Robert Martin (Oklahoma governor)

Robert Martin (1833–1897), a Republican lawyer and native of Pennsylvania who moved to Oklahoma Territory in 1889 and served as Secretary (1890–1893) and acting governor of Oklahoma Territory (1891 to 1892).
== Biography ==
Robert Martin was born in Frankfort Springs, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. While reading law, he taught high school in Steubenville, Ohio. In 1861, he married Ada Gilmore of Marietta, Ohio. The couple had two daughters. In 1862, he began a law practice in Steubenville. Later that year, he enlisted in the 126th Ohio Volunteer Infantry as an officer. Because of illness, Martin was discharged from the U.S. Army in November 1863. He returned to his law practice and became involved in Republican party politics.
Moving from Wichita, Kansas, he settled in Harrison, Oklahoma Territory, in 1889. He worked for the adoption of the Organic Act, and was part of the convention of July, 1899 that created Oklahoma Territory. He then moved to El Reno. When the territorial government was established, he was named as its secretary.