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John Kevin Stitt (born December 28, 1972) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 28th governor of Oklahoma since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2018, defeating Democrat and former state Attorney General Drew Edmondson with 54.3% of the vote.
Kayse Marie Shrum (/ ˈ k eɪ s i ˈ ʃ r ʌ m /; [1] née Donnelly; born October 27, 1972) is an American physician and the President of Oklahoma State University. She is the first woman to lead a public research institution in Oklahoma. [2] She was selected as OSU's 19th president in April 2021 and took office on July 1, 2021.
The average age of governors at the time of their inauguration was about 59 years old. Alabama governor Kay Ivey (born 1944) is the oldest current governor, and Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (born 1982) is the youngest. [16] As of the 2022 elections, there are 12 female state governors currently serving.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said Tuesday he is confident in the state’s current lethal injection protocols and has no plans to endorse a switch to nitrogen gas, even as several states are mulling ...
Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory were combined and admitted to the Union as the State of Oklahoma on November 16, 1907. [21]The Constitution of Oklahoma calls for the election of a governor every four years, to take office on the second Monday in January after the election. [22]
Six days later, on Christmas Day, 1890, Governor Steele signed the bills creating the Oklahoma Territorial Agricultural and Mechanical College at Stillwater as a land grant institution (now Oklahoma State University) and the Oklahoma Territorial Normal School at Edmond (now University of Central Oklahoma) to provide training for public school ...
Oklahoma's first governor, Charles N. Haskell (1860-1933, served 1907-1911), wielded executive power effectively, but in the first 20 years after he left office in 1911, the assertive and dominant Oklahoma Legislature further reduced and limited the governor's office of several of its traditional powers and impeached two state governors: John C ...
John Smith, current head coach of Oklahoma State University wrestling, 2X NCAA champion, 4X World and 2X Olympic gold medal winner, National Wrestling Hall of Fame member; Pat Smith, first four-time NCAA D1 Champion wrestler [39] John Starks, former Oklahoma State basketball player, former New York Knicks guard