FREDERICK T. WAITE - Chickasaw

This gentlemen was born at Fort Arbuckle, Indian Territory, in 1853, son of the late Thomas Waite, by his wife Catherine McClure, sister of Hon. Tecumseh McClure. Fred was educated at the Illinois Industrial University, Champaign, Illinois, and at Bentonville, Arkansas, and graduated at Mound City Commercial College, St. Louis, Mo., in the spring of 1874. After having completed his education this young man served for two years in his father's business house on Rush Creek, after which he went to Colorado and New Mexico, where he remained until about 1879. In 1881 he married Miss Mary E. Thompson, by whom he has one daughter named Katie, aged eight years. In 1886 he moved to the Choctaw Nation, but returned in two years, and was appointed by Governor Guy as a delegate to the International Convention at Fort Gibson.

In 1889 he was elected representative of Pickens county, and became speaker of the House, which chair he held during the three call meetings that followed. In 1887 he became a member of the Indian Police force, and was a candidate for the Senate on the progressive ticket in 1890. Fred T. Waite is a good speaker and an excellent writer, contributing many bright and interesting political papers to the journals of the day. He is one of the handsomest and most intelligent of his race.

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