Territorial Governors
| Name | Party | Term | DOB/DOD | Occupations |
| George Washington Steele * | R | 1890-1891 | Born
12/13/1839, Indiana Died 7/12/1922, Indiana |
Lawyer, Public Service |
| Robert Martin | R | 1891-1892 | Born 1833,
Pennsylvania Died 3/2/1897, Guthrie, OK |
Lawyer, Mayor |
| Abraham Jefferson Seay | R | 1892-1893 | Born
11/28/1832, Virginia Died 12/22/1915, Kingfisher, OK |
Lawyer, Judge, Banker |
| William Cary Renfrow * | D | 1893-1897 | Born
3/15/1845, N. Carolina Buried in Arkansas, 1/31/1922 |
Military, Banker, Oil & Gas |
| Cassius McDonald Barnes | R | 1897-1901 | Born
8/25/1845, New York Died 2/19/1925, buried in Guthrie |
Military, US Marshal, Banker |
| William Miller Jenkins * | R | 5/01-11/01 | Born
4/25/1856, Ohio Died 10/19/1941, Sapulpa, OK |
Lawyer, Secretary of Territory |
| William C. Grimes | R | Acting Gov 11/30/01-12/9/01 |
Born
11/6/1857, Ohio Died 4/8/1931, California |
Newspaper Publisher, Sheriff, US Marshal |
| Thompson Benton Ferguson | R | 1901-1906 | Born
3/17/1857, Iowa Died 2/14/1921, Watonga, OK |
Teacher, Minister, Editor, Postmaster |
| Frank Frantz * | R | 1906-1907 | Born 5/7/1872,
Illinois Died 5/9/1941, Oklahoma |
Rough Rider, Postmaster, Indian Agent |
Governors Since Statehood
| Name | Party | Term | DOB/DOD | Occupations |
| Charles Nathaniel Haskell * | D | 1907-1911 | Born 3/13/1860, Ohio Died 7/5/1933, Muskogee, OK |
Lawyer, Oil |
| Lee Cruce | D | 1911-1915 | Born 7/8/1863, Kentucky Died 1/16/1933, California |
Lawyer, Banker |
| Robert Lee Williams | D | 1915-1919 | Born 12/20/1868, Alabama Died 4/10/1948, Durant, OK |
Lawyer, Chief Justice, District Judge, Circuit Judge |
| James Brooks Ayers Robertson | D | 1919-1923 | Born 3/15/1871, Iowa Died 3/7/1938, OKC |
Lawyer, Co. Attorney, Judge |
| Jack Callaway Walton * | D | Jan 1923-Nov 1923 | Born 3/6/1881, Indiana Died 11/25/1949, OKC |
Commissioner of Public Works, Mayor, Corporation Commission |
| Martin Edwin Trapp | D | 1923-1927 | Born 4/18/1877, Kansas Died 7/26/1951, OKC |
County Clerk, State Auditor, Lt. Gov., Investment Securities |
| Henry Simpson Johnston * | D | 1/1927-3/1929 | Born 12/30/1867, Indiana Died 1/7/1965, Perry, OK |
Lawyer |
| William Judson Holloway | D | 1929-1931 | Born 12/15/1888, Arkansas Died 1/28/1970, OKC |
HS Principal, Lawyer, County Attny, St. Senator, Lt. Gov. |
| William Henry Murray | D | 1931-1935 | Born 11/21/1869, Texas Died 10/15/1956, unknown |
Laborer, Teacher, Editor, Lawyer, Speaker of OK House, established colony in Bolivia, S.A. |
| Ernest Whitworth Marland | D | 1935-1939 | Born 5/8/1874, Pennsylvania Died 10/3/1941, Oklahoma |
Lawyer, Oil, Congressman |
| Leon Chase Phillips | D | 1939-1943 | Born 12/9/1890, Missouri Died 3/27/1958, Okemah, OK |
Lawyer, State Rep., Speaker |
| Robert Samuel Kerr | D | 1943-1947 | Born 9/11/1896, Ada,
OK Died 1/1/1963, Ada, OK |
Lawyer, Oil, U.S. Senator |
| Roy Joseph Turner | D | 1947-1951 | Born 11/6/1894, Oklahoma Died 6/11/1973, OKC |
Bookkeeper, Salesman, Real Estate, Oil, Rancher |
| Johnston Murray | D | 1951-1955 | Born 7/21/02, Oklahoma Died 4/16/74, Tishomingo, OK |
Father was former Gov., Rancher in Bolivia, Lawyer |
| Raymond Dancel Gary * | D | 1955-1959 | Born 1/21/08, Love
Co, OK Died 12/11/93, Madill, OK |
Teacher, Co. Superintendent, Oil, St. Senator |
| James Howard Edmondson * | D | 1959-1963 | Born 9/27/25, Muskogee,
OK Died 11/17/71, OKC |
Military, Lawyer, Co. Attorney, U.S. Senator |
| Henry Louis Bellmon * | R | 1963-1967 | Born 9/3/21, Tonkawa, OK | Military, State Rep., Farmer, U.S. Senator |
| Dewey Follett Bartlett | R | 1967-1971 | Born 3/28/19, Ohio Died 3/1/79, unknown |
Military, Oil, State Senator, U.S. Senate |
| David Hall | D | 1971-1975 | Born 10/20/30, OKC | Military, Co. Attorney, Professor |
| David Lyle Boren | D | 1975-1979 | Born 4/21/41, Washington DC | Lawyer, State Rep., U.S. Senate, President of the University of OK |
| George Patterson Nigh * | D | 1979-1987 | Born 6/9/27, McAlester, OK | Military, Teacher, St. Rep., Lt. Gov., University of Central OK President |
| Henry Louis Bellmon * | R | 1987-1991 | See earlier entry | |
| David Lee Walters * | D | 1991-1995 | Born 11/20/51, Canute, OK | State Employee, Associate Provost OUHSC, Real Estate |
| Francis Anthony Keating | R | 1994-2002 | Born 2/10/44, St. Louis, MO | FBI Agent, Asst DA, St. Rep., St. Senator, U.S. Attorney, Asst Secretary of Treasury |
| Brad Henry | D | 2003- | Born 1964, Shawnee, OK | Attorney, State Senator |
Footnotes:
George Washington Steele: first
Territorial governor
William Cary Renfrow: only Democrat to serve as Territorial Governor
William Miller Jenkins: removed from office
Frank Frantz: last Territorial Governor
Charles Nathaniel Haskell: First State Governor
Jack Callaway Walton: impeached from office
Henry Simpson Johnston: impeached from office
Raymond Dancel Gary: first Governor to be born in OK since
statehood
James Howard Edmondson: youngest governor in the history of the
state, 34 yrs
Henry Louis Bellmon: first Republican Governor and first Governor
ever to be elected to that office, then elected to US Senate, then Governor again.
George Patterson Nigh: youngest elected Lt. Governor, was the 17th
Governor for 9 days after Gov. Edmondson resigned, 21st Governor serving 5 days after Gov.
Boren resigned, elected 1978 as 22nd Governor and re-elected in 1982.
David Lee Walters: while in office pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor
election violation.