The Political Graveyard: Oklahoma: Governors

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Oklahoma: Governors

Governors of Oklahoma, 1907-2018 (May be incomplete!)
Charles N. Haskell 1907-11 Lee Cruce 1911-15 Robert L. Williams 1915-19 James Brooks Ayers Robertson 1919-23 Jack C. Walton 1923 Martin E. Trapp 1923-27 Henry S. Johnston 1927-29 William J. 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 J. 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 Walters 1991-95 Francis A. Keating 1995- Brad Henry 2003- Mary Fallin 2011-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1907 Sep 17: Charles N. Haskell (Dem), elected; Frank Frantz (Rep), defeated; C. C. Ross (Socialist), defeated.

1910 Nov 8: Lee Cruce (Dem), elected; J. W. McNeal (Rep), defeated; J. T. Cumbie (Socialist), defeated; George E. Rouch (Prohibition), defeated.

1914 Nov 3: Robert L. Williams (Dem), elected; John Fields (Rep), defeated; Fred Holt (Socialist), defeated; John P. Hickam (Progressive), defeated.

1918: William H. Murray (Dem), defeated in primary.

1918: Ulysses S. Stone (Rep), defeated in primary.

1918 Nov 5: James Brooks Ayers Robertson (Dem), elected; Horace G. McKeever (Rep), defeated; Patrick S. Nagle (Socialist), defeated.

1922 Nov 7: Jack C. Walton (Dem), elected; John Fields (Rep), defeated; Orville E. Enfield (Socialist), defeated.

1926 Nov 2: Henry S. Johnston (Dem), elected; Omer K. Benedict (Rep), defeated; John Franning (Farmer-Labor), defeated; E. H. H. Gates (Socialist), defeated; Ed Boyle (Ind), defeated.

1930: Leroy Kershaw (Rep), defeated in primary.

1930 Nov 4: William H. Murray (Dem), elected; Ira A. Hill (Rep), defeated; B. G. Bingham (Ind), defeated; John Franning (Ind), defeated.

1934 Nov 6: Ernest W. Marland (Dem), elected; William B. Pine (Rep), defeated; S. P. Green (Socialist), defeated; Francis M. Simpson (Prohibition), defeated.

1938: William H. Murray (Dem), defeated in primary.

1938 Nov 8: Leon C. Phillips (Dem), elected; Ross Rizley (Rep), defeated; John W. Lanhorn (Prohibition), defeated; John Franning (Ind), defeated.

1942 Nov 3: Robert S. Kerr (Dem), elected; William J. Otjen (Rep), defeated; Edward W. Fickinger (Prohibition), defeated.

1946 Nov 5: Roy J. Turner (Dem), elected; Olney F. Flynn (Rep), defeated; Mickey Harrell (Ind), defeated; R. M. Funk (Ind), defeated; Bruno Miller (Ind), defeated.

1950 Nov 7: Johnston Murray (Dem), elected; Jo D. Ferguson (Rep), defeated; Mickey Harrell (Ind), defeated.

1954 Nov 2: Raymond Gary (Dem), elected; Reuben K. Sparks (Rep), defeated.

1958 Nov 4: J. Howard Edmondson (Dem), elected; Phil Ferguson (Rep), defeated; D. A. 'Jelly' Bryce (Ind), defeated.

1962: Fred R. Harris (Dem), defeated in primary.

1962 Nov 6: Henry Bellmon (Rep), elected; William P. Atkinson (Dem), defeated; L. Richard Zavitz (Ind), defeated.

1966: David Hall (Dem), defeated in primary.

1966 Nov 8: Dewey F. Bartlett (Rep), elected; Preston J. Moore (Dem), defeated; H. E. Bingham (Ind), defeated.

1970 Sep 16: Bryce Baggett (Dem), defeated in primary.

1970 Nov 3: David Hall (Dem), elected; Dewey F. Bartlett (Rep), defeated; Revel Little (American), defeated.

1974: David Hall (Dem), defeated in primary.

1974 Nov 5: David L. Boren (Dem), elected; James M. Inhofe (Rep), defeated.

1990: Wes Watkins (Dem), defeated in primary.

1994: Wes Watkins (Dem), defeated.

2002 Nov 5: Brad Henry (Dem), elected; Steve Largent (Rep), defeated; Gary L. Richardson, defeated.

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