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Governors of Oklahoma Territory


The following is a list of Governors of the State of Oklahoma and 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.

  Republican (6)   Democratic (1)

Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory joined the Union as the State of Oklahoma on November 16, 1907.

  Democratic (22)   Republican (5)

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.

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.


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