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

  Republican (6)   Democratic (1)

#PictureGovernor
(Birth–Death)		PartyTook officeLeft officeAppointing PresidentNotes
1   George Washington Steele
(1839–1922)		 Republican May 22, 1890 October 18, 1891 Benjamin Harrison
—   Robert Martin
(1833–1897)		 Republican October 18, 1891 February 1, 1892 — Acting
2   Abraham Jefferson Seay
(1832–1915)		 Republican February 1, 1892 May 7, 1893 Benjamin Harrison
3   William Cary Renfrow
(1845–1922)		 Democratic May 7, 1893 January 31, 1897 Grover Cleveland
4   Cassius M. Barnes
(1845–1925)		 Republican January 31, 1897 April 15, 1901 William McKinley
5   William Miller Jenkins
(1856–1941)		 Republican April 15, 1901 November 30, 1901
—   William C. Grimes
(1857–1931)		 Republican November 30, 1901 December 9, 1901 — Acting
6   Thompson Benton Ferguson
(1857–1921)		 Republican December 9, 1901 January 5, 1906 Theodore Roosevelt
7   Frank Frantz
(1872–1941)		 Republican January 5, 1906 November 16, 1907

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 (22)   Republican (5)

#PortraitGovernor
(Birth–Death)		PartyTook officeLeft officeNotes
1   Charles N. Haskell
(1860–1933)		 Democratic November 16, 1907 January 9, 1911
2   Lee Cruce
(1863–1933)		 Democratic January 9, 1911 January 11, 1915
3   Robert L. Williams
(1868–1948)		 Democratic January 11, 1915 January 13, 1919
4   James B. A. Robertson
(1871–1938)		 Democratic January 13, 1919 January 8, 1923
5   Jack C. Walton
(1881–1949)		 Democratic January 8, 1923 November 19, 1923
6   Martin E. Trapp
(1877–1951)		 Democratic November 19, 1923 January 10, 1927
7   Henry S. Johnston
(1867–1965)		 Democratic January 10, 1927 March 20, 1929
8   William J. Holloway
(1888–1970)		 Democratic March 20, 1929 January 1, 1931
9   William H. Murray
(1869–1956)		 Democratic January 1, 1931 January 14, 1935
10   E. W. Marland
(1874–1941)		 Democratic January 14, 1935 January 9, 1939
11   Leon C. Phillips
(1890–1958)		 Democratic January 9, 1939 January 11, 1943
12   Robert S. Kerr
(1896–1963)		 Democratic January 11, 1943 January 13, 1947
13   Roy J. Turner
(1894–1973)		 Democratic January 13, 1947 January 8, 1951
14   Johnston Murray
(1902–1974)		 Democratic January 8, 1951 January 10, 1955
15   Raymond D. Gary
(1908–1993)		 Democratic January 10, 1955 January 12, 1959
16   J. Howard Edmondson
(1925–1971)		 Democratic January 12, 1959 January 6, 1963
17   George Nigh
(1927–)		 Democratic January 6, 1963 January 14, 1963
18   Henry Bellmon
(1921–2009)		 Republican January 14, 1963 January 9, 1967
19   Dewey F. Bartlett
(1919–1979)		 Republican January 9, 1967 January 11, 1971
20   David Hall
(1930–2016)		 Democratic January 11, 1971 January 13, 1975
21   David L. Boren
(1941–)		 Democratic January 13, 1975 January 8, 1979
22   George Nigh
(1927–)		 Democratic January 8, 1979 January 12, 1987
23   Henry Bellmon
(1921–2009)		 Republican January 12, 1987 January 14, 1991
24   David Walters
(1951–)		 Democratic January 14, 1991 January 9, 1995
25   Frank Keating
(1944–)		 Republican January 9, 1995 January 13, 2003
26   Brad Henry
(1963–)		 Democratic January 13, 2003 January 10, 2011
27   Mary Fallin
(1954–)		 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.

Governor Gubernatorial term U.S. Congress Other offices held
House Senate
George Washington Steele 1890–1891 (territorial) U.S. Representative from Indiana
William H. Murray 1931–1935 H First Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
E. W. Marland 1935–1939 H
Robert S. Kerr 1943–1947 S
J. Howard Edmondson 1959–1963 S*
Henry Bellmon 1963–1967
1987–1991		 S
Dewey F. Bartlett 1967–1971 S
David Boren 1975–1979 S President of the University of Oklahoma
Frank Keating 1995–2003 United States Associate Attorney General; United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Mary Fallin 2011–present H

Living former U.S. governors of Oklahoma

As of May 2016, there are five former U.S. governors of Oklahoma who are currently living at this time, the oldest U.S. governor of Oklahoma being George Nigh (served 1963 and 1979-1987, born 1927). The most recent U.S. governor of Oklahoma to die was David Hall (served 1971–1975, born 1930), on May 6, 2016.

GovernorGubernatorial termDate of birth (and age)
George Nigh 1963
1979–1987		 June 9, 1927
David L. Boren 1975–1979 April 21, 1941
David Walters 1991–1995 November 20, 1951
Frank Keating 1995–2003 February 10, 1944
Brad Henry 2003–2011 July 10, 1963

See also

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