id: ocd-person/5fb7e1d6-24ab-41e1-b0b2-d1445bf6abd3
name: Oscar Denton
given_name: Oscar
family_name: Denton
birth_date: 1953-07-30
gender: Male
email: odenton@house.ms.gov
image: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/denton.jpg
party:
- name: Democratic
roles:
- start_date: 2013-11-29
  type: lower
  jurisdiction: ocd-jurisdiction/country:us/state:ms/government
  district: '55'
offices:
- classification: capitol
  address: State Capitol Room 400-F, 400 High St., Jackson, MS 39201
  voice: 601-359-2438
- classification: district-mail
  address: P.O. Box 1018, Jackson, MS 39215
links:
- url: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/denton.xml
  note: homepage
other_names:
- name: Denton, O.
- name: O. Denton
other_identifiers:
- scheme: legacy_openstates
  identifier: MSL000239
sources:
- url: https://ballotpedia.org/Oscar_Denton
- url: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/denton.xml
- url: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/hr_membs.xml
- url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Denton
extras:
  occupation: AT&T, Businessman
  education:
  - Rosa A. Temple High School
  - Utica Jr. College
  - George Meany Institute
  counties represented:
  - Warren