 – February 24, 1927) was an American politician who helped shape Oklahoma before it became a state. He was born in Hot Springs, North Carolina, to Robert H. Hickam and Jane Clemmons. He studied in Tennessee and was admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1896. In 1897 he moved to Perkins in Oklahoma Territory and owned the Perkins Journal, a newspaper that supported statehood.

Hickam was elected to the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature and served from 1902 to 1907, with early terms in the 2nd district. He opened a law practice in 1911. In 1914 he ran for Governor of Oklahoma as the Progressive Party’s nominee but was not elected. From 1916 to 1919 he served as a judge for Payne and Logan counties. He died in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on February 24, 1927, at the age of 56.