Lance Cargill

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Lance Cargill
Lance Cargill
Oklahoma State Representative
In office 2000 – Present
Preceded by	Mark Siekel
Constituency	96th House District

Born	1971 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Amber
Children	Jackson, Henry
Residence	Harrah, Oklahoma
Website	OKHouse.gov

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Lance Cargill (born 1971) is an American lawyer and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Cargill served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House from January 2, 2007 to January 28, 2008. He was succeeded as House Speaker by State Representative Chris Benge.

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Cargill was born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma where he attended Harrah Public Schools. After graduating from high school, Cargill moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma where he attended Oklahoma State University–Stillwater. He graduated from OSU with a Bachelor of Science degree. He then attended the Vanderbilt University Law School and earned a Juris Doctor.

Cargill was first elected to the Oklahoma House in 2000 and is currently serving his fourth term in that body. In December of 2006, Cargill was selected by his party to serve as the Speaker of the House. He was formally elected on the Constitutionally mandated organizational day on January 2, 2007. At the time of his election, Cargill was the youngest Speaker of the House in the United States. He was also the first Oklahoma county Representative to serve as Speaker in many decades. On January 28, 2008, Cargill resigned as Speaker of the House saying news accounts about his personal issues were overshadowing the important work ahead for legislators. He resigned after coming under criticism for failing to file state income and local property taxes until receiving delinquency notices. He will remain in the Legislature as a state representative.

Due to term limits placed on him by the Oklahoma Constitution, Cargill will be unable to seek reelection in 2012.