Mary Fallin is an American politician who served as the 27th governor of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,she was elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014. She is the first and only woman to be elected governor of Oklahoma. She was the first woman to represent Oklahoma in Congress since Alice Mary Robertson left office in 1923.
Jari Askins is an American judge,lawyer,and Democratic politician from the state of Oklahoma. She was the 15th lieutenant governor of Oklahoma,being the second woman and the first female Democrat to hold that position.
Debbe Leftwich is a politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Leftwich was a member of the Oklahoma Senate from 2003 until 2010. She won the vacant seat through a special election after the death of her husband and former senator Keith Leftwich. She was a key figure in the 2010 Oklahoma political corruption investigation for her role in a bribery scheme in which she was accused of agreeing to not run for re-election in 2010 in exchange for a state job with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME).
Laura Boyd is an American politician from Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party,Boyd was elected in 1992 to the Oklahoma House of Representatives to represent District 44,which included Cleveland County. She served in the State House for six years until 1998 when she became the first woman to receive a major party nomination for Governor of Oklahoma. Incumbent Republican governor Frank Keating defeated Boyd in a landslide. Eisenhower Fellowships selected Laura Boyd as a USA Eisenhower Fellow in 1999.
Susan Winchester was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives to represent District 47 in 1998 where she served until 2008. She was elected Whip for the Republican Caucus after her first term,and in 2005 became the first woman to serve as Speaker Pro Tempore,the second highest position in the House.
Michael J. Hunter is an American politician from the state of Oklahoma. Hunter served as the Secretary of State of Oklahoma from 1999 to 2002,having been appointed by Governor of Oklahoma Frank Keating. On November 1,2016,he was appointed to the same post by Governor Mary Fallin. He also served as Special Counsel to the Governor. On February 20,2017,Hunter was appointed Attorney General of Oklahoma to replace Scott Pruitt who resigned to become the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. On November 8,2018,Hunter won election as Attorney General.
Pamela Peterson is an American Republican Party politician from the U.S. state of New York,who represented the 67th district in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2004 to 2016. The district is contained in Tulsa County. She served as majority floor leader,the first woman to hold that post.
Anastasia A. Pittman is an American and Seminole Nation of Oklahoma politician from the state of Oklahoma. She has served on the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma General Council since 2021 representing the Dosar Barkus Band.
Barbara Masterson Staggs was a longtime educator in Muskogee,Oklahoma and a legislator in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. During her time in the legislature,Staggs assisted as a member of the Common Education Committee and was integral in passing many bills,such as one that lead to the creation of the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in Muskogee.
Angela Z. Monson is an American politician from Oklahoma who served in the Oklahoma State House of Representatives,representing District 99 from 1990–1993,as well as the Oklahoma Senate,representing District 48 from 1993–2005. In 2003,she became the first African American woman assistant majority floor leader in the Oklahoma legislature. Monson defeated incumbent Kirk Humphreys,a former Oklahoma City mayor,for the school board chairman's position in 2009,serving until 2013.
Penny Baldwin Williams was an American Democratic Party politician from Oklahoma. Williams served as a legislator in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1981 to 1988,representing District 70. She later was elected to the Oklahoma Senate,representing District 33,from 1989 to 2004. Senator Williams authored important bills on education during her time in the legislature,including the historic education reform act. Williams also authored a series of bills to strengthen math and science,and the bill creating the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics. A supporter of the arts,Williams influenced art education in public schools,and was instrumental in the creation of the Art in Public Places Act.
Helen Irene Arnold was an American politician. A Republican,Arnold served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1976–1982,representing district 71. She served on several committees during her time in office including,the Education committee,Public Safety and Penal Affairs committee,and the City/County Government committee. In 1978,Arnold co-sponsored the House's ERA resolution.
Carolyn Coleman was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Coleman served as a legislator in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1990–2004,representing District 53. Some of the main issues Coleman took up during her time in the legislature include elementary reading,accountability for the spending of citizen's taxes,as well as protecting air and water quality.
Dorothy Conaghan Chiles was a U.S. politician from the state of Oklahoma. Her first husband,Brian Conaghan,died due to complications from leukemia while serving in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. In 1973,Chiles was elected to fill his vacant seat,and she served for thirteen years until 1986. She represented the 38th district,which includes Grant and Kay counties.
Ann Coody is a politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. A member of the Republican Party,she was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2004,and represented the 64th district until she was term limited in 2016. Before serving as Oklahoma State Representative,Coody was a longtime educator,counselor,and assistant principal for Lawton Public Schools. To date,Coody is the primary author of 125 bills.
Lee R. Denney is a politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Elected in 2005,she currently represents district 33 in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and is speaker pro tempore of the House. During her time in office,she has been the primary author of 204 bills. She previously served as mayor and vice-mayor of Cushing,OK,and has been a co-owner of Veterinary Medical Associates,Inc. since 1979.
Joan Hastings, was a politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1975,Hastings served district 67 until 1984. After serving in the legislature,Hastings served for 16 years as Tulsa County Clerk,retiring in 2001. After retiring from public office,Hastings worked in real estate in the Tulsa area. She is an inductee of the Tulsa Central Hall of Fame.
Mona Jean Russell Erdmann was a lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Russell served two terms,1945 and 1947,in the Oklahoma Legislature. Russell represented Ottawa County before district lines had been established. Russell along with legislator Grace Mitchelson made history as the first two women to be elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the same county for the same term.
Patricia Weedn is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Elected in 1989,Weedn served in the Oklahoma Senate,representing District 15,until 2000. Prior to her public office,Weedn worked as the McClain County Assessor for ten years. She was the first woman to be elected Senator in Cleveland and McClain counties. Weedn remains active in her community outside of the legislature and has two children.
Amelia Elizabeth Simison McColgin,known as Bessie McColgin,was an American businesswoman and politician. A native of Kansas,she moved to western Oklahoma Territory in 1901. In 1920,she was the first woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
