Oscar Underwood

American politician (1862–1929)

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Facts

21 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[15]
Date of birth: May 6, 1862
Date of death: January 25, 1929
Place of birth: Louisville
Place of death: Woodlawn
Country of citizenship: United States^[11]
Occupation: politician, lawyer
Position held: United States representative, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator^[12]^[13]
Educated at: University of Virginia^[14]
Member of political party: Democratic Party^[16]
Father: Eugene Underwood^[8]
Spouse: Bertha Woodward^[9]
Child: Oscar Wilder Underwood^[10]
Work location: Washington, D.C.^[19]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[21]
Described by source: The New Student's Reference Work^[20]
Family name: Underwood^[17]
Given name: Oscar^[18]
Name in native language: Oscar Underwood^[22]
Place of burial: Elmwood Cemetery^[7]

🏷️ Also known as

en Oscar Underwood en Oscar Wilder Underwood ar أوسكار أندروود de Oscar Wilder Underwood fa اسکار آندروود he אוסקר אנדרווד ja オスカー・アンダーウッド ja オスカー・W・アンダーウッド ko 오스카 와일더 언더우드 ko 오스카 언더우드 sv Oscar Wilder Underwood sv Underwood tr Oscar Wilder Underwood zh 奧斯卡·安德伍德

🔖 Identifiers · 30

ISNI: 0000000109754173
VIAF cluster ID: 56992732
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n79109158
GND ID: 1363813765
Alabama Authors ID: 2061
American National Biography ID: 0500803
Archives at Yale agent ID: people/67868
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 10595771j
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Oscar-W-Underwood
FAST ID: 1717080
FamilySearch person ID: MTBR-Q2T
Find a Grave memorial ID: 7726515

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Freebase ID: /m/036t6c
Geni profile ID: 6000000014948710778
IdRef ID: 168659646
NNDB people ID: 704/000119347
NUKAT ID: n94002895
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 160216907
Online Books Page author ID: Underwood, Oscar W. (Oscar Wilder), 1862-1929
Open Library ID: OL2326732A
Our Campaigns candidate ID: 4706
Political Graveyard politician ID: underwood.html#052.29.68
Prabook ID: 1060040
SNAC ARK ID: w6ww7mpx
U.S. National Archives Identifier: 177151508
US Congress Bio ID: U000013
United States House of Representatives ID: 20844
WikiTree person ID: Underwood-3016
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJdmgfJT4XHtvHW3FKXKh3
Yale LUX ID: person/b178c14f-d273-427a-b2b5-dac2f4fdd9a6

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🔗 Connections

Position held 7

United States representative, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator

Occupation 2

politician, lawyer

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

University of Virginia

Family name 1

Underwood

Given name 1

Oscar

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Member of political party 1

Democratic Party

Place of birth 1

Louisville

Sex or gender 1

male

Work location 1

Washington, D.C.

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Summary

Oscar Underwood was born on May 6, 1862^[1], in Louisville^[2]. He died on January 25, 1929^[3], in Woodlawn^[4]. He worked as a politician^[5] and lawyer^[6].

FAQs

Where was Oscar Underwood born?

Oscar Underwood's place of birth was Louisville^[2].

Where did Oscar Underwood die?

Oscar Underwood passed away in Woodlawn^[4].

Who were Oscar Underwood's parents?

Oscar Underwood's father was Eugene Underwood^[8].

Who was Oscar Underwood married to?

Oscar Underwood's spouses include Bertha Woodward^[9].

What did Oscar Underwood do for work?

Oscar Underwood worked as a politician^[5] and lawyer^[6].

Where did Oscar Underwood go to school?

Oscar Underwood was educated at University of Virginia^[14].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Oscar Underwood — place of birth (P19): Louisville. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Oscar Underwood — place of death (P20): Woodlawn. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Oscar Underwood — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Oscar Underwood — father (P22): Eugene Underwood. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Oscar Underwood — spouse (P26): Bertha Woodward. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Oscar Underwood — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Oscar Underwood — position held (P39): United States representative. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Oscar Underwood — position held (P39): United States senator. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2021-01-29. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Oscar Underwood — child (P40): Oscar Wilder Underwood. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Oscar Underwood — educated at (P69): University of Virginia. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Oscar Underwood — member of political party (P102): Democratic Party. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Oscar Underwood — occupation (P106): politician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Oscar Underwood — occupation (P106): lawyer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Oscar Underwood — place of burial (P119): Elmwood Cemetery. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2024-06-28. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Oscar Underwood — date of birth (P569): May 6, 1862. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Oscar Underwood — date of death (P570): January 25, 1929. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Oscar Underwood — family name (P734): Underwood. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Oscar Underwood — given name (P735): Oscar. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Oscar Underwood — work location (P937): Washington, D.C.. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Oscar Underwood — described by source (P1343): The New Student's Reference Work. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Oscar Underwood — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Oscar Underwood — name in native language (P1559): Oscar Underwood. wikidata.org.

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