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Territorial Governors

George Steele	Date of Birth: December 13, 1839 Hometown: Marion, Indiana Dates in Office: 1890-1891 Party: Republican First Lady: Marietta Swayzee Steele Date of Death: July 12, 1922
Robert Martin	Date of Birth: 1833 Hometown: Guthrie Dates in Office: Nov 1891-Feb 1892 Party: Republican First Lady: Ada Gilmore Martin Date of Death: March 2, 1897
Abraham Seay	Date of Birth: November 28, 1832 Hometown: Kingfisher Dates in Office: Feb 1892-May 1893 Party: Republican First Lady: Unmarried Date of Death: December 12, 1915
William Renfrow	Date of Birth: March 15, 1845 Hometown: Norman Dates in Office: May 1893-May 1897 Party: Democrat First Lady: Jennie York Renfrow Date of Death: January 31, 1922
Cassius Barnes	Date of Birth: August 25, 1845 Hometown: Guthrie Dates in Office: Apr 1897-May 1901 Party: Republican First Lady: Mary Bartlett Barnes Date of Death: February 18, 1925
William Jenkins	Date of Birth: April 25, 1856 Hometown: Kay County Dates in Office: May 1901-Nov 1901 Party: Republican First Lady: Delphinia White Jenkins Date of Death: October 19, 1941
William Grimes	Date of Birth: November 6, 1857 Hometown: Kingfisher Dates in Office: Nov 1901-Dec 1901 Party: Republican First Lady: Mary Cleaver Grimes Date of Death: April 8, 1931
Thompson Ferguson	Date of Birth: March 17, 1857 Hometown: Watonga Dates in Office: Dec 1901-Jan 1906 Party: Republican First Lady: Eva Shartel Ferguson Date of Death: February 14, 1921
Frank Frantz	Date of Birth: May 7, 1872 Hometown: Enid Dates in Office: Jan 1906-Nov 1907 Party: Republican First Lady: Matilda Evans Frantz Date of Death: March 9, 1941

State Governors

Charles Haskell	Date of Birth: March 13, 1860 Hometown: Muskogee Dates in Office: Nov 1907-Jan 1911 Party: Democrat First Lady: Lillian Gallup Haskell Date of Death: July 5, 1933
Lee Cruce	Date of Birth: July 8, 1863 Hometown: Ardmore Dates in Office: Jan 1911-Jan 1915 Party: Democrat First Lady: Widowed Date of Death: January 16, 1933
Robert Williams	Date of Birth: December 20, 1868 Hometown: Durant Dates in Office: Jan 1915-Jan 1919 Party: Democrat First Lady: Unmarried Date of Death: April 10, 1948
James Robertson	Date of Birth: March 15, 1871 Hometown: Chandler Dates in Office: Jan 1919-Jan 1923 Party: Democrat First Lady: Isabelle Butler Robertson Date of Death: March 7, 1938
John Walton	Date of Birth: March 6, 1881 Hometown: Oklahoma City Dates in Office: Jan 1923-Nov 1923 Party: Democrat First Lady: Madeleine Orick Walton Date of Death: November 25, 1949
Martin Trapp	Date of Birth: April 18, 1877 Hometown: Oklahoma City Dates in Office: Nov 1923-Jan 1927 Party: Democrat First Lady: Lula C. Strang Trapp Date of Death: July 26, 1951
Henry Johnston	Date of Birth: December 30, 1867 Hometown: Perry Dates in Office: Jan 1927-Mar 1929 Party: Democrat First Lady: Ethel Littleton Johnston Date of Death: January 7, 1965
William Holloway	Date of Birth: December 15, 1888 Hometown: Hugo Dates in Office: Mar 1929-Jan 1931 Party: Democrat First Lady: Amy Arnold Holloway Date of Death: January 28, 1970
William H. Murray	Date of Birth: November 21, 1869 Hometown: Tishomingo Dates in Office: Jan 1931-Jan 1935 Party: Democrat First Lady: Mary Alice Hearrell Murray Date of Death: October 15, 1956
E.W. Marland	Date of Birth: May 8, 1874 Hometown: Ponca City Dates in Office: Jan 1935-Jan 1939 Party: Democrat First Lady: Lydie Roberts Marland Date of Death: October 3, 1941
Leon Phillips	Date of Birth: December 9, 1890 Hometown: Okemah Dates in Office: Jan 1939-Jan 1943 Party: Democrat First Lady: Myrtle Ellenberger Phillips Date of Death: March 27, 1958
Robert S. Kerr	Date of Birth: September 11, 1896 Hometown: Ada Dates in Office: Jan 1943-Jan 1947 Party: Democrat First Lady: Grayce Breene Kerr Date of Death: January 1, 1963
Roy Turner	Date of Birth: November 6, 1894 Hometown: Oklahoma City Dates in Office: Jan 1947-Jan 1951 Party: Democrat First Lady: Jessica Grimm Turner Date of Death: June 11, 1973
Johnston Murray	Date of Birth: July 21, 1902 Hometown: Tishomingo Dates in Office: Jan 1951-Jan 1955 Party: Democrat First Lady: Willie Emerson Murray Date of Death: April 16, 1974
Raymond Gary	Date of Birth: January 21, 1908 Hometown: Madill Dates in Office: Jan 1955-Jan 1959 Party: Democrat First Lady: Emma Mae Purser Gary Date of Death: December 11, 1993
J. Howard Edmondson	Date of Birth: September 27, 1925 Hometown: Muskogee Dates in Office: Jan 1959-Jan 1963 Party: Democrat First Lady: Jeannette Edmondson Date of Death: November 17, 1971
George Nigh	Date of Birth: June 9, 1927 Hometown: McAlester Dates in Office: Jan 6-14, 1963 Party: Democrat First Lady: Donna Skinner Nigh
Henry Bellmon	Date of Birth: September 3, 1921 Hometown: Billings Dates in Office: Jan 1963-Jan 1967 Party: Republican First Lady: Shirley Osborn Bellmon
Dewey Bartlett	Date of Birth: March 28, 1919 Hometown: Tulsa Dates in Office: Jan 1967-Jan 1971 Party: Republican First Lady: Ann Smith Bartlett Date of Death: March 1, 1979
David Hall	Date of Birth: October 20, 1930 Hometown: Oklahoma City Dates in Office: Jan 1971-Jan 1975 Party: Democrat First Lady: Jo Evans Hall
David Boren	Date of Birth: April 21, 1941 Hometown: Seminole Dates in Office: Jan 1975-Jan 1979 Party: Democrat First Lady: Janna Lou Little Boren & Molly Shi Boren
George Nigh	Date of Birth: June 9, 1927 Hometown: McAlester Dates in Office: Jan 1979-Jan 1987 Party: Democrat First Lady: Donna Skinner Nigh
Henry Bellmon	Date of Birth: September 3, 1921 Hometown: Billings Dates in Office: Jan 1963-Jan 1967 Party: Republican First Lady: Shirley Osborn Bellmon
David Walters	Date of Birth: November 20, 1951 Hometown: Canute Dates in Office: Jan 1991-Jan 1995 Party: Democrat First Lady: Rhonda Walters
Frank Keating	Date of Birth: February 10, 1944 Hometown: Tulsa Dates in Office: Jan 1995-Jan 2003 Party: Republican First Lady: Cathy Keating
Brad Henry	Date of Birth: July 10, 1963 Hometown: Shawnee Dates in Office: Jan 2003-Present Party: Democrat First Lady: Kim Henry

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