Fred R. Harris

**Fred Roy Harris** (13 ga Nuwamba, 1930 - 23 ga Nuwamba, 2024) ɗan siyasan Amurka ne daga Oklahoma wanda ya yi aiki daga 1957 zuwa 1964 a matsayin memba na Majalisar Dattawan Oklahoma da kuma daga 1964 zuwa 1973 a matsayin memba na Majalisar Dattawan Amurka .

An zaɓi Harris a Majalisar Dattawa ta Oklahoma bayan ya kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Shari'a ta Jami'ar Oklahoma . Ya kori J. Howard Edmondson, wanda aka naɗa a matsayin shugaban Majalisar Dattawan Amurka, kuma ya lashe zaɓe na musamman a shekarar 1964 don kammala wa'adin Robert S. Kerr, inda ya kayar da kocin ƙwallon ƙafa Bud Wilkinson kaɗan. Harris ya goyi bayan shirye-shiryen Babban Ƙungiyar kuma ya soki yadda Shugaba Lyndon B. Johnson ya tafiyar da Yaƙin Vietnam. An sake zaɓensa a shekarar 1966 kuma ya ƙi neman wani wa'adi a shekarar 1972.

Daga 1969 zuwa 1970, Harris ya jagoranci Kwamitin Jam'iyyar Democrat na Ƙasa . A zaɓen shugaban ƙasa na 1968, ɗan takarar jam'iyyar Democrat Hubert Humphrey ya ɗauke shi a matsayin mataimakinsa. Harris bai yi nasarar neman takarar shugaban ƙasa a jam'iyyar Democrat ba a 1972 da 1976. Bayan 1976, ya kasance farfesa a Jami'ar New Mexico.

## Farkon rayuwa da Karatu
An haifi Harris a ranar 13 ga Nuwamba, 1930, a Cotton County, Oklahoma, kusa da Walters, Oklahoma, ɗan Eunice Alene (Pearson) da Fred Byron Harris, mai raba gona.  Iyayensa ba su yarda ko sunan tsakiya zai zama "Ray" ko "Roy" ba, kuma takardar shaidar haihuwarsa da aka rubuta da hannu ba ta da tabbas, wanda ya ba Harris damar zaɓa; daga ƙarshe ya yi amfani da sunan da mahaifiyarsa ta fi so, Roy. 

Harris ya halarci Jami'ar Oklahoma (OU) bisa tallafin karatu, inda ya kammala karatunsa a shekarar 1952 tare da digiri na farko a tarihi da kimiyyar siyasa.  Daga nan ya shiga makarantar lauya ta OU, inda ya kasance mataimakin shugaban gudanarwa kuma ya kasance editan littattafai da kuma babban editan *Law Review* a jere. Mujallar watan Agusta na 1956 ta ƙunshi labarinsa na farko da aka buga. Ya sami digiri na LL B. tare da fifiko kuma an shigar da shi lauya a 1954. 

An zaɓe Harris a Majalisar Dattawan Oklahoma a shekarar 1956 kuma ya yi aiki a ciki har zuwa 1964. A mafi yawan lokacin, yana ɗaya daga cikin ƙananan membobinta. A lokacin da yake kan mulki, ya gabatar da dokoki don hana nuna wariyar launin fata a cikin aikin gwamnati.  Ya yi takarar gwamnan Oklahoma ba tare da nasara ba a shekarar 1962, wanda hakan ya sa ya shahara a duk faɗin jihar. 

## Sanatan Amurka

A shekarar 1964, Harris ya tsaya takarar shugabancin majalisar dattawa don ya yi sauran wa'adin mulkin Robert S. Kerr, wanda ya mutu a kan mulki. Tare da goyon bayan iyalan Kerr, ya kayar da tsohon gwamna J. Howard Edmondson, wanda ya nada kansa ya gaji Kerr, a zaben fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Democrat.   Zaben babban zabe ya kasance babban yakin neman zabe ga dan takarar jam'iyyar Republican, fitaccen kocin kwallon kafa na Oklahoma Sooners, Bud Wilkinson .  Jam'iyyun biyu sun gayyaci shugabannin siyasa daga wajen jihar don yin yakin neman zaben 'yan takararsu. 'Yan Republican sun kawo tsohon mataimakin shugaban kasa Richard Nixon don yin yakin neman zabe ga Wilkinson, yayin da Harris ya karbi bakuncin Shugaba Lyndon B. Johnson da Uwargidan Shugaban Kasa Bird Johnson .  Harris ya kayar da Wilkinson da kuri'u 21,390, https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/elections/election-results/results-prior-to-1980/1958-1966-results.pdf ya zama daya daga cikin 'yan majalisar dattawa mafi kankanta a Amurka. Yana da shekaru 33, shi ne dan majalisar dattawa mafi karancin shekaru a tarihin Oklahoma.  Wa'adinsa na majalisar dattawa ya fara ne a ranar 4 ga Nuwamba, 1964. 

## Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa
Harris ya auri LaDonna Harris, wanda aka haifa masa LaDonna Crawford, a shekarar 1949, kuma sun haifi 'ya'ya uku. Sun rabu a shekarar 1981, kuma ya auri Margaret Elliston a shekara mai zuwa.  

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