List of Governors of Oklahoma

Standard of the Governor of Oklahoma

The following is a list of Governors of the State of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Territory.

List of Governors

Governors of Oklahoma Territory

Oklahoma Territory was formally organized on May 2, 1890.

As secretaries of Oklahoma Territory in 1891 and 1901 respectively, Robert Martin and William C. Grimes both served as acting governor whenever the presidentially appointed governorship was vacant.

Parties

      Democratic       Republican

#	Picture	Governor	Party	Took office	Left office	Appointed by	Notes
1		George Washington Steele	Republican	May 22, 1890	October 18, 1891	Benjamin Harrison
—		Robert Martin	Republican	October 18, 1891	February 1, 1892	Acting governor
2		Abraham Jefferson Seay	Republican	February 1, 1892	May 7, 1893	Benjamin Harrison
3		William Cary Renfrow	Democratic	May 7, 1893	January 31, 1897	Grover Cleveland
4		Cassius M. Barnes	Republican	January 31, 1897	April 15, 1901	William McKinley
5		William Miller Jenkins	Republican	April 15, 1901	November 30, 1901	William McKinley
—		William C. Grimes	Republican	November 30, 1901	December 9, 1901	Acting governor
6		Thompson Benton Ferguson	Republican	December 9, 1901	January 5, 1906	Theodore Roosevelt
7		Frank Frantz	Republican	January 5, 1906	November 16, 1907	Theodore Roosevelt

Governors of the State of Oklahoma

Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory joined the Union as the State of Oklahoma on November 16, 1907.

Parties

      Democratic       Republican

#	Picture	Governor	Party	Took office	Left office	Notes
1		Charles N. Haskell	Democratic	November 16, 1907	January 9, 1911
2		Lee Cruce	Democratic	January 9, 1911	January 11, 1915
3		R. L. Williams	Democratic	January 11, 1915	January 13, 1919
4		James B. A. Robertson	Democratic	January 13, 1919	January 8, 1923
5		Jack C. Walton	Democratic	January 8, 1923	November 19, 1923
6		Martin E. Trapp	Democratic	November 19, 1923	January 10, 1927
7		Henry S. Johnston	Democratic	January 10, 1927	March 20, 1929
8		William J. Holloway	Democratic	March 20, 1929	January 1, 1931
9		William H. Murray	Democratic	January 1, 1931	January 14, 1935
10		Ernest W. Marland	Democratic	January 14, 1935	January 9, 1939
11		Leon C. Phillips	Democratic	January 9, 1939	January 11, 1943
12		Robert S. Kerr	Democratic	January 11, 1943	January 13, 1947
13		Roy J. Turner	Democratic	January 13, 1947	January 8, 1951
14		Johnston Murray	Democratic	January 8, 1951	January 10, 1955
15		Raymond D. Gary	Democratic	January 10, 1955	January 12, 1959
16		J. Howard Edmondson	Democratic	January 12, 1959	January 6, 1963
17		George Nigh	Democratic	January 6, 1963	January 14, 1963
18		Henry Bellmon	Republican	January 14, 1963	January 9, 1967
19		Dewey F. Bartlett	Republican	January 9, 1967	January 11, 1971
20		David Hall	Democratic	January 11, 1971	January 13, 1975
21		David L. Boren	Democratic	January 13, 1975	January 8, 1979
22		George Nigh	Democratic	January 8, 1979	January 12, 1987
23		Henry Bellmon	Republican	January 12, 1987	January 14, 1991
24		David Walters	Democratic	January 14, 1991	January 9, 1995
25		Frank Keating	Republican	January 9, 1995	January 13, 2003
26		Brad Henry	Democratic	January 13, 2003	January 10, 2011
27		Mary Fallin	Republican	January 10, 2011	Incumbent

Other high offices held

This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, and other governorships held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Oklahoma except where noted. * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.

Living former U.S. governors of Oklahoma

As of May 2015, there are six former U.S. governors of Oklahoma who are currently living at this time, the oldest U.S. governor of Oklahoma being George Nigh (1963, 1979-1987, born 1927). The most recent U.S. governor of Oklahoma to die was Henry Bellmon (1963–1967, 1987–1991), on September 29, 2009; he is also the U.S. governor of Oklahoma who served most recently to have died.

See also

• Governor of Oklahoma

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