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)

#	Picture	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)

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

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.

Governor	Gubernatorial term	U.S. Congress		Other offices held
		House	Senate
George Washington Steele	1890–1891 (territorial)			U.S. Representative from Indiana
William H. Murray	1931–1935	H		First Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
E. W. Marland	1935–1939	H
Robert S. Kerr	1943–1947		S
J. Howard Edmondson	1959–1963		S*
Henry Bellmon	1963–1967 1987–1991		S
Dewey F. Bartlett	1967–1971		S
David Boren	1975–1979		S	President of the University of Oklahoma
Frank Keating	1995–2003			United States Associate Attorney General; United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Mary Fallin	2011–present	H

Living former U.S. governors of Oklahoma

As of May 2016, 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.

Governor	Gubernatorial term	Date of birth (and age)
George Nigh	1963 1979–1987	June 9, 1927
David L. Boren	1975–1979	April 21, 1941
David Walters	1991–1995	November 20, 1951
Frank Keating	1995–2003	February 10, 1944
Brad Henry	2003–2011	July 10, 1963

See also

• Governor of Oklahoma