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)

#	Governor (Birth–Death)			Party	Took office	Left office	Appointing President	Notes
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)

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

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 January 2017, 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. The most recently serving governor of Oklahoma to have died was Henry Bellmon, who served his second non-consecutive term from 1987 to 1991 and died in 2009.

See also

• Governor of Oklahoma