Leon C. Phillips

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Leon Chase "Red" Phillips was a governor of Oklahoma, he was born December 9, 1890, in Worth County, Missouri, Phillips moved to Oklahoma at an early age. While a student at Epworth University in Oklahoma City, he studied for the ministry, but changed to law and received his LL.B. from the University of Oklahoma in 1916. He was admitted to the State Bar in that year and to practice before the United States Supreme Court later. After service in World War I, he returned to Okemah, where he practiced law. He was a member of the State Legislature from 1933 to 1938; Speaker of the House in 1935; Governor from January 9, 1939, to January 11, 1943. He was a practicing attorney in his home of Okemah until his death on March 27, 1958. He is buried in Weleetka, Oklahoma.

Preceded by:
Ernest W. Marland		 Governor of Oklahoma
1939–1943		 Succeeded by:
Robert S. Kerr
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Governors of Oklahoma
Territorial: Steele • Martin • Seay • Renfrow • Barnes • Jenkins • Grimes • Ferguson • Frantz

Haskell • Cruce • Williams • Robertson • Walton • Trapp • Johnston • Holloway • W. Murray • Marland • Phillips • Kerr • Turner • J. Murray • Gary • Edmondson • Nigh • Bellmon • Bartlett • Hall • Boren • Nigh • Bellmon • Walters • Keating • Henry

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