| TERM |
NAME |
PARTY |
COMMENT |
| 1907-1911 |
Charles Nathaniel Haskell |
Democrat |
Born in Ohio on March 13, 1860. Died in Muskogee, Oklahoma on July 5, 1933.
Interment at Greenhill Cemetery,
Muskogee. Haskell County is named for Oklahoma's first state governor. |
| 1911-1915 |
Lee Cruce |
Democrat |
Born on July 8, 1863, near Marion Kentucky. Died on Januray 1, 1933, in Los Angeles, California. Interment at
Rose Hill Cemetery in Ardmore, Oklahoma. |
| 1915-1919 |
Robert Lee Williams |
Democrat |
Born on December 20, 1868, in Brundidge, Alabama. Died on April 10, 1948, in Durant, Oklahoma. Interment at
Highland Cemetery, Durant, Oklahoma. |
| 1919-1923 |
James Brooks Ayers Robertson |
Democrat |
Born in Keokuk County, Iowa, on March 15, 1871. Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on March 7, 1938. Interment
in Oak Park Cemetery in Chandler. |
| 1923 |
Jack Callaway Walton |
Democrat |
Born on a farm near Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 6, 1881. Died on November 25, 1949. Interment at Rose Hill
Cemetery, in Oklahoma City. Served from January 8, 1923 to November 19, 1923. Impeached. |
| 1923-1927 |
Martin Edwin Trapp |
Democrat |
Born on April 18, 1877, in Robinson, Kansas. Died on July 26, 1951, in Oklahoma City. Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery in Oklahoma City. Completed term of impeached Governor Walton. |
| 1927-1929 |
Henry Simpson Johnston |
Democrat |
Born on December 30, 1867, near Evansville, Indiana. Died on January 7, 1965, in Perry, Oklahoma. Impeached. |
| 1929-1931 |
William Judson Holloway |
Democrat |
Born on born December 15, 1888, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Died on January 28, 1970, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery in Oklahoma City. Completed term of impeached Governor Johnston. |
| 1931-1935 |
William Henry Murray |
Democrat |
Born on November 21, 1869, in Collinsville, Texas. Died on October 15, 1956, and is buried in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. |
| 1935-1939 |
Ernest Whitworth Marland |
Democrat |
Born on May 8, 1874, in Pittburgh, Pennsylvania. Died on October 3, 1941. He's buried in Ponca City, Oklahoma. |
| 1939-1943 |
Leon Chase Phillips |
Democrat |
Born on December 9, 1890, in Worth County, Missouri. Died on March 27, 1958, in Okemah, Oklahoma. He is buried
in Weleetka. |
| 1943-1947 |
Robert Samuel Kerr |
Democrat |
Born near Ada, Indian Territory, on September 11, 1896. Died on January 1, 1963. He is buried at his birthplace
near Ada, Oklahoma. Oklahoma's first native-born state governor. |
| 1947-1951 |
Roy Joseph Turner |
Democrat |
Born on November 6, 1894, in Lincoln County, Oklahoma Territory. Died on June 11, 1973, in Oklahoma City. He
is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Oklahoma City. |
| 1951-1955 |
Johnston Murray |
Democrat |
Born in Oklahoma on July 21, 1902. Died on April 16, 1974, in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. |
| 1955-1959 |
Raymond Dancel Gary |
Democrat |
Born on a farm between Madill and Kingston, Oklahoma, on January 21, 1908. Died on December 11, 1993, and is
buried at Madill Cemetery in Madill, Oklahoma. First governor born in the state of Oklahoma. |
| 1959-1963 |
James Howard Edmondson |
Democrat |
Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, on September 27, 1925. Died on November 17, 1971, in Oklahoma City. Interment at
Memorial Park Cemetery in Oklahoma City. Youngest governor in the history of the state. He resigned on January
6, 1963 and was appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Robert S. Kerr. |
| 1963 |
George Patterson Nigh |
Democrat |
Born on June 9, 1927, in McAlester, Oklahoma. Served the nine days, the remainder of Governor Edmondson's term. |
| 1963-1967 |
Henry Louis Bellmon |
Republican |
Born in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, on September 3, 1921. First Republican governor of the state of Oklahoma. |
| 1967-1971 |
Dewey Follett Bartlett |
Republican |
Born in Mariett, Ohio, on March 28, 1919. Died on March 1, 1979, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Interment at Calvary
Cemetery in Tulsa. |
| 1971-1975 |
David Hall |
Democrat |
Born on October 20, 1930, in Oklahoma City. Indicted on extortion and conspiracy charges, three days after he
left office. Convicted and sentenced to three years in prison. Served 19 months. |
| 1975-1979 |
David Lyle Boren |
Democrat |
Born in Washington, D.C., on April 21, 1941. Son of Congressman Lyle H. Boren. |
| 1979-1987 |
George Patterson Nigh |
Democrat |
Born on June 9, 1927, in McAlester, Oklahoma. Served nine days, the remainder of Governor Edmondson's term, in 1963.
Also served the remaining five days of Governor Boren's term. Began regular term on January 8, 1979. |
| 1987-1991 |
Henry Louis Bellmon |
Republican |
Born in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, on September 3, 1921. First Republican governor of the state of Oklahoma for his first term in 1963. |
| 1991-1995 |
David Lee Walters |
Democrat |
Born on November 20, 1951, near Canute, Oklahoma, in Washita County. |
| 1994-2002 |
Francis Anthony Keating |
Republican |
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 10, 1944. |
| 2003-2011 |
Charles Bradford "Brad" Henry |
Democrat |
Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on July 10, 1963. |
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ADDITIONAL LINKS:
State of Oklahoma:
Territorial and state governors beginning with first Territorial Governor, George Washington Steele, in 1890.
Oklahoma Department of Libraries:
100 Years of Oklahoma Governors: An Agency History
broken links to us. We really appreciate it. |
Source: Oklahoma Department of Libraries, (http://www.odl.state.ok.us/), May 3, 2004
Source: The Political Graveyard, (http://www.politicalgraveyard.com), May 3, 2004 |
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