List of governors of Oklahoma - wikipedia 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. Contents 1 List of Governors 1.1 Governors of Oklahoma Territory 1.2 Governors of the State of Oklahoma 2 Other high offices held 3 Living former U.S. governors of Oklahoma 4 See also 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 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 Abraham Jefferson Seay ( 1832 -- 1915 ) Republican February 1, 1892 May 7, 1893 Benjamin Harrison William Cary Renfrow ( 1845 -- 1922 ) Democratic May 7, 1893 January 31, 1897 Grover Cleveland 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 Lt. Governor Notes Charles N. Haskell ( 1860 -- 1933 ) Democratic November 16, 1907 January 9, 1911 George W. Bellamy Lee Cruce ( 1863 -- 1933 ) Democratic January 9, 1911 January 11, 1915 J.J. McAlester Robert L. Williams ( 1868 -- 1948 ) Democratic January 11, 1915 January 13, 1919 Martin E. Trapp 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. 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 First Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives E.W. Marland 1935 -- 1939 Robert S. Kerr 1943 -- 1947 J. Howard Edmondson 1959 -- 1963 S * Henry Bellmon 1963 -- 1967 1987 -- 1991 Dewey F. Bartlett 1967 -- 1971 David Boren 1975 -- 1979 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 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. Governor Gubernatorial term Date of birth ( and age ) George Nigh 1963 1979 -- 1987 ( 1927 - 06 - 09 ) June 9, 1927 ( age 90 ) David L. Boren 1975 -- 1979 ( 1941 - 04 - 21 ) April 21, 1941 ( age 77 ) David Walters 1991 -- 1995 ( 1951 - 11 - 20 ) November 20, 1951 ( age 66 ) Frank Keating 1995 -- 2003 ( 1944 - 02 - 10 ) February 10, 1944 ( age 74 ) Brad Henry 2003 -- 2011 ( 1963 - 07 - 10 ) July 10, 1963 ( age 54 ) See also Governor of Oklahoma State of Oklahoma Oklahoma City ( capital ) Topics History Government Governor ( List ) Symbols People Geography Earthquakes Media Newspapers Radio TV Sports Tourist attractions Unassigned Lands Society Culture Crime Demographics Economy Education Politics Regions Arklatex Central Cherokee Outlet Cross Timbers Four State Area Flint Hills Green Country Kiamichi Country Little Dixie Northwestern Oklahoma City Metro Ouachita Mountains The Ozarks Panhandle South Central Southwestern Texoma Tulsa Metro Western Largest cities Ardmore Bartlesville Bixby Broken Arrow Del City Duncan Edmond Enid Lawton Midwest City Muskogee Moore Norman Oklahoma City Owasso Ponca City Shawnee Stillwater Tulsa Yukon Counties Adair Alfalfa Atoka Beaver Beckham Blaine Bryan Caddo Canadian Carter Cherokee Choctaw Cimarron Cleveland Coal Comanche Cotton Craig Creek Custer Delaware Dewey Ellis Garfield Garvin Grady Grant Greer Harmon Harper Haskell Hughes Jackson Jefferson Johnston Kay Kingfisher Kiowa Latimer Le Flore Lincoln Logan Love Major Marshall Mayes McClain McCurtain McIntosh Murray Muskogee Noble Nowata Okfuskee Oklahoma Okmulgee Osage Ottawa Pawnee Payne Pittsburg Pontotoc Pottawatomie Pushmataha Roger Mills Rogers Seminole Sequoyah Stephens Texas Tillman Tulsa Wagoner Washington Washita Woods Woodward Chief executives of the United States Federal President of the United States State governors ( current list ) Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California list Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii list Idaho Illinois list Indiana list Iowa list Kansas Kentucky list Louisiana Maine list Maryland list Massachusetts Michigan list Minnesota list Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska list Nevada New Hampshire list New Jersey list New Mexico list New York list North Carolina list North Dakota list Ohio Oklahoma list Oregon list Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina list South Dakota list Tennessee list Texas list Utah Vermont list Virginia list Washington West Virginia Wisconsin list Wyoming Territorial ( current list ) American Samoa District of Columbia Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico United States Virgin Islands Defunct Pre-state territories Panama Canal Zone Cuba Philippine Islands ( until 1935 ) Philippine Commonwealth ( until 1946 ) Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Years in Oklahoma ( 1907 -- present ) 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Governors_of_Oklahoma&oldid=837924452 '' Categories : Lists of state governors of the United States Governors of Oklahoma Lists of Oklahoma politicians Hidden categories : Articles containing potentially dated statements from January 2017 All articles containing potentially dated statements Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Français Latina Magyar Nederlands 日本 語 Português Русский Simple English Slovenščina Svenska 4 more Edit links This page was last edited on 23 April 2018, at 21 : 16. 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Question: who was the first territorial governor of oklahoma
Answer: George Washington Steele; George Washington Steele; George Washington Steele; George Washington Steele; George Washington Steele