Freemasons Who Served as the Governor of the State of Oklahoma

 

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