Ulysses S. Stone

Ulysses Stevens Stone (December 17, 1878 - December 8, 1962) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.

Born on a farm near Weldon, De Witt Township, Illinois, Stone moved with his parents to Jones, Oklahoma, in 1894. He attended the country schools and the University of Oklahoma at Norman. He engaged in the banking business at Jones, Oklahoma from 1894 to 1905 and as an oil operator at Norman and Oklahoma City in 1905. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Oklahoma in 1918 and for election to the United States Senate in 1926.

Stone was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929-March 3, 1931). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress and for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress. He resumed activities as an oil operator and also interested in investments and real estate. He died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, December 8, 1962. He remains were cremated. He was interred in Rose Hill Abbey.

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• United States Congress. "Ulysses S. Stone (id: S000964)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.