Political party strength in Oklahoma
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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Oklahoma:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Attorney General
- State Auditor and Inspector
- State Treasurer
- Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Commissioner of Labor
- Commissioner of Insurance
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State Corporation Commission
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Republican (R), and a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | Corp. Comm. | United States Congress | Electoral College votes | ||||||||||
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| Governor | Lt. Governor | Attorney General | Auditor and Inspector | Treasurer | Supt. of Pub. Inst. | Comm. of Labor | Comm. of Ins. | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | |||
| 1890 | George Washington Steele (R)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| 1891 | Robert Martin (R)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| 1892 | Abraham Jefferson Seay (R)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| 1893 | William Cary Renfrow (D)[3] | ||||||||||||||
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| 1897 | Cassius McDonald Barnes (R)[4] | ||||||||||||||
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| 1901 | William Miller Jenkins (R)[4] | ||||||||||||||
| William C. Grimes (R)[2] | |||||||||||||||
| 1902 | Thompson Benton Ferguson (R)[5] | ||||||||||||||
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| 1906 | Frank Frantz (R)[5] | ||||||||||||||
| 1907 | Charles N. Haskell (D)[6] | George W. Bellamy (D) | Charles West (D) | Martin E. Trapp (D) | 39D, 5R | 92D, 17R | Robert L. Owen (D) | Thomas Gore (D) | 4D, 1R | ||||||
| 1908 | Bryan/Kern (D)
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| 1909 | 34D, 10R | 68D, 41R | 3R, 2D | ||||||||||||
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| 1911 | Lee Cruce (D) | J. J. McAlester (D) | Fred Parkinson (D) | 31D, 13R | 82D, 27R | 3D, 2R | |||||||||
| 1912 | Wilson/Marshall (D)
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| 1913 | 36D, 8R | 80D, 18R | 3D, 2R; 3D At-large | ||||||||||||
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| 1915 | R. L. Williams (D) | Martin E. Trapp (D) | S.P. Freeling (D) | 38D, 5R, 1 Soc. | 75D, 17R, 5 Soc. | 7D, 1R | |||||||||
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| 1917 | 85D, 26R | 6D, 2R | |||||||||||||
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| 1919 | James B. A. Robertson (D) | 34D, 10R | 74D, 30R | ||||||||||||
| 1920 | Harding/Coolidge (R)
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| 1921 | 27D, 17R | 55R, 47D | John W. Harreld (R) | 5R, 3D | |||||||||||
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| 1923 | Jack C. Walton (D) | George Short (D) | George J. Meachling (D) | 32D, 12R | 93D, 14R | 7D, 1R | |||||||||
| 1924 | Martin E. Trapp (D) | vacant | Davis/Bryan (D)
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| 1925 | 38D, 6R | 81D, 27R | William B. Pine (R) | 6D, 2R | |||||||||||
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| 1927 | Henry S. Johnston (D) | William J. Holloway (D) | Ed Dabney (D) | John Rogers (D) | 35D, 9R | 87D, 21R | Elmer Thomas (D) | 7D, 1R | |||||||
| 1928 | Hoover/Curtis (R)
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| 1929 | William J. Holloway (D) | vacant | 32D, 12R | 56D, 47R | 5D, 3R | ||||||||||
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| 1931 | William H. Murray (D) | Robert Burns (D) | J. Berry King (D) | 88D, 9R | Thomas Gore (D) | 7D, 1R | |||||||||
| 1932 | Roosevelt/Garner (D)
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| 1933 | 39D, 5R | 113D, 4R, 1I | 8D; 1D At-large | ||||||||||||
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| 1935 | Ernest W. Marland (D) | James E. Berry (D) | Mac Q. Williamson (D) | 43D, 1R | 112D, 7R, 1I | ||||||||||
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| 1937 | 44D | 114D, 3R | Joshua B. Lee (D) | ||||||||||||
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| 1939 | Leon C. Phillips (D) | 43D, 1R | 102D, 13R | ||||||||||||
| 1940 | Roosevelt/Wallace (D)
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| 1941 | 42D, 2R | 114D, 7R | 7D, 1R; 1D At-large | ||||||||||||
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| 1943 | Robert S. Kerr (D) | Randell S. Cobb (D) | 40D, 4R | 93D, 24R | Edward H. Moore (R) | 7D, 1R | |||||||||
| 1944 | Roosevelt/Truman (D)
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| 1945 | 38D, 6R | 98D, 22R | 6D, 2R | ||||||||||||
| 1946 | Mac Q. Williamson (D) | Charles G. Morris (D) | |||||||||||||
| 1947 | Roy J. Turner (D) | 37D, 7R | 95D, 23R | ||||||||||||
| 1948 | Truman/Barkley (D)
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| 1949 | 39D, 5R | 103D, 12R | Robert S. Kerr (D) | 8D | |||||||||||
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| 1951 | Johnston Murray (D) | 41D, 3R | 99D, 190R | Mike Monroney (D) | 6D, 2R | ||||||||||
| 1952 | Eisenhower/Nixon (R)
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| 1953 | 38D, 6R | 104D, 20R | 5D, 1R | ||||||||||||
| 1954 | Scott Burson (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 1955 | Raymond D. Gary (D) | Cowboy Pink Williams (D) | 39D, 5R | 102D, 19R | |||||||||||
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| 1957 | 41D, 3R | 101D, 20R | |||||||||||||
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| 1959 | J. Howard Edmondson (D) | George Nigh (D) | John M. Rogers (D) | 110D, 9R | |||||||||||
| 1960 | Nixon/Lodge (R)
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| 1961 | 40D, 4R | 107D, 14R | |||||||||||||
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| 1963 | George Nigh (D) | vacant | Charles R. Nesbitt (D) | Cowboy Pink Williams (D) | 38D, 6R | 96D, 24R | |||||||||
| Henry Bellmon (R) | Leo Winters (D) | J. Howard Edmondson (D) | |||||||||||||
| 1964 | Fred Roy Harris (D) | Johnson/Humphrey (D)
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| 1965 | 41D, 7R | 78D, 21R | 4D, 2R | ||||||||||||
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| 1967 | Dewey F. Bartlett (R) | George Nigh (D) | G. T. Blankenship (R) | 39D, 9R | 74D, 25R | ||||||||||
| 1968 | Nixon/Agnew (R)
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| 1969 | 38D, 10R | 76D, 23R | Henry Bellmon (R) | ||||||||||||
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| 1971 | David Hall (D) | Larry Derryberry (D) | 39D, 9R | 78D, 21R | |||||||||||
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| 1973 | 38D, 10R | 75D, 26R | Dewey F. Bartlett (R) | 5D, 1R | |||||||||||
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| 1975 | David L. Boren (D) | 39D, 9R | 76D, 25R | ||||||||||||
| 1976 | Tom Daxon (R) | Ford/Dole (R)
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| 1977 | 78D, 23R | ||||||||||||||
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| 1979 | George Nigh (D) | Spencer Bernard (D) | Jan Eric Cartwright (D) | 75D, 26R | David L. Boren (D) | ||||||||||
| 1980 | Reagan/Bush (R)
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| 1981 | 37D, 11R | 73D, 28R | Don Nickles (R) | ||||||||||||
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| 1983 | Mike Turpen (D) | Clifton Scott (D) | 34D, 14R | 76D, 25R | |||||||||||
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| 1985 | 70D, 31R | ||||||||||||||
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| 1987 | Henry Bellmon (R) | Robert S. Kerr III (D) | Robert Harlan Henry (D) | 31D, 17R | 4D, 2R | ||||||||||
| 1988 | Bush/Quayle (R)
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| 1989 | 33D, 15R | 69D, 32R | |||||||||||||
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| 1991 | David Walters (D) | Jack Mildren (D) | Susan B. Loving (D) | Sandy Garrett (D) | 37D, 11R | ||||||||||
| 1992 | Bush/Quayle (R)
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| 1993 | 68D, 33R | ||||||||||||||
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| Jim Inhofe (R)[7] | 3R, 3D[8] | ||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Frank Keating (R) | Mary Fallin (R) | Drew Edmondson (D) | Robert Butkin (D)[9] | Brenda Reneau (R) | 35D, 13R | 65D, 36R | 5R, 1D | |||||||
| 1996 | Dole/Kemp (R)
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| 1997 | 33D, 15R | 6R | |||||||||||||
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| 1999 | Carroll Fisher[9] | 61D, 40R | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | Bush/Cheney (R)
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| 2001 | 30D, 18R | 53D, 48R | 5R, 1D | ||||||||||||
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| 2003 | Brad Henry (D) | Jeff McMahan (D)[9] | 28D, 20R | 3R | 4R, 1D | ||||||||||
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| 2005 | 25D, 23R | 57R, 44D | Tom Coburn (R) | ||||||||||||
| Scott Meacham (D)[10] | Kim Holland (D)[10] | ||||||||||||||
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| 2007 | Jari Askins (D) | Lloyd Fields (D) | 24D, 24R | 2R, 1D | |||||||||||
| 2008 | McCain/Palin (R)
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| Steve Burrage (D)[10] | |||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 26R, 22D | 62R, 39D | 3R | ||||||||||||
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| 2011 | Mary Fallin (R) | Todd Lamb (R) | Scott Pruitt (R) | Gary Jones (R) | Ken Miller (R) | Janet Barresi (R) | Mark Costello (R) | John D. Doak (R) | 32R, 16D | 70R, 31D | |||||
| 2012 | 67R, 31D, 3 vac. | Romney/Ryan (R)
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| 2013 | 36R, 12D | 72R, 29D | 5R | ||||||||||||
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| 2015 | Joy Hofmeister (R) | 40R, 8D | James Lankford (R) | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | Melissa McLawhorn Houston (R) | 71R, 30D | TBD | ||||||||||||
| Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Attorney General | Auditor and Inspector | Treasurer | Supt. of Pub. Inst. | Comm. of Labor | Comm. of Ins. | State Senate | State House | Corp. Comm. | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral College votes |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | |||||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Territorial governor appointed by President Benjamin Harrison.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 As secretary of Oklahoma Territory, served as acting governor when the presidentially appointed governorship was vacant.
- ↑ Territorial governor appointed by President Grover Cleveland.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Territorial governor appointed by President William McKinley.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Territorial governor appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt.
- ↑ Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory joined the Union as the State of Oklahoma on November 16, 1907.
- ↑ Elected in special election in November 1994 to succeed Boren.
- ↑ Frank Lucas won a special election in May to succeed Glenn English.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Resigned.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Appointed by governor to fill vacancy.
