# 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

Question: who was the first territorial governor of oklahoma
Answer: George Washington Steele