Sterling S. McColgin

Sterling Simison McColgin (June 14, 1901 – October 26, 1963) was an American farmer and politician.

Sterling S. McColgin
Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
In office 1947–1951

McColgin was born in Ashkum, Illinois. He owned a farm between Cheyenne, Oklahoma and Reydon, Oklahoma. He served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1947 to 1951 and from 1953 to 1955^[1] and the Oklahoma Senate from 1955 to 1963 when he died while still in office. McColgin was a Democrat.^[2] McColgin also served as mayor of Reydon, Oklahoma. McColgin died suddenly in Cheyenne, Oklahoma while buying feed for his cattle at a feed store. His mother Bessie S. McColgin also served in the Oklahoma Legislature as the first woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives.^[3][4]