lieutenant death_date nationality birth_date term_end death_place profession order term_start spouse image name predecessor birth_place party office governor successor religion article_title
'' vacant '' 26 july 1951 american 18 april 1877 january 10 , 1927 november 19 , 1923 oklahoma city , oklahoma teacher , politician 6th 3rd november 19 , 1923 january 11 , 1915 lula c. strang trapp martin trapp.jpg martin edwin trapp john c. walton j. j. mcalester robinson , kansas democratic governor of oklahoma lieutenant governor of oklahoma john c. walton henry s. johnston william j. holloway disciples of christ martin e. trapp

martin e. trapp

martin edwin trapp -lrb- april 18 , 1877 -- july 26 , 1951 -rrb- was an american state auditor , governor and lieutenant governor of the u.s. state of oklahoma .
oklahoma 's third lieutenant governor , he was the first to become governor not through an election but instead due to the previous governor 's impeachment .
trapp served as the first state auditor and third lieutenant governor of oklahoma .
when governor jack walton was impeached and removed from office , trapp became the sixth governor of oklahoma .
as governor , he was responsible for the establishment of a state bureau of investigation , conservation programs , and his attempts to join the ku klux klan .
he began his political career serving as the county clerk of logan county in oklahoma territory .
trapp died in 1951 and is buried in fairlawn cemetery in oklahoma city .
