Charles R. Nesbitt

Charles R. Nesbitt (August 30, 1921 – July 25, 2007) was an Oklahoma attorney and politician. Nesbitt held several political positions in the Oklahoma state government, having served as the 9th Attorney General of Oklahoma (1963–1967), a member of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (1969–1975), and as Oklahoma Secretary of Energy under Governor David Walters (1991–1995).

Biography[]

Nesbitt was born in Miami, Oklahoma, in 1921. His father was Charles, also an attorney, and his mother was Irma Wilhelmi Nesbitt. He lived for a while in Tulsa, where he graduated from Central High School. He then earned a B.S. in Government from Oklahoma University^[1] in 1942. He began basic training for the Army at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, where he became a second lieutenant, after which he served under General George S. Patton as a tank gunnery specialist.^[a] He retired from the Army in 1950 with the rank of Major.^[1] Upon leaving the army, he enrolled in law school at Yale University and graduated with his Juris Doctorate in 1947, shortly after working as a clerk under a district judge, Bower Broaddus.^[b] Nesbitt soon after went into private practice, specializing in oil and gas, from which he retired in 2001. and was also involved in politics.^[2]

Personal[]

Charles met Margot Lord while both were at OU. They married in 1948, after he returned from Europe. In 1954, they settled in Heritage Hills, a neighborhood of Oklahoma City, where they continued to reside at the time of his death.^[1] His widow, Margot, is a retired Episcopal priest formerly of St. Paul's Cathedral (Oklahoma City).^[2]

Charles Nesbitt died on July 5, 2007 at the age of 85. Charles was survived by three children, all of whom are married and have children of their own. His sister, who lives in Kansas, also survived him, along with her husband. daughter, and brother-in-law and sister-in-law with one son living in Illinois.

Political office holdings[]

• Oklahoma Attorney General (Democrat) 1962-1967 ^[3]
• Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner 1968-1973
• Oklahoma Energy Secretary 1991-1995

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See also[]

• Bower Slack Broaddus