Oklahoma Territorial and State Governors
Territorial Governors |
| Name |
Party |
Term |
DOB/DOD |
Occupations |
| George
Washington Steele * |
R |
1890-1891 |
Born
12/13/1839, Indiana
Died 7/12/1922, Indiana |
Lawyer, Public
Service |
| Robert Martin |
R |
1891-1892 |
Born 1833,
Pennsylvania
Died 3/2/1897, Guthrie, OK |
Lawyer, Mayor |
| Abraham
Jefferson Seay |
R |
1892-1893 |
Born
11/28/1832, Virginia
Died 12/22/1915, Kingfisher, OK |
Lawyer, Judge,
Banker |
| William Cary
Renfrow * |
D |
1893-1897 |
Born
3/15/1845, N. Carolina
Buried in Arkansas, 1/31/1922 |
Military,
Banker, Oil & Gas |
| Cassius
McDonald Barnes |
R |
1897-1901 |
Born
8/25/1845, New York
Died 2/19/1925, buried in Guthrie |
Military, US
Marshal, Banker |
| William Miller
Jenkins * |
R |
5/01-11/01 |
Born
4/25/1856, Ohio
Died 10/19/1941, Sapulpa, OK |
Lawyer,
Secretary of Territory |
| William C.
Grimes |
R |
Acting Gov
11/30/01-12/9/01 |
Born
11/6/1857, Ohio
Died 4/8/1931, California |
Newspaper
Publisher, Sheriff, US Marshal |
| Thompson
Benton Ferguson |
R |
1901-1906 |
Born
3/17/1857, Iowa
Died 2/14/1921, Watonga, OK |
Teacher,
Minister, Editor, Postmaster |
| Frank Frantz * |
R |
1906-1907 |
Born 5/7/1872,
Illinois
Died 5/9/1941, Oklahoma |
Rough Rider,
Postmaster, Indian Agent |
Governors Since Statehood |
| Name |
Party |
Term |
DOB/DOD |
Occupations |
| Charles Nathaniel Haskell * |
D |
1907-1911 |
Born 3/13/1860, Ohio
Died 7/5/1933, Muskogee, OK |
Lawyer, Oil |
| Lee Cruce |
D |
1911-1915 |
Born 7/8/1863, Kentucky
Died 1/16/1933, California |
Lawyer, Banker |
| Robert Lee Williams |
D |
1915-1919 |
Born 12/20/1868, Alabama
Died 4/10/1948, Durant, OK |
Lawyer, Chief Justice, District Judge, Circuit Judge |
| James Brooks Ayers Robertson |
D |
1919-1923 |
Born 3/15/1871, Iowa
Died 3/7/1938, OKC |
Lawyer, Co. Attorney, Judge |
| Jack Callaway Walton * |
D |
Jan 1923-Nov 1923 |
Born 3/6/1881, Indiana
Died 11/25/1949, OKC |
Commissioner of Public Works, Mayor, Corporation Commission |
| Martin Edwin Trapp |
D |
1923-1927 |
Born 4/18/1877, Kansas
Died 7/26/1951, OKC |
County Clerk, State Auditor, Lt. Gov., Investment Securities |
| Henry Simpson Johnston * |
D |
1/1927-3/1929 |
Born 12/30/1867, Indiana
Died 1/7/1965, Perry, OK |
Lawyer |
| William Judson Holloway |
D |
1929-1931 |
Born 12/15/1888, Arkansas
Died 1/28/1970, OKC |
HS Principal, Lawyer, County Attny, St. Senator, Lt. Gov. |
| William Henry Murray |
D |
1931-1935 |
Born 11/21/1869, Texas
Died 10/15/1956, unknown |
Laborer, Teacher, Editor, Lawyer, Speaker of OK House, established colony in Bolivia, S.A. |
| Ernest Whitworth Marland |
D |
1935-1939 |
Born 5/8/1874, Pennsylvania
Died 10/3/1941, Oklahoma |
Lawyer, Oil, Congressman |
| Leon Chase Phillips |
D |
1939-1943 |
Born 12/9/1890, Missouri
Died 3/27/1958, Okemah, OK |
Lawyer, State Rep., Speaker |
| Robert Samuel Kerr |
D |
1943-1947 |
Born 9/11/1896, Ada, OK
Died 1/1/1963, Ada, OK |
Lawyer, Oil, U.S. Senator |
| Roy Joseph Turner |
D |
1947-1951 |
Born 11/6/1894, Oklahoma
Died 6/11/1973, OKC |
Bookkeeper, Salesman, Real Estate, Oil, Rancher |
| Johnston Murray |
D |
1951-1955 |
Born 7/21/02, Oklahoma
Died 4/16/74, Tishomingo, OK |
Father was former Gov., Rancher in Bolivia, Lawyer |
| Raymond Dancel Gary * |
D |
1955-1959 |
Born 1/21/08, Love Co, OK
Died 12/11/93, Madill, OK |
Teacher, Co. Superintendent, Oil, St. Senator |
| James Howard Edmondson * |
D |
1959-1963 |
Born 9/27/25, Muskogee, OK
Died 11/17/71, OKC |
Military, Lawyer, Co. Attorney, U.S. Senator |
| Henry Louis Bellmon * |
R |
1963-1967 |
Born 9/3/21, Tonkawa, OK |
Military, State Rep., Farmer, U.S. Senator |
| Dewey Follett Bartlett |
R |
1967-1971 |
Born 3/28/19, Ohio
Died 3/1/79, unknown |
Military, Oil, State Senator, U.S. Senate |
| David Hall |
D |
1971-1975 |
Born 10/20/30, OKC |
Military, Co. Attorney, Professor |
| David Lyle Boren |
D |
1975-1979 |
Born 4/21/41, Washington DC |
Lawyer, State Rep., U.S. Senate, President of the University of OK |
| George Patterson Nigh * |
D |
1979-1987 |
Born 6/9/27, McAlester, OK |
Military, Teacher, St. Rep., Lt. Gov., University of Central OK President |
| Henry Louis Bellmon * |
R |
1987-1991 |
See earlier entry |
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| David Lee Walters * |
D |
1991-1995 |
Born 11/20/51, Canute, OK |
State Employee, Associate Provost OUHSC, Real Estate |
| Francis Anthony Keating |
R |
1994-2002 |
Born 2/10/44, St. Louis, MO |
FBI Agent, Asst DA, St. Rep., St. Senator, U.S. Attorney, Asst Secretary of Treasury |
| Brad Henry |
D |
2003- |
Born 1964, Shawnee, OK |
Attorney, State Senator |
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Footnotes:
George Washington Steele: first
Territorial governor
William Cary Renfrow: only Democrat to serve as Territorial Governor
William Miller Jenkins: removed from office
Frank Frantz: last Territorial Governor
Charles Nathaniel Haskell: First State Governor
Jack Callaway Walton: impeached from office
Henry Simpson Johnston: impeached from office
Raymond Dancel Gary: first Governor to be born in OK since
statehood
James Howard Edmondson: youngest governor in the history of the
state, 34 yrs
Henry Louis Bellmon: first Republican Governor and first Governor
ever to be elected to that office, then elected to US Senate, then Governor again.
George Patterson Nigh: youngest elected Lt. Governor, was the 17th
Governor for 9 days after Gov. Edmondson resigned, 21st Governor serving 5 days after Gov.
Boren resigned, elected 1978 as 22nd Governor and re-elected in 1982.
David Lee Walters: while in office pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor
election violation. |
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