Selected officials of Muskogee County

(not intended to be complete)

Wesley E. Disney (County Attorney, 1911-15) Ed Edmondson (County Attorney, 1949-52)

Politicians who were born in Muskogee County

• Muskogee: John Q. Adams 1900 Ed Edmondson 1919 Isaac N. Coggs 1920 J. Howard Edmondson 1925 Reubin Askew 1928 James R. Jones 1939 Susan Golding 1945
• See also Okla. birthplaces not assigned to counties.

Politicians who lived in Muskogee County

• Muskogee:
  • Lived in Muskogee, year not specified: Thomas Patrick Smith
  • Lived in Muskogee, 1900-1999: Mrs. D. G. Albright - W. R. Banker - Lyman B. Beard - Tams Bixby, Jr. - Archibald Bonds - Ezra Brainerd, Jr. - Fred P. Branson - Bower Slack Broaddus - Charles Chandler - Charles E. Creager - W. J. Crump - J. Fred Darby - L. G. Disney - Ed Edmondson - Jim A. Egan - Carl Frix - Sandy Garrett - Kathleen McInerney Gibson - W. M. Gulager - W. H. Harrower - Charles N. Haskell - Henryetta Hildabrand - James Roy Johnson - Philas S. Jones - Charles Kelly - Mrs. Mack Kelly - Mack Kelly - Leroy Kershaw - E. Edwin Langley - Carlos E. Logan - Kathleen Rooney McInerney - R. M. Mountcastle - Robert L. Owen - Avalon Reece - John Reynolds - George Seibold - E. C. Simmons - Ferd P. Snider - Ruby Spaulding - Anne Stewart - Noble Stewart - William N. Stranahan - D. K. Swon - Mike Synar - Mrs. Alex Todd
  • Lived in Muskogee, 2000-2009: Sue Johnson - Tom M. Montgomery - Jeff Potts
• Muskogee, Indian Territory (now Okla.): Leo E. Bennett - Charles W. Raymond - A. G. W. Sango
• Warner: Mrs. Morris Finklea
• See also Okla. areas not assigned to counties.

Politicians who died in Muskogee County

• Fort Gibson: William Butler 1850 William A. Phillips 1893
• Muskogee: Samuel Benton Callahan 1911 Thomas Ryan 1914 Frank Frantz 1941 Philas S. Jones 1943 Charles E. Creager 1964 Leroy Kershaw 1969

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Muskogee County

• Fort Gibson Fort Gibson National Cemetery
• Muskogee Unknown location
• Muskogee Greenhill Cemetery
• Muskogee Memorial Park Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• Montfort Stokes (1762-1842) — of Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C. Born in Lunenburg County, Va., March 12, 1762. Brother-in-law of James Wellborn. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1816-23; Governor of North Carolina, 1830-32. Died November 4, 1842. Interment at Fort Gibson National Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Lee Cruce (1863-1933) — of Ardmore, Carter County, Okla. Born in Marion, Crittenden County, Ky., July 8, 1863. Son of James Winlock Cruce and Jane (Hill) Cruce; married, June 21, 1893, to Chickie Le Flore. Democrat. Merchant; lawyer; banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1908, 1920, 1928; Governor of Oklahoma, 1911-15. Presbyterian. Member, Beta Theta Pi; Freemasons. Died in Ardmore, Carter County, Okla., January 16, 1933. Interment somewhere.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Charles Nathaniel Haskell (1860-1933) — also known as Charles N. Haskell — of Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla. Born in Leipsic, Putnam County, Ohio, March 13, 1860. Democrat. Lawyer; oil business; delegate to Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906; Governor of Oklahoma, 1907-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1928. Died, of pneumonia, in the Skirvin Hotel, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla., July 5, 1933. Interment at Greenhill Cemetery. Haskell County, Okla. is named for him.
  
  
• Alice Mary Robertson (1854-1931) — also known as Alice M. Robertson — of Oklahoma. Born in Oklahoma, 1854. Republican. U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922. Female. Died of carcinoma. July 1, 1931. Interment at Greenhill Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Samuel Benton Callahan (1833-1911) — of Oklahoma. Born in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., January 26, 1833. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Tribal Representative to Confederate Congress, 1864-65; justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1891. Creek Indian ancestry. Died in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla., February 17, 1911. Interment at Greenhill Cemetery.
  
  
• Charles Edward Creager (1873-1964) — also known as Charles E. Creager — of Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla. Born near Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, April 28, 1873. Republican. U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1909-11. Died, of emphysema, in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla., January 11, 1964. Interment at Greenhill Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Leroy Kershaw (1880-1969) — also known as L. R. Kershaw — of Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla. Born in Elmwood, Peoria County, Ill., December 6, 1880. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924; candidate in primary for Governor of Oklahoma, 1930. Died in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla., June 25, 1969. Interment at Greenhill Cemetery.
  
  
• Thomas Patrick Smith (d. 1917) — of Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla. Secretary of state of Oklahoma, 1907-11. Died October 4, 1917. Interment at Greenhill Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Michael Lynn Synar (1950-1996) — also known as Mike Synar — of Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla. Born in Vinita, Craig County, Okla., October 17, 1950. Democrat. Rancher; real estate broker; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1979-95. Died, of brain cancer, in Washington, D.C., January 9, 1996. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Ed Edmondson (1919-1990) — also known as Edmond Augustus Edmondson — of Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla. Born in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla., April 7, 1919. Son of Edmond Augustus Edmondson and Esther (Pullen) Edmondson; married, March 5, 1944, to June Maureen Pilley; brother of James Howard Edmondson. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper correspondent; lawyer; Muskogee County Attorney, 1949-52; U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1953-73; candidate for U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, 1972, 1974. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Gamma Delta; American Bar Association. Died December 8, 1990. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
  • See also Edmondson family of Oklahoma
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Philas Stratton Jones (1867-1943) — also known as Philas S. Jones — of Wilburton, Latimer County, Okla.; Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla. Born in Kentucky, September 30, 1867. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Died, of arteriosclerosis, in a hospital at Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla., July 27, 1943. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
  
  

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