Bronze state seal in the ground floor of the Oklahoma State Capitol rotunda.
Since statehood in 1907, twenty-seven individuals have held the office of Governor of the State of Oklahoma. Of the men who have been governor, thirteen have been Freemasons. That list includes men such as George P. Nigh, Oklahoma's biggest champion, and the ever colorful William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray.
Freemasons Who Served as the Governor of the State of Oklahoma
George P. Nigh
In Office: 1963 & 1979 – 1987
Lodge: South McAlester Lodge No.
96
David Hall
In Office: 1971 – 1975
Lodge: Raised in
Siloam Lodge No. 276, demitted to Delta Lodge No. 425, suspended for un-Masonic
conduct in 1976
Johnston Murray
In Office: 1951 –
1955
Lodge: Tishomingo
Lodge No. 91 & Chikaskia Lodge No. 109
Roy J. Turner
In Office: 1947 –
1951
Lodge: Temple Lodge
No. 23 of Florida
Robert S. Kerr
In Office: 1943 –
1947
Lodge: Ada Lodge No.
119
Leon C. Phillips
In Office: 1939 –
1943
Lodge: Okemah Lodge
No. 234
E.W. Marland
In Office: 1935 –
1939
Lodge: Ponca Lodge
No. 83
William H. Murray
In Office: 1931 –
1935
Lodge: Tishomingo
Lodge No. 91
William J. Holloway
In Office: 1929 –
1931
Lodge: Hugo Lodge
No. 217
Henry S. Johnston
In Office: 1927 –
1929 (Impeached and convicted in 1929)
Lodge: Perry Lodge
No. 78, Grand Master of Masons in 1924
John C. Walton
In Office: 1923 (Impeached
and convicted in 1923)
Lodge: Siloam Lodge
No. 276, expelled for un-Masonic conduct in 1923
James B.A. Robertson
In Office: 1919 –
1923
Lodge: Raised in
Chandler Lodge No. 58, demitted to Siloam Lodge No. 276
Robert L. Williams
In Office: 1915 –
1919
Lodge: Durant Lodge
No. 45
