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Governor Henry S. Johnston was the first governor to live in the Mansion. However, due to his impeachment he lived there only three months. Governor William H. Murray was the first governor to reside a complete term in the mansion. Murray was Governor of Oklahoma when the Great Depression began. He brought a team of mules to the mansion in ...
The house was never used as the Governor's Mansion. Once it was clear that Shawnee would not become the state capital, the mansion became just another private residence. It is also known as the Giza House , because it was once owned by Zygmund O. Giza. [ b ] It is still considered a local landmark and local residents still refer to it as the ...
William Henry Davis "Alfalfa Bill" Murray (November 21, 1869 – October 15, 1956) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who served as the first Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, a U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma, and as the 9th Governor of Oklahoma.
Completed in 1928 on a budget of $75,000 for its construction and $25,000 for furnishings, the Oklahoma Governor's Mansion has been home, or a home-away-from-home, for Oklahoma's highest elected ...
Governor William H. Murray convinced state senator Tom Anglin to run for the Oklahoma House of Representatives, assuring him that he would be elected as Speaker. [3] Under Anglin's leadership, the House approved the governor's proposed budget cuts. [3]
James C. Nance, Oklahoma community newspaper chain publisher and former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and member Uniform Law Commission; Raymond D. Gary, 15th Governor of Oklahoma; Leon C. Phillips, 11th governor of Oklahoma; William H. Murray, 9th governor of Oklahoma
A conservative think tank is trying to use a routine retention vote to gain even more control over the state government by ousting three justices appointed by Democratic governors.
Abraham Jefferson Seay (1832-1915, served 1892-1893) as the second presidential appointed governor of the Oklahoma Territory (1890-1907). Before statehood in 1907, modern day-Oklahoma was composed of the Oklahoma Territory (in the West since 1890) and the Indian Territory in the original far wider / greater expanse of tthe he old Louisiana Purchase of 1803, including today's Midwestern and ...