Mabel Bassett, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMabel Bassett
American politician
Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1876
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Mabel Bassett
- Mabel Luella Bourne Bassett (August 16, 1876 – 1953) was a Democratic Oklahoma politician who served as the state's Commissioner of Charities and Corrections from 1923 until 1947.
- Born in Chicago, Bassett lived in St.
- Louis before moving to Sapulpa, Oklahoma in 1902.
- Prior to seeking political office, she founded the Creek County Humane Society, one of the first humane societies in Oklahoma.
- Once in office, Bassett was responsible for establishing a women's unit of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and transferring African-American juvenile delinquents from the state penitentiary to a training school in Boley.
- Bassett also campaigned for a seat in the U.S.
- House of Representatives in 1932; however, she lost to fellow Democrat Will Rogers.
- Buck Cook replaced Bassett as Commissioner of Charities and Corrections in 1947, at which point Bassett retired from politics.
- Upon her death in 1953, she lay in state in the Oklahoma State Capitol.Oklahoma's Mabel Bassett Correctional Center is named for Bassett.
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