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Basic Data Relating to Oklahoma's Governors BASIC DATA RELATING TO OKLAHOMA'S GOVERNORS DATE OF TERM TERM BURIAL NAME BIRTHPLACE BIRTH BEGAN ENDED DEATH PLACE PARTY Territorial Geo. W. Steele Fayette Co., Ind. 12·13-1839 5-22-1890 10-18-1891 7-12-1922 Marion, Indiana R Robert Marlin' Abraham Seay 11-28-1832 2- 1-1892 5- 7-1893 12-22-1915 Kingfisher R Wm. C. Renfrow ~~i~~n~r9: ~acar 3-15-1845 5- 7-1893 5-24-1897 1-31-1922 Russellville, Arkansas D Cassius M. Barnes Livingston Co., N.Y. 8-25-1845 5-24-1897 5-15-1901 2-18-1925 Guthrie R Wm. M. Jenkins Stark Co., Ohio 4-25-1856 5-12-1901 11-30-1901 10-19-1941 Sapulpa R William C. Grimes' Thompson B. Ferguson Des Moines, Iowa 3-17-1857 12- 9-1901 1-13-1906 2-14-1921 Watonga R Frank Frantz Roanoke, III. 5- 7-1872 1-13-1906 11-16-1907 3- 9-1941 Tulsa R State Chas. N. Haskell Putnam Co., Ohio 3-13-1860 11-16-1907 1- 9-1911 7- 5-1933 Muskogee D Lee Cruce Marion, Kentucky 7- 8-1863 1- 9-1911 1-11-1915 1-16-1933 Ardmore D Rob!, L. Williams Brundidge, Ala. 12-20-1868 1-11-1915 1-13-1919 4-10-1948 Durant D J. B. A. Robertson Keokuk Co., Iowa 3-15-1871 1-13-1919 1- 8-1923 3- 7-1938 Oklahoma City D .j:- J. C. Walton Indianapolis, Ind. 3- 6-1881 1- 8-1923 11-19-1923 11-25-1949 Oklahoma City D CXl Martin E. Trapp Robinson, Kansas 4-18-1877 11-19-1923 1-10-1927 7-26-1951 Muskogee D Henry S. Johnston Evansville, Ind. 12-30-1867 1-10-1927 3-20-1929 1- 7-1965 Ponca City D Wm. J. Holloway Arkadelphia, Ark. 12-15-1888 3-20-1929 1-12-1931 1-28-1970 Oklahoma City D Wm. H. Murray Collinsville, Texas 11-21-1869 1-12-1931 1-15-1935 10-15-1956 Tishomingo D E. W. Marland Pittsburgh, Penn. 5- 8-1874 1-15-1935 1- 9-1939 10- 3-1941 Ponca City D Leon C. Phillips Worth Co., Mo. 12- 9-1890 1- 9-1939 1-11-1943 3-27-1958 Weleetka D Rob\. S. Kerr Ada, Indian Territory 9-11-1896 1-11-1943 1-13-1947 1- 1-1963 Ada D Roy J. Turner Lincoln Co., Okla. Terr. 11- 6-1894 1-13-1947 1- 8-1951 6-11-1973 Oklahoma City D Johnston Murray Emet, Indian Territory 7-21-1902 1- 8-1951 1-10-1955 4-16-1974 Tishomingo D Raymond Gary Madill, Okla. 1-21-1908 1-10-1955 1- 8-1959 D J. Howard Edmondson Muskogee, Oklahoma 9-27-1925 1- 8-1959 1- 6-63 (resigned) 11-17-1971 Oklahoma City D George N ig h' McAlester, Oklahoma 6- 9-1927 1- 6-1963 1-14-1963 D Henry Bellmon Tonkawa, Oklahoma 9- 3-1921 1-14-1963 1- 9-1967 R Dewey F. Bartlett Marietta, Ohio 3-28-1919 1- 9-1967 1-11-1971 3- 1-1979 Tulsa R DaVid Hall Oklahoma City, Okla. 10-20-1930 1-11-1971 1-13-1975 D DaVid Boren Washington D.C. 4-21-1941 1-13-1975 1-3-79 (resigned) D George Nigh' McAlester. Oklahoma 6- 9-1927 1- 3-1979 1- 8-1979 D George Nigh McAlester, Oklahoma 6- 9-1927 1- 8-1979 D 1. Robert Martin, Secretary of the Territory. served as Acting Governor October 18, 1891 to February 1, 1892 2. William C. Grimes, Secretary of the Territory, served as Acting Governor November 30, 1901 to December 9, 1901. 3. Became Governor to fill vacancy left by resignation of J. Howard Edmondson. 4. Became Governor to fill vacancy left by resignation of David Boren. .
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