Comanche County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census,the population was 121,125,making it the fifth-most populous county in Oklahoma. Its county seat is Lawton. The county was created in 1901 as part of Oklahoma Territory. It was named for the Comanche tribal nation.
Lawton is a city in and the county seat of Comanche County,in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Located in southwestern Oklahoma,approximately 87 mi (140 km) southwest of Oklahoma City,it is the principal city of the Lawton,Oklahoma,metropolitan statistical area. According to the 2020 census,Lawton's population was 90,381,making it the sixth-largest city in the state,and the largest in Western Oklahoma.
The Territory of Oklahoma was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 2,1890,until November 16,1907,when it was joined with the Indian Territory under a new constitution and admitted to the Union as the state of Oklahoma.
William Henry Davis "Alfalfa Bill" Murray was an American educator,lawyer,and politician who became active in Oklahoma before statehood as legal adviser to Governor Douglas H. Johnston of the Chickasaw Nation. Although not American Indian,he was appointed by Johnston as the Chickasaw delegate to the 1905 Convention for the proposed State of Sequoyah. Later he was elected as a delegate to the 1906 constitutional convention for the proposed state of Oklahoma;it was admitted in 1907.
Johnston Murray was an American lawyer,politician,and the 14th governor of Oklahoma from 1951 to 1955. He was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1956,Murray switched parties and joined the Republican Party.
Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross was the 19th governor of Texas,a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War,and the 4th president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas,now called Texas A&M University.
Marion Price Daniel Sr.,was an American jurist and politician who served as a Democratic U.S. Senator and the 38th governor of Texas. He was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to be a member of the National Security Council,Director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness,and Assistant to the President for Federal-State Relations. Daniel also served as Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
Jed Joseph Johnson,Sr. was an American attorney,politician,and jurist who served as a United States representative from Oklahoma and a judge of the United States Customs Court.
William Judson Holloway was an American principal,lawyer,and politician who served as the fourth lieutenant governor of Oklahoma from 1927 to 1929. Following Henry S. Johnston's impeachment and removal from office,Holloway became the eighth governor of Oklahoma.
The government of the U.S. State of Oklahoma,established by the Oklahoma Constitution,is a republican democracy modeled after the federal government of the United States. The state government has three branches:the executive,legislative,and judicial. Through a system of separation of powers or "checks and balances," each of these branches has some authority to act on its own,some authority to regulate the other two branches,and has some of its own authority,in turn,regulated by the other branches.
Edwin Anderson Alderman served as the President of three universities. Edwin A. Alderman Elementary School in Wilmington and the Alderman dorm at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are named after him. The main library at the University of Virginia used to bear his name.
The Oklahoma Court System is the judicial system for the U.S. State of Oklahoma. Based in Oklahoma City,the court system is a unified state court system that functions under the Chief Justice of Oklahoma who is its administrator-in-chief.
Charles Russell Train was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1859 to 1863.
Lorraine Michael Gensman was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
William Franklin"Dixie" Gilmer was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Toby Morris was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Zollie Coffer Steakley,Jr. was a Texas lawyer,politician and judge,serving as Secretary of State of Texas and as a justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
John Whitcome Reynolds Sr.,was an American lawyer and politician. He was the 26th Attorney General of Wisconsin from 1927 to 1933. He was elected as a Republican.
John Ben Shepperd was an American lawyer,businessman,and politician who served as the Secretary of State (1950–1952) and Attorney General (1953–1957) for the U.S. state of Texas.
Claude Smith was an American politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 7th Arizona State Legislature,holding one of the two seats from Pima County. He was a veteran of World War I,and served as county attorney in Pima County.
