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Capital: Oklahoma City
State Nickname: Sooner State
State Bird: Scissortail Flycatcher
State Flower: Mistletoe
Admitted to the Union: November 16, 1907
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| Governors |
November 16, 1907 to January 9, 1911:
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Charles N. Haskell
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January 9, 1911 to January 11, 1915:
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Lee Cruce
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January 11, 1915 to January 3, 1919:
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Robert L. Williams
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January 13, 1919 to January 8, 1923:
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James B. A. Robertson
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January 8, 1923 to November 19, 1923:
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John C. Walton*
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* Removed from office |
November 19, 1923 to January 10, 1927:
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Martin E. Trapp
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January 10, 1927 to March 20, 1929:
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Henry S. Johnston*
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* Removed from office |
March 20, 1929 to January 12, 1931:
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William J. Holloway
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January 12, 1931 to January 14, 1935:
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William H. Murray
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January 14, 1935 to January 9, 1939:
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Ernest W. Marland
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January 9, 1939 to January 11, 1943:
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Leon C. Phillips
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January 11, 1943 to January 13, 1947:
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Robert S. Kerr
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January 13, 1947 to January 8, 1951:
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Roy J. Turner
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January 8, 1951 to January 10, 1955:
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Johnston Murray
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January 10, 1955 to January 12, 1959:
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Raymond D. Gary
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January 12, 1959 to January 6, 1963:
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J. Howard Edmondson*
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* Resigned from office |
January 14, 1963 to January 9, 1967:
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Henry L. Bellmon
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January 9, 1967 to January 11, 1971:
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Dewey F. Bartlett
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January 11, 1971 to January 13, 1975:
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David Hall
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January 13, 1975 to January 3, 1979:
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David L. Boren
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January 3, 1979 to January 12, 1987:
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George Nigh
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January 12, 1987 to January 14, 1991:
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Henry L. Bellmon
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January 14, 1991 to January 9, 1995:
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David Walters
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January 9, 1995 to January 13, 2003:
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Frank Keating
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January 13, 2003 –
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Brad Henry
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| Senators - Class II |
December 11, 1907 – March 3, 1925
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Robert Latham Owen
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March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931
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William Bliss Pine
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March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1937
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Thomas Gore
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January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943
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Joshua Bryan Lee
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January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949
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Edward Hall Moore
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January 3, 1949 – January 1, 1963
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Robert S. Kerr * Died in office
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January 7, 1963 – November 3, 1964
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James Howard Edmondson
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November 3, 1964 – January 3, 1973
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Fred Roy Harris
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January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979
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Dewey Follett Bartlett
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January 3, 1979 – November 15, 1994
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David Lyle Boren
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| Senators - Class III |
December 11, 1907 – March 3, 1921
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Thomas Gore
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March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1927
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John William Harreld
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March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1951
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Elmer Thomas
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January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1969
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Almer Stillwell Monroney
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January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1981
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Henry Bellmon
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January 5, 198 – January 3, 2005
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Don Nickles
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January 3, 2005 –
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Tom Coburn
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| State Song |
Oklahoma
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers |
Brand new state! Brand new state, gonna treat you great!
Gonna give you barley, carrots and pertaters,
Pasture fer the cattle, Spinach and Temayters!
Flowers on the prarie where the June bugs zoom,
Plen'y of air and plen'y of room,
Plen'y of room to swing a rope!
Plen'y of heart and plen'y of hope.
Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain,
And the wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet
When the wind comes right behind the rain.
Oklahoma, ev'ry night my honey lamb and I
Sit alone and talk and watch a hawk makin' lazy circles in the sky.
We know we belong to the land
And the land we belong to is grand!
And when we say--Yeeow! A-yip-i-o-ee ay!
We're only sayin' You're doin' fine, Oklahoma! Oklahoma--O.K. |
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State Population
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1910: 1,657,155 |
1920: 2,028,283 |
1930: 2,396,040 |
1940: 2,336,434 |
1950: 2,233,351 |
1960: 2,328,284 |
1970: 2,559,463 |
1980: 3,025,290 |
1990: 3,145,585 |
2000: 3,450,654 |
State Capitol Building 1927
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