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Governors of Oklahoma
Territorial Governors
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)
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
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, BankerRobert
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, OK. Lawyer, Co. Attorney, Judge
Jack Callaway Walton (D) Jan 1923-Nov 1923.
Born 3/6/1881, Indiana. Died 11/25/1949, OK. CCommissioner of Public Works, Mayor, Corporation Commission
Martin Edwin Trapp (D) 1923-1927.
Born 4/18/1877, Kansas. Died 7/26/1951. 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, OK. CHS Principal, Lawyer, County Attny, St. Senator, Lt. Gov.
William Henry Murray (D) 1931-1935.
Born 11/21/1869, Texas. Died 10/15/1956, Laborer, Teacher, Editor, Lawyer, Speaker of OK House, established colony in Bolivia, S.A.
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