Oscar Haywood, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American clergy and poltiician
Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1868
Place of Birth: North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 08-Dec-1943
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Oscar Haywood
- Oscar Haywood (January 6, 1868 – December 8, 1943) was an American Baptist preacher, orator, and politician from North Carolina.
- He was a pastor at Baptist churches in Tennessee, Connecticut, and New York City and then travelled widely giving speeches advocating for the Ku Klux Klan.
- He was also book collector and had first editions and correspondence with various influential people in his collection at the Haywood Plantation house.
- Not long after his return to North Carolina, he was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1927.
- Despite being a supporter and advocate for the Ku Klux Klan he sponsored legislation in the North Carolina House of Representatives placing restrictions on secret groups.
- Haywood also sponsored legislation to prohibit "sexual immorality" but it failed after being debated.
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