Charles A. Taylor | |
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| 1st Oklahoma State Examiner and Inspector [lower-alpha 1] | |
| In office November 16, 1907 –July 19, 1912 | |
| Governor | Charles N. Haskell Lee Cruce |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Fred Parkinson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1856 Ashburnham,Massachusetts |
| Died | July 19,1912 |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
Charles A.Taylor was an American politician who served as the first Oklahoma State Examiner and Inspector from 1907 until his death in 1912.
Charles A.Taylor was born in 1856 in Ashburnham,Massachusetts. He later moved to Lynn,Massachusetts and worked as the city engineer. He then moved to Hutchinson,Kansas where he served as the city and Reno County engineer,before moving again to Pratt County. He served in the Populist administration of Kansas Governor Lorenzo D. Lewelling as the Assistant Superintendent of Public Instruction and Assistant State Auditor. In 1900,he moved to Oklahoma Territory near Pond Creek. In 1907,he was elected Oklahoma's first State Examiner and Inspector and he was re-elected in 1910. He died in office on July 19,1912,and Fred Parkinson was appointed his successor. [2]
Lee Cruce was an American lawyer, banker and the second governor of Oklahoma. Losing to Charles N. Haskell in the 1907 Democratic primary election to serve as the first governor of Oklahoma, Cruce successfully campaigned to succeed Haskell to serve as the second governor of Oklahoma. As governor, Cruce was responsible for the establishment of the Oklahoma Department of Highways and the Oklahoma State Capitol. He worked hard to enforce prohibitions on alcohol and gambling, going so far as to use the state militia to stop horse racing. He was succeeded by Robert L. Williams.
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