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Governors of Oklahoma Page 2
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, OK. CMilitary, 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. Military, Oil, State Senator, U.S. Senate
David Hall (D) 1971-1975
Born 10/20/30, OK. 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
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, OKAttorney, State Senator
Quick Facts:
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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