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Oklahoma: Governors


Governors of Oklahoma, 1907-2004 (May be incomplete!)
Charles N. Haskell 1907-11 Lee Cruce 1911-15 Robert L. Williams 1915-19 James Brooks Ayers Robertson 1919-23 John C. Walton 1923 Martin Edwin Trapp 1923-27 Henry Simpson Johnston 1927-29 William Judson Holloway 1929-31 William H. Murray 1931-35 Ernest W. Marland 1935-39 Leon C. Phillips 1939-43 Robert S. Kerr 1943-47 Roy J. Turner 1947-51 Johnston Murray 1951-55 Raymond Gary 1955-59 James Howard Edmondson 1959-63 George Nigh 1963 Henry Bellmon 1963-67 Dewey F. Bartlett 1967-71 David Hall 1971-75 David L. Boren 1975-79 George Nigh 1979-87 Henry Bellmon 1987-91 David Lee Walters 1991-95 Francis A. Keating 1995- Brad Henry 2003-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1907: Charles N. Haskell (Dem), elected.
  • 1910: Thompson B. Ferguson, defeated; Lee Cruce (Dem), elected.
  • 1914: John Fields (Rep), defeated.
  • 1918: William H. Murray (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1918: Ulysses S. Stone, defeated; James Brooks Ayers Robertson (Dem), elected.
  • 1930: Leroy Kershaw (Rep), defeated.
  • 1938: William H. Murray (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1938: Ross Rizley, defeated; Leon C. Phillips, elected.
  • 1958: Phil Ferguson, defeated.
  • 1962: Fred R. Harris (Dem), defeated.
  • 1966: David Hall (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1970: David Hall (Dem), elected.
  • 1974: David Hall (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1974: James M. Inhofe (Rep), defeated.
  • 1990: Wes Watkins (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1994: Wes Watkins (Dem), defeated.
  • 2002: Steve Largent, defeated; Brad Henry (Dem), elected.

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